'Reimagine African American Art' is at the heart of the DIA

The Detroit Institute of Arts has revamped its African American arts collection and brought it to the heart of the museum. “Reimagine African American Art,” which opened Saturday, was organized by the DIA’s Center for African American Art and encompasses four galleries that tell the history of African American art from the 1800s through the 1980s. The galleries were previously on the second floor of the museum’s North Wing and are now centrally located adjacent to Rivera Court.

“We have this huge history with this material, because it's very important for our community,” says DIA Director Salvador Salort-Pons. “What we wanted to do now is to bring the history of African American art to the center of the museum experience and tell it in a way that people could have the historical sequence