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‘Ford Nucleon Atomic Powered Vehicle, Rear Side View,’ 1956, Albert L. Mueller, American. Gouache, pastel, prismacolor, brown-line print on vellum. Collection of Robert L. Edwards and Julie Hyde-Edwards.

Car-design exhibition ‘Detroit Style’ extends its run at DIA

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‘Ford Nucleon Atomic Powered Vehicle, Rear Side View,’ 1956, Albert L. Mueller, American. Gouache, pastel, prismacolor, brown-line print on vellum. Collection of Robert L. Edwards and Julie Hyde-Edwards.

‘Ford Nucleon Atomic Powered Vehicle, Rear Side View,’ 1956, Albert L. Mueller, American. Gouache, pastel, prismacolor, brown-line print on vellum. Collection of Robert L. Edwards and Julie Hyde-Edwards.

DETROIT — In celebration of Detroit’s history as the hub of American automotive design, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is enjoying success with its special exhibition titled Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020. Since opening on November 15, 2020, the popular show has been extended multiple times. Its current end date is June 5.

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Kwame Brathwaite, ‘Sikolo Brathwaite, African Jazz-Art Society & Studios (AJASS),’ Harlem, ca. 1968; from Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Aperture, 2019)

Detroit Institute of Arts celebrates photography of Kwame Brathwaite

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Kwame Brathwaite, ‘Sikolo Brathwaite, African Jazz-Art Society & Studios (AJASS),’ Harlem, ca. 1968; from Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Aperture, 2019)

Kwame Brathwaite, ‘Sikolo Brathwaite, African Jazz-Art Society & Studios (AJASS),’ Harlem, ca. 1968; from Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Aperture, 2019)

DETROIT – This fall, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), in collaboration with Aperture traveling exhibitions, presents Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite, featuring more than 40 black-and-white and color works by Brathwaite, an influential activist, photographer and co-founder of the African Jazz-Arts Society and Studios (AJASS). The show opened October 8 and continues through January 16, 2022. Read more

DIA acquires painting by Danish Surrealist Rita Kernn-Larsen

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Rita Kernn-Larsen, ‘And Life Anew … ,” 1940, recently acquired by the Detroit Institute of Arts

Rita Kernn-Larsen, ‘And Life Anew … ,” 1940, recently acquired by the Detroit Institute of Arts

DETROIT  – The Detroit Institute of Arts’ board of directors has approved the purchase of a work by Danish artist Rita Kernn-Larsen (1904-1998), furthering the museum’s goal of increasing the number of works by women artists in the collection. This will be the first work by the artist—and the first Surrealist painting by a woman—to enter the museum’s collection. It will also be one of the only paintings by Kernn-Larsen in an American museum collection.

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