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A drop in the bucket? Christie's appraises Detroit's art

The auction house Christie's put a price tag on one of Detroit's highest-profile assets - the city's share of the Detroit Institute of...

Detroit Institute Of Arts To Examine And Photograph Rare Preparatory Drawings Of Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will examine and digitally photograph 13 full-scale drawings, known as cartoons, created by Diego Rivera in his...

Detroit Regional City talk recapped

  Whether they realize it or not, few topics matter more to Detroiters -- and metro Detroiters -- than regional thinking and planning...

Rolling Stone: ‘Diego Rivera Is Under Attack In Detroit’

Rolling Stone: Diego Rivera is under attack in Detroit. It's not the first threat to the late Mexican artist's famed murals, which depict the city's steel factories with a not-quite-subtle anti-capitalist bent. In 1933, union workers had to guard the then-new exhibit from the followers of a fanatical local preacher. But today the mural series is facing a different challenge: It is one of many assets that the city could potentially sell off to pay back billions of dollars in long-term debts to Wall Street creditors. Read the whole story at Rolling Stone Read more https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/22/detroits-debt-crisis-ever_n_3483005.html?utm_hp_ref=detroit ...

NYT: Another Of Detroit’s Treasures Is In Danger

  DETROIT — As this debt-ridden city lurches toward a possible bankruptcy filing, residents and workers have been locked in a grim faceoff...

Hypocrisy in the Michigan Aristocracy

Detroit’s Emergency Manager Kevin Orr was doing all right until he obviously, to some, “stepped outta line.” Talking about a Pandora’s...

DIA signals unchartered waters for Detroit

  Kevyn Orr’s impact in Detroit was not felt much across the board until his office signaled last week that...

Weekend 10 April 12-14

The weekend is here! Need something to do? Here’s a list of things to get into this weekend in and around...

Detroit Institute Of Arts Sued By Michigan Taxpayers Alliance Over Free Admission

The Detroit Institute of Arts might be headed to court after an anti-tax group sued the museum, claiming it made false...

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