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Topic: Detroit Institute of Art

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Toby Barlow - The Weeklings
Interior main hall - Detroit Institute of Arts. (Wikimedia Commons)

Jillian Steinhauer - Hyperallergic
The inscription on the facade of the Detroit Institute of Arts reads, “Dedicated by the people of Detroit to the knowledge and enjoyment of art,” which at this point is starting to sound cruelly ironic. (image via Flickr/glennia)

Jillian Steinhauer - Hyperallergic