Book Fair @ The DIA featuring author Michelle Young – The Art Spy

The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland is a riveting and stylish saga set in Paris during World War II, uncovering how an unlikely heroine infiltrated the Nazi leadership to save the world’s most treasured masterpieces. Vivid and atmospheric, The Art Spy is an extraordinary tale of a female hero whose courage and tenacity in a time of violence and terror is an inspiration for all. Michelle will be In conversation with Dorota Chudzicka, Assistant Curator of European Art, Detroit Institute of Arts. Book signing following talk. After the presentation, please join a docent-led tour of DIA artwork that was confiscated by the Nazis. FREE. Pre-registration required: dia.org/events Michelle Young is an award-winning journalist, author, and professor whose writing on looted and lost art has appeared in Hyperallergic , The Forward , and The Wilson Quarterly. She is a graduate of Harvard College in the History of Art and Architecture and holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where she is a Professor of Architecture. She is the founder of the publication _Untapped New York. _She divides her time between New York City and Paris.

Purchase the Book:(https://bookshop.org/a/7125/9780063295896) Program Partner: Detroit Institute of Arts Platinum Book Sponsor: Susan Sovel (z"l) Philanthropic Fund Bronze Book Sponsors: The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive; The Zekelman Holocaust Center Co-Sponsor: Temple Kol Ami Sisterhood; JTraveler

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