MOCAD celebrates successful first year

After one year of operation, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit has found a niche, is attracting press and sizable crowds and seems well on its way to fulfilling its mission "to present art at the forefront of contemporary culture."

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The New York Times and the Washington Post have taken notice of MOCAD. "A newspaper in Warsaw wrote us up," says board president and acting director Marsha Miro. "Italian Vogue did a little thing on us. We're a much more interesting city than the people who live here perceive."

Admission will remain free for at least the next year, and any day now they'll hire a director. "All the things I dreamed about were happening," Miro says, summarizing the museum's inaugural 12 months.

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