Permanent collection at Detroit Institute of Art

[megan]

I was in Detroit on business and had the afternoon free today. I visited the Detroit Institute of Art and made a beeline for the photography section.

I was impressed. The current selection (I get the impression that they rotate photos in and out from the permanent collection?) is mostly portraits of artists and artist's muses. I was surprised at some of the portraits that I had never seen - such as Berenice Abbot's portrait of Atget. I was reminded of names that I had faded from my memory, such as Karsh.

And who knew that Weston was a crazy old cat guy?!?! Imogen Cunningham's portrait of him was with several cats, and the label indicated that he had 23!

In the Company of Artists show info here.

Megan

[Irakly Shanidze]

I have to agree. DIA is amazing, especially considering what's around it.
Not only photography, but painting section is also quite impressive. They remodeled recently, and I have not been there after renovation, and feel guilty about it
next time you are in detroit, let me know!

[megan]

Will do! I want to go back and photograph more. I did wander around the 20th Century art, and then the Renaissance section... Donatello, Caravaggio, Massaccio, Flemish masters... to die for! Wonderful!