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New DIA Director Envisions Museum as a Central Gathering Spot in Detroit

October 09, 2015, 7:16 AM

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Salvador Salort-Pons

Salvador Salort-Pons, who becomes the 11th director of the Detroit Institute of Arts on Thursday, has a big vision for the museum, Michael Hodges of The Detroit News reports:

He's eager to expand what his predecessor Graham Beal started when he recast Kresge Court as a sort of drop-in, urban living room.

“My long-term vision for the DIA?” asked Salort-Pons. “I see the museum a bit like European town squares, where people gather on weekends to drink coffee and chat. The DIA I see in the future will be the main square of Detroit and will play that unifying role.”

Hodges writes that Friends and relatives are willing to bet he’ll pull that off, given his habit of getting what he sets out to accomplish — whether publishing two books on Velázquez or learning how to make a mean paella.


Read more:  Detroit News


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