Five-Minute Museum

Detroit: City of stunning contradictions

Slide show: The Motor City in pictures, from immigrant gardens to a Ford factory's fiery furnace

  • Dearborn
    Michelle Andonian, 2011. Detroit Institute of Arts.

    Dearborn Frame Plant

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    © Michelle Andonian, 2011. Detroit Institute of Arts.

    End of the Frame Line

  • Gheorghina,
    Detroit Institute of Arts

    Gheorghina, Chadsey High School, Detroit

  • Yahm
    Detroit Institute of Arts.

    Yahm

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    © Carlos Diaz, 2011. Detroit Institute of Arts.

    “Untitled,” Carlos Diaz, 2010

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    © Carlos Diaz, 2011. Detroit Institute of Arts.

    “Gabriel Arteaga,” Carlos Diaz, 2010

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    © Scott Hocking, 2011. Detroit Institute of Arts.

    “Ziggurat-East, Summer”

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    © Ari Marcopoulos, 2011. Detroit Institute of Arts.

    “Detroit #2,” Ari Marcopoulos, 2010

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    © Courtesy of the artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery. Detroit Institute of Arts.

    The Aurora, Brush Park Neighborhood

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    © Courtesy of the artist and the Yancey Richardson Gallery. Detroit Institute of Arts.

    “Rolling Hall, Ford Motor Company

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    © Corine Vermeulen, 2011. Detroit Institute of Arts.

    “William,” Corine Vermeulen

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    © Corine Vermeulen, 2011. Detroit Institute of Arts.

    This portrait shows a sheep named Sweater

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    © Scott Hocking, 2011. Detroit Institute of Arts.

    The Michigan Central Station