Detroit's 'Illuminated Mural' under repair after construction damage
Following a legal battle to preserve Detroit's "Illuminated Mural," the polarizing work of art has been damaged during construction work — but a project spokesman says the crew is working with the artist to repair it.
Dan Austin of PR firm Van Dyke Horn says parts of the mural — a 125-foot splotch of rainbow painted by artist Katie Craig on the Albert Kahn-designed building at 2937 E. Grand Blvd. — were removed while the crew was doing structural repair for the forthcoming Chroma co-working space and food hall.
"That wall had structural issues," Austin says. "If they weren't addressed that would have caused problems."
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Craig filed a lawsuit to protect her mural in 2016, after developer Princeton Enterprises acquired the building. She cited the Visual Artists Rights Act, a 1990 law that expanded federal copyright to protect artwork of "recognized stature." The "bleeding rainbow" mural had quickly drawn both fans and critics. Some neighbors told Metro Times in 2010 that they didn't like the formless painting, while the Detroit Free Press called it "maybe Detroit’s most drop-dead gorgeous mural."
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