Canadian critic impressed with DIA expansion, programming approach

One more take on the Detroit Institute of Arts' renovation and thematic installation -- this time from across the border.

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The museum's maze of hallways and galleries - the result of the previous expansions - has become a central "promenade," with galleries to the left and right. Architect Michael Graves, whose firm is the renovation's primary designer, said the simplified flow of the museum is "enormously satisfying."

But he credited the reinstallation, which was led by the DIA's staff, for truly transforming the museum.

"I am so struck by the way the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries are represented here," Graves said. "I don't think that you will find, in America, let alone Europe, ... anything that comes close."

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