Quote Originally Posted by Coaccession View Post
The City owns the DIA's permanent collection -- worth tens of billions of dollars -- so it can certainly fund the endowment if it mobilizes that value rather than leaving it idle. And no, mobilizing that value doesn't mean selling the Monet. Tools exist that will let Detroit have its Monet and money too, letting Detroit leverage its existing collection to support many new arts investments -- artworks, arts projects, museum branches [[with libraries), performances with permanent recordings, etc., etc.
You really think the CoD would put any revenue gained from the DIA colletion back into the Arts? When cops are being laid off, lights are on a rolling brownout and the city is almost in receivership?