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Gift Guide: Summer 2023

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Salvador Salort Pons smiles in the DIA's Rivera Court
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Restoring the Frame

The entrance to the exhibition, James Barnor: Accra/London—A Retrospective
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A Spotlight on James Barnor

Salvador Salort Pons smiles in the DIA's Rivera Court
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Two Decades of Transformative Leadership: Thank You, Gene

Right to left: DIA Curator of African Art Nii Quacoopome, James Barnor, DIA Curator of Photography Nancy Barr, Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière, Paris, 2019. Photo credit: Glenn Barr
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From Accra to the Motor City - The DIA Celebrates the Work of Ghanaian Photographer James Barnor in Detroit

Salvador Salort Pons smiles in the DIA's Rivera Court
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El Día del Niño: A Day of Art, A Day for All at the DIA

Salvador Salort Pons smiles in the DIA's Rivera Court
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Building connections through Art Talks

At the beginning of March, my wife Alex and I atte...

Salvador Salort Pons in a blue suit and tie, smiles with his arms folded in the DIA's Rivera Court.
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Celebrating Alain Locke awards and DIA 2023 USA Today Best Art Museum

Last Saturday, we celebrated the annual Alain Lock...

Salvador Salort Pons in a blue suit and tie, stands with his hands folded in front of himself in front of the front steps of the Detroit Institute of Arts
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Starting the year with local artists and Black History Month

At the start of the new year, I had the privilege ...