Taubman’s final gift to the DIA will be cash not art

Later this month, Sotheby’s is selling the remaining lots fr om the A. Alfred Taubman collection, a group of Old Master works. To some, the sale may seem strange given that in life Taubman was a strong supporter of the Detroit Institute of Arts, wh ere a wing named for him contains a gallery dedicated to European Old Masters. Several of the works in the sale were on long-term loan to the museum until recently.
This was, however, in keeping with Taubman’s “wish that the entire