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In the Company of Artists: Photographs from the DIA Collection

Event Details

Time: February 7, 2009 to February 15, 2009
Location: Detroit Institute of Arts
Street: 5200 Woodward Avenue
City/Town: Detroit, Michigan USA
Website or Map: http://www.dia.org/
Phone: Main Line: 313.833.7900
Event Type: photography, exhibition
Latest Activity: Feb 7, 2009

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Event Description

In the Company of Artists: Photographs from the DIA Collection

November 19, 2008 - February 15, 2009

Through the photographs of André Kertész, Man Ray, Yousuf Karsh, Arnold Newman and Robert Mapplethorpe discover the lives of famous creative individuals. In the Company of Artists brings together portraits of artists, their families, friends, and surroundings along with writers and musicians and other individuals from artistic and bohemian circles from the late 1890s to present day.

This exhibition is organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts. Support has been provided by Michigan Council of Arts and Cultural Affairs and the City of Detroit.

Garry Winogrand, American (1928–84), Diane Arbus, “Love-In”, Central Park, New York City, 1969 (printed in 1982–83); gelatin silver print. Museum Purchase, Albert and Peggy de Salle Charitable Trust (2008.9), © The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.

Location Albert and Peggy de Salle Gallery of Photography