Artistic Detroit

The Detroit Institute of Arts is one of the largest and most important museums in the states. Selected works of Monet, Van Gogh, and Picasso are housed in this huge museum along side the third most significant collection of American artists work in the nation.

While the C Pop Gallery may only be a short walk from the DIA, it is a museum on the opposite side of the spectrum altogether. Tiny small in comparison to the DIA, C Pop wastes no space as they fill every inch of their showroom with striking modern, post-modern, and pop culture oriented art.

Originating on Heidelberg Street, Tyree Guyton has created a tremendous display using the very neighborhood as his canvas. As unique of a work of art as it is an approach to fight urban decay, the Heidelberg project has transformed the houses, lots, yards, and playgrounds of this area of town into a bold challenge against poverty, as well as one of the most visited sites in Detroit.

Rowland Cafe sits in the main hall of Wirt Rowland’s masterpiece, the Guardian Building. Be ready to have your breath stolen away by the gorgeous tiled floors and mosaic-covered walls and ceiling as you walk into this newly renovated building from 1928. A cup of coffee is all the excuse you need to give yourself a sore neck as you stare upward in awe of the amazing detail put into this building.

While the post office, itself, may not be all that exciting, it is located in the historic Penobscot building, one of Wirt Rowland’s many sky-scraping masterpieces. Another testament to Detroit’s unparalleled collection of early 1900’s architectural achievements.