Joe kept coming last week mentioning he'd seen random pieces of framed artwork on walls around downtown Royal Oak - little did we know that this was part of Detroit Institute of Arts [DIA] Inside/Out summer exhibition taking place around metro Detroit. It's now in it's third year of bringing framed high quality reproductions from the DIA collection out onto the streets. So on Saturday we took a short drive over to our next town Royal Oak to see the six pieces they had hanging up. Here's what we found;
Royal Oak Public Library - The Recitation by Thomas Wilmer Dewing.
The gardens around the library
Ariana Gallery, Main St - Eleanora of Toledo and Her Son by Agnolo Bronizo
Qdoba Mexican Grille, Main St - Staunch Friends by William Fredrick Yeamas
Noir Leather, W. 4th St - Selene and Endymion by Nicolas Poussin
Pronto, S. Washington St - Warrior With Two Pages by Peter Paul Rubens
Decorations in the flower pots for the 4th of July.
Comedy Castle - Corner of S. Troy and 4th St. - Cotopaxi by Frederic Edwin Church
Close up of the the Cotopaxi frame.
All the artwork are within walking distance of each other and not only do you get to see some artwork but you get to see some of the downtown areas too. Hopefully we'll get to check out the pieces in Ferndale another weekend.
Inside/Out exhibition map [Source].
The exhibition runs across Detroit and many of it's metro cities until the end of September in; Canton, Clawson, Clinton Township, Dearborn, Detroit, Ferndale, Gordeu City, Harrison Township, Northville, Royal Oak, Trenton, Troy and Waterford.
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This is so fun! I would definitely check the pieces out if they were closer to me. I love that they are sharing the pieces with the public and helping to show off the community at the same time :]
ReplyDeleteTotally and it gets you seeing all the shops that you might not necessarily see or go into.
DeleteThat's a really cool idea to do that! I would totally love to go and walk/tour/art-see if it wasn't so hot outside right now!
ReplyDelete♥ laura
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I know what you mean! We did this on Saturday at 7PM and oh my it was still too warm!
DeleteIt looks so cool, I love it when art is put up like this, they do it a lot in the Summer in London and you really do see so much more of an area than you usually would!
ReplyDeleteCharlotte
I use to go to the galleries a lot as a student but it's something i've not kept up so it was great to see art for a change!
DeleteThat looks so amazing!
ReplyDeleteWas pretty cool to see!
DeleteLove this, what an interesting idea (I actually really like the frames even as well) :-)
ReplyDeleteWe were wondering if the frames themselves were reproductions of the ones the paintings are hanging in too.
DeleteLove this idea! Such beautiful pictures up there too :) xo
ReplyDeleteNice seeing the pictures in natural light too!
Deletethose detail shots are really pretty, happy 4th of July hun!!
ReplyDeletelooks great to visit! i've never been to detroit and don't really know much about it - but this seems like a great art program
ReplyDeleteYeah Detroit's rather understated and forgotten about. Great to see programs like this getting out to the street.
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