If You're a #ROPoser, Detroit Art Institute Wants Your Selfie

Reproductions of 10 famous masterpieces on loan from the Detroit Arts Institute are popping up around Royal Oak as part of the DIA’s Inside|Out Program, designed to increase accessibility to the museum’s vast collection.

“Some people might not want to go to a museum, might not be able to, or frankly don’t know what the museum is all about,” Jillian Reese, the DIA’s community relations specialist, told the Observer & Eccentric. “So Inside|Out is a great way to get people familiarized with our collection and some of the treasurers we have there.”

Residents and visitors will have a chance to see them until October. The Royal Oak Commission for the Arts is having a bit of fun with the exhibit, encouraging people to pose next to Paul Gauguin’s “Self Portrait” and post the snapshot on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag #ROPoser,Some are already showing up on the Royal Oak Commission for the Arts’ Facebook page.

“Self Portrait” is on display at the corner of Washington and Fourth Streets.

The exhibit also incudes:

• “Ishtar Gate, Dragon of Marduk” (artist unknown), at Pronto!, 608 S. Washington Ave.

• “Luncheon with Figures in Masquerade Dress,” Francois de Troy, The Gallery of Royal Oak, 617 S. Washington Ave.

• “Chevy,” Edwin Henry Landseer, Center Street garage

• “Konigsee,” Willibald Wex, Noir Leather, 124 W. Fourth St.

• “Celadon and Amelia,” William Hamilton, 123 S. Main St.

• “Martha and Mary Magdalene,” Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Qdoba, 301 S. Main St.

• “Study for Birds,”Albert Joseph Moore, Bigalora Wood Fired Cucuina, 711 S. Main St.

• “Flowers in a Glass Vase,” Rachel Ruysch, Royal Oak Library lawn, 222 E. 11 Mile

• “The Window,” Henri Matisse, Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle, 310 S. Troy

A flashlight tour of the masterpieces will be held Thursday, Aug. 7, and Thursday, Aug. 14, before Art Explored live concerts at the pop-up park on Center Street.

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PHOTO: The Royal Oak Commission for the Arts is asking residents and visitors to take a selfie next to Paul Gauguin’s “Self Portrait,” part of the Detroit Art Institute’s Inside|Out Program, and post it on social media with the hashtag #ROPoser. (Photo: Royal Oak Commission for the Arts Facebook page)