BILLINGS, MONT. (AP).- The only U.S. flag not captured or lost during George Armstrong Custer’s Last Stand at the Battle of Little Bighorn in southeastern Montana sold at auction Friday for $2.2 million. The buyer was identified by the auction house So…
Detroit Institute of Arts Opens Exhibition that Examines Fakes, Forgeries and Mysteries
DETROIT (AP).- When a painting attributed to Vincent Van Gogh was bequeathed to the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1990, it was met with immediate suspicion from scholars and art experts. “Still life with Carnations,” an unsigned painting of flowers, was…
Detroit Institute of Arts Participates in High-Tech Treasure Hunting Game
DETROIT, MI.- In conjunction with the Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) Inside|Out project, the DIA has launched a high-tech treasure hunting game on www.geocaching.com. To play the game, called Geocaching, players use a GPS device to locate container…
Art Detroit Now Presents Detroit Gallery Week
DETROIT, MI.- Detroit Gallery Week, Art Detroit Now’s third annual event, will run from Monday, Sept. 27 to Sunday, Oct. 3 in 16 metro Detroit cities. Thousands are expected to attend contemporary art openings, exhibitions and demonstrations at lo…
Art Detroit Now Presents Detroit Gallery Week
DETROIT, MI.- Detroit Gallery Week, Art Detroit Now’s third annual event, will run from Monday, Sept. 27 to Sunday, Oct. 3 in 16 metro Detroit cities. Thousands are expected to attend contemporary art openings, exhibitions and demonstrations at lo…
Artists Explore Otherworldly Depths of the Imagination in New Exhibition
DETROIT, MI.- Hold onto your mind as the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) presents some of the eeriest images portrayed in prints over the last 500 years. In Your Dreams: 500 Years of Imaginary Prints features more than 135 European and American prints …
Artists Explore Otherworldly Depths of the Imagination in New Exhibition
DETROIT, MI.- Hold onto your mind as the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) presents some of the eeriest images portrayed in prints over the last 500 years. In Your Dreams: 500 Years of Imaginary Prints features more than 135 European and American prints …
Detroit Institute of Arts’ Detroit Film Theatre to Show Matthew Barney’s Complete Cremaster Cycle
DETROIT, MI.- The Detroit Film Theatre (DFT) at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will host a rare showing of Matthew Barney’s The Cremaster Cycle in the sequence in which the films were made. They will be shown Wednesdays, Sept. 15, 22 and 29 at 7 p…
Detroit Institute of Arts Is Taking It to the Streets
DETROIT, MI.- As part of its 125th anniversary celebration, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), in partnership with SM/ART Editions, presents Inside|Out, which takes 40 framed, life-size digital reproductions of art from its collection to the streets …
Detroit Institute of Arts and Saks Fifth Avenue Present Fash Bash 2010
DETROIT, MI.- The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) auxiliary Founders Junior Council (FJC) and Saks Fifth Avenue present Fash Bash 2010 on Thursday, August 26, at 6 p.m. at the Saks Fifth Avenue Somerset Collection store in Troy. Proceeds will benefit t…