by The AFC Staff on August 14, 2013
All day long, Art F City and 21 other art blogs have been posting images from the Detroit Institute of Art’s invaluable art collection, as part of an online event called “A Day for Detroit”. There are fantastic works to be found in their holdings, which, unfortunately, face the threat of being sold off to cover the city of Detroit’s debts. This would be an irreparable loss for those who’ve lived and worked in close proximity to DIA.
We’ll continue to share images and tweets into the evening, but as we look to wrap up our coverage on the blog, we turn to artist and Assistant Professor of Art at Wayne State University, Cristobal Mendoza.
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by The AFC Staff on August 14, 2013
Welcome to A Day for Detroit. For Art F City’s contribution to A Day for Detroit, we asked a robust swath of art worlders who have lived or are currently living in Detroit about their favorite works in the DIA’s collection. Their images and commentary will appear on the blog throughout the day.
Here’s Daniel Sperry on Haim Steinbach.
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