Some Works of The Masters

A special exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts features works from Monet to Dali on tour from the Cleveland Museum of Art.  And we went Saturday to stand in line with hundreds of our new found friends to see the special exhibition of over 80 pieces including paintings by Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh, Matisse, Cezanne, Degas, Renoir, and Dali and sculptures of Rodin.   

I am awed that I can see works in person which I have read or heard about secondhand in books and magazines or heard described on TV.

In addition we saw much of the rest of the DIA including an impressive collection of chess sets including a Faberge creation and one depicting France vs Great Britain.  I was impressed by the carving of ivory into artful chess pieces.  Check mate.