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Detroit museum workers spend 100-plus hours moving painting

Conservators have already spent two days dusting the artwork.

Credit: AP

Open to the public for viewing, Detroit Institute of Arts Project Conservator Becca Goodman prepares the painting Das Geviert, 1997, by Anselm Kiefer to be removed from the wall where it has been since 2004, for an upcoming exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan on January 3, 2020. (Daniel Mears/Detroit News via AP)

DETROIT — Conservators at the Detroit Institute of Arts have set aside more than 100 hours to prepare to move an enormous three-dimensional painting to create space for a new display.

Anselm Kiefer's “Das Geviert” has been installed at the museum since 2004.

The Detroit News reports that it's being moved to make room for “Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950-2020,” which is slated to open June 13.

Kiefer used acrylic paint, shellac, burnt clay, regular clay, charcoal, wire, straw, sand and other elements to form a complex texture.

Conservators have already spent two days dusting the artwork.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Have you visited the DIA's exhibition "Bruegel's 'The Wedding Dance'... Revealed" and still want to know more about the painting? Our 2019 Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts was written by DIA conservation and curatorial staff and is completely dedicated to "The Wedding Dance."

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