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Founded in 1885, the museum was originally located on Jefferson Artery, but, due to its apace expanding drove, moved to the current site on Woodward Artery in 1927. The Beaux-Arts edifice, designed by Paul Cret, was immediately referred to as the "temple of art." Two wings were added in the 1960s and 1970s, and a major renovation and expansion that began in 1999 was completed in 2007.

The museum covers 658,000 square feet that includes more than than 100 galleries, a 1,150-seat auditorium, a 380-seat lecture/recital hall, an art reference library, and a country-of-the-art conservation services laboratory.

The DIA'due south collection is among the top six in the United States, with more than 65,000 works. The foundation was laid by William Valentiner, who was director from 1924 to 1945 and acquired many important works that established the framework of today's collections. Amid his notable acquisitions are Mexican artist Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry  fresco cycle, which Rivera considered his almost successful piece of work, and Vincent van Gogh'due south Self-Portrait , the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.South. museum collection.

A hallmark of the DIA is the multifariousness of the collection. In addition to outstanding American, European, Modern and Contemporary, and Graphic art, the museum holds significant works of African, Asian, Native American, Oceanic, Islamic, and Ancient art. In 2000, the DIA established the General Motors Center for African American Art as a curatorial section in order to augment the museum's collection of African American art.

The DIA is supported in part by the Michigan Arts and Civilization Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Logos for the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts

Board of Directors

  1. Bryan C. Barnhill II
  2. Ann Berman
  3. Dr. Charles Grand. Boyd
  4. Richard A. Brodie
  5. Denise Brooks-Williams
  6. Lindsey Buhl
  7. Lane Coleman
  8. Mary Culler
  9. Lillian Demas
  10. Marla Donovan
  11. Nicole Eisenberg
  12. Cynthia N. Ford
  13. Christine Giampetroni
  14. Thomas Guastello
  15. John R. Hantz
  16. Sonia Hassan
  17. Hassan K. Jaber
  18. Robert B. Jacobs
  19. David P. Larsen
  20. Bonnie Ann Larson
  21. Matthew B. Lester
  22. John D. Lewis
  23. Dr. Hubert W. Massey
  24. Nancy Mitchell
  25. Takashi Omitsu
  26. Jennifer Hudson Parke
  27. Marsha 50. Philpot/Music
  28. Judith Pritchett, Ph.D.
  29. Christine Provost
  30. Mohammad Qazi
  31. West Fair Radom
  32. Victoria J. Rogers, observer
  33. Tony Saunders
  34. Renata C. Seals
  35. Paula F. Silver
  36. Buzz Thomas
  37. Lorna Thomas, One thousand.D.
  38. Jason E. Tinsley
  39. Molly Valade
  40. Padma Vattikuti
  41. Kimberley Wiegand

Chairman |Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr.

Vice Chairs |Rhonda D. Welburn, Ralph J. Gerson

Secretarial assistant | Lawrence T. Garcia

Legal Counsel |Josh Opperer, Alan S. Schwartz

Emeritus Directors

  1. Hon. Charles W. Anderson 3
  2. Jeffrey T. Antaya
  3. Tina Bassett
  4. Chacona Johnson-Baugh
  5. Yvette Bing
  6. Andrew 50. Camden
  7. Warren J. Coville
  8. Elaine C. Driker
  9. Hon. Trudy DunCombe Archer
  10. Kenneth Eisenberg
  11. Walter O. Evans
  12. Dede Feldman
  13. Jennifer Fischer
  14. David M. Hempstead
  15. Jean Wright Hudson
  16. George Thousand. Johnson
  17. Ralph J. Mandarino
  18. Richard A. Manoogian
  19. Dave E. Meador
  20. Reuben A. Munday
  21. Glenda D. Price
  22. Katherine D. Rines
  23. Diane M. Schoenith
  24. Thomas West. Sidlik
  25. John W. Stroh III
  26. Samuel Thomas, Jr.
  27. Reginald M. Turner, Jr.
  28. Amanda Van Dusen
  29. Janis Wetsman
  30. Hon. Helene N. White
  31. Trudi K. Wineman

Honorary Directors

  1. Maggie Allesee
  2. Hon. Dennis West. Archer
  3. Dr. Bettye Arrington-Martin
  4. David Bing
  5. Gayle Shaw Camden
  6. Mary Kay Crain
  7. Junia Doan
  8. Peter A. Dow
  9. Sis Fisher
  10. Marilyn Flint
  11. Sidney E. Forbes
  12. Edsel B. Ford II
  13. Eleanore Gabrys
  14. Mary Anne Gargaro
  15. Stephanie Germack-Kerzic
  16. Allan D. Gilmour
  17. Robert Gorlin
  18. Argentine republic Hills
  19. David B. Lewis
  20. John Marshall
  21. Mariam Noland
  22. Anne Parsons
  23. Philip H. Ability
  24. Ellen Price
  25. John Rakolta, Jr.
  26. Ruth F. Rattner
  27. Maureen Roberts
  28. Roy Roberts
  29. Richard L. Rogers
  30. A. Paul Schaap
  31. Ballad C. Schaap
  32. Dennis Scholl
  33. Alan E. Schwartz
  34. Alan S. Schwartz
  35. Nettie H. Seabrooks
  36. William Due west. Shelden, Jr.
  37. William H. Smith
  38. Eliot R. Stark
  39. Nicole Stroh
  40. S. Martin Taylor
  41. Raj Vattikuti
  42. Joan Webber
  43. William Wetsman

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