Museum Brings Its Art Outdoors Around Detroit Area

DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Institute of Arts is putting up ornately framed reproductions of some of its most significant paintings on the streets of southeast Michigan as part of a celebration of its 125th anniversary.

The life-sized digital copies look as if they've been pulled from the museum's walls and will be on display through November.

"We hope people will be surprised and pleased when they see them," museum Director Graham W.J. Beal said in a statement.

Some of the reproductions for "DIA: Inside/Out" are on walls outside shops and restaurants, while others are on freestanding posts at parks or other outdoor locations. Each is accompanied by an information plaque like one that would be seen at the museum.

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The waterproof vinyl copies are produced by SM/ART Editions. The company, which specializes in making such reproductions for home and office decor, plans to sell copies of the "DIA: Inside/Out" works on its website.