the Ptarmigan: #daydetroit

Sunday, August 18, 2013

The internet rallies to save the Detroit Art Institute. As I joined in the virtual "march" - which you can view on twitter at #DayDetroit (and better yet, also participate), I couldn't take my eyes off the museum's Paul McPharlin Puppetry Collection (example, photo left), "one of the most significant collections of historical puppets in the United States."

Check out more here, here, here, and here.

Ouch, the DIA also houses Howdy.

What has become of us when our nation's most prized art collections are scattered to the winds?

Here are some of my picks from among the more traditionally smitten favorites; a detail from Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry; Bourguereau's hazelnut gatherers; Paul Cézanne's bathers.

More news on this sad state of affairs from Rachel Maddow:

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