Is Rembrandt's Face of Jesus Responsible for Saving the Detroit Institute of Arts?

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Tahlib

Riding on the heels of its hugely successful outreach to Christians for the exhibtion, "Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus", The Detroit Institute of Arts is celebrating this week's vote by residents to pass a tax millage to support museum operations. Is there a connection between the twin efforts? We think so. Would the museum have enjoyed such wide-spread support without its Christian-centered marketing campaign for this winter's exhibition? Perhaps we will never know, but one thing is for certain, it has all worked out for the good of the city and the museum. In response, beginning this week, residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties begin enjoying "free" museum admission. The property tax millage will add $23 million annually for the DIA for 10 years.