Lindsay VanHulle
- LANSING — At times during the past few years, leaders of the Detroit Institute of Arts regularly invited Michigan lawmakers to tour the museum.The invitations were strategic. In 2013, the museum was in survival mode to keep its city-owned collection amid fear and speculation the art might be sold in federal bankruptcy court to appease Detroit's creditors. Strategic lobbying and negotiating were invaluable during a sensitive time. Preserving the DIA art would require hundreds of millions
Lindsay VanHulle
- LANSING — At times during the past few years, leaders of the Detroit Institute of Arts regularly invited Michigan lawmakers to tour the museum.The invitations were strategic. In 2013, the museum was in survival mode to keep its city-owned collection amid fear and speculation the art might be sold in federal bankruptcy court to appease Detroit's creditors. Strategic lobbying and negotiating were invaluable during a sensitive time. Preserving the DIA art would require hundreds of millions