Update: 4 people shot outside of DIA during Noel Night festivities
In the meantime, neighborhoods were left with very little police protection as victims of violent crimes often waited more than an hour for help.
Update: 4 people shot outside of DIA during Noel Night in Detroit
The scene was chaotic as people fled the area, many of them families with children.
17 Photos: Art, light converge during spectacular Dlectricity in Midtown
Thousands of people turned out this weekend for the annual Dlectricity, a series of impressive light exhibits that included massive bunnies and a psychedelic display on the facade of the Detroit Public Library in Midtown.
‘We shut it down!’ Protesters take over the streets during Noel Night in Detroit
Up close: 19 photos and videos of hundreds of protesters marching through one of Midtown’s busiest festivals.
Protesters to disrupt Noel Night tonight in Detroit as anger increases
Recent protests have led to civil disobedience as people express outrage over the disproportionate killings of black men by police.
Plan to save Detroit pensions, DIA artwork likely illegal, expert says
It was pitched as a blockbuster plan to save pensions and art during the bankruptcy.
DIA artwork for sale? Auction house to appraise value
Much of the work has been gifted over the years by local families.
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.
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.