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Detroit Institute of Arts | Museum/Attraction Review | Detroit | Frommers.com - expert review
Americas sixth largest art museum is undergoing a massive expansion that will leave portions of its collection off-limits until 2006. Brave the sawdust anyway to see some of the worlds great masters, including Rembrandt, Rubens, Caravaggio, van Gogh, Cézanne, Whistler, and Rothko. There are a...
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Detroit Institute of Arts : Permanent Collection - AONWC - African Art
European contacts with West African go back to the 16th century when the Portuguese established trading posts on the west coast of Africa. These early contacts resulted in a thriving trade in gold and ivory. The intervention of Portuguese soldiers equipped with firearms empowered a number of African...
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Orange Cone: The Detroit Institute of Arts and context
Since we began work with The Henry Ford last year, I've been interested in how museums use technology to tell the stories of their artifacts. Having a single timeline narrated by a single curatorial voice and presented on tiny white wall cards cannot explain complex history and the significance...
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Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit - IgoUgo Reviews
The rest of the gallery has a relatively generic set of paintings (although, bizarrely, some interesting German Expressionism) and temporary exhibitions (when we visited, it was the DaimlerChrysler Contemporary Art Collection). It is currently under renovation, but the museum is still open and the R...
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Detroit Institute of Arts - Detroit - Reviews of Detroit Institute of Arts - TripAdvisor
Considered to house one of the best art collections in the United States, the Institute showcases everything from mummies to modern art and African masks to Monets in its outstanding collection of over 65,000 works. Don't miss the General Motors Center for African American Art, a part of the DIA whi...
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