Detroit art lovers are squeezing in a final look this weekend as the Detroit Institute of Arts’ landmark survey of Anishinaabe artists winds down after a blockbuster run. The show, the museum’s first major Native American art exhibition in roughly 30 years, pulled together contemporary basketry, beadwork, painting, sculpture and film from across the Great Lakes and stood out as a rare major-museum spotlight on Anishinaabe creativity. As it closes, museum leaders are weighing whether parts of the show can stay together as a traveling collection that would take the work beyond Detroit.
Attendance surge and acquisition plans
According to The Detroit News, DIA director Salvador Salort-Pons said the exhibition has already welcomed about 66,000 visitors,…..