Search for $10,000 leads to dingy sofa at Packard Plant
Muralist David Choe is expected to continue dropping hints on Facebook.
AG: Hands off DIA artwork, not for sale
Schuette concluded that the collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts must be preserved because it’s held “in charitable trust for the people of Michigan.”
Bloomberg Writer: Detroit should sell artwork to more deserving city
“Great artworks shouldn’t be held hostage by a relatively unpopular museum in a declining region,” the columnist writes.
Musician Jack White keeps Detroit Masonic Temple alive with $142,000 donation
Local rocker Jack White donated $142,000 to the Detroit Masonic Temple to prevent it from going into foreclosure, the temple revealed today. In return, the world’s largest masonic temple renamed its Cathedral Theater to the “Jack White Theater,” where the local musician has played and where his mother used to be an usher. The Jack White […]
Can Detroit protect DIA artwork from sale to satisfy creditors? Maybe not, but state steps in
A leading Republican in the Michigan legislature introduced a bill Wednesday aimed at protecting the Detroit Institute of the Arts’ world-class collection from a sale to shrink the cit’s enormous $15 billion in long-term debt.
Detroit to make sensational pitch tonight to host X Games as event organizers gather downtown
The bid is a big deal in a city trying to rebrand itself and avoid bankruptcy.
Artists to transform Historic Fort Wayne into virtual world of imagination Sunday
Fort Wayne will come to life Sunday as thousands of people are expected to descend on the 88-acre site for a day and evening of live music, large art installation, local food and even a world record.