NY Times examines the DIA's newest exhibit, says you'd better go

The Detroit Institute of Art's newest exhibit "Through African Eyes: The European in African Art" was reviewed by the New York Times and, well, it's pretty safe to say they like it. The exhibit spans from 1500 to the present, and exhibits pieces from across Africa.

Excerpt from the New York Times:

These images are all part of a tradition of African art that has for centuries looked at, evaluated and selectively embraced the West. That tradition is represented by a show organized by an African and installed in a great museum designed on European models and built by white Americans. And that museum is in a great city that is now predominantly African-American.

Who would have imagined, even just a few years ago, that such histories and energies could have been found in art that most of us never knew existed? Enough to say that if you get a thrill from seeing things you've never seen and thinking thoughts you've never thought, Detroit is a good place to be these days.

Read the entire article here.