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In an Incredible Philanthropic Move, $330 Million Promised to Save DIA’s Collection

by Corinna Kirsch on January 13, 2014
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With the backing of an entire consortium of foundations and federal mediators, DIA proposes a way to help out Detroit without selling its collection.

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AFC Weighs In On Detroit’s Latest Museum Brouhaha

by Corinna Kirsch on August 6, 2013
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Let’s start with a fact: Detroit is not selling off the Detroit Institute of Art’s collection to cover its debts. This will probably never happen, as it’s strictly forbidden for a museum to do so. But since Detroit announced its Chapter 9 bankruptcy, reporters and critics have been letting their imaginations run wild: what if, despite all odds, DIA did sell all of its art?

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