How are you?
The 15th place I would like to
introduce for this week is Detroit Institute of Arts.
Founded in 1885, the Detroit
Institute of Arts was originally located on Jefferson Avenue, but moved to its
current location on Woodward Avenue in 1927 as its collection rapidly expanded.
The Beaux-Arts building, designed by Paul Philippe Cret, was immediately called
the “temple of art.” Two wings were added in the 1960s and 1970s, and a major
renovation and expansion work began in 1999 and was completed in 2007.
The museum has over 658,000 square
feet, including more than 100 galleries, a 1,150-seat auditorium, a 380-seat
lecture/recital hall, an art reference library, and a state-of-the-art art
conservation lab.
With more than 65,000 works, the Detroit Institute of Arts is among the top six in the United States by its collection size. William Valentiner, director from 1924 to 1945, acquired many important works that framed the present collection. Among his notable acquisitions are Mexican artist Diego Rivera's “Detroit Industry” fresco mural, which Rivera regarded as his most successful work, and Vincent van Gogh’s “Self-Portrait”, the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U. S. Museum collection.
A hallmark of the Detroit Institute
of Arts is the diversity of its collection. In addition to outstanding
American, European, Modern and Contemporary, and Graphic art, the museum holds
important works of African, Asian, Native American, Oceanian, Islamic and
Ancient art.
The works of Modigliani currently
in the possession of the Detroit Institute of Arts are as follows.
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