Aretha Franklin Exhibit Opens New Detroit Art Gallery Early
The Irwin House Global Art Center & Gallery was supposed to open in 2019, but the death of Aretha Franklin last month changed that. Just blocks away from the New Bethel Baptist Church on Linwood Street where Franklin’s father was the minister and Franklin’s home on LaSalle Boulevard, the gallery is in the area that immediately became the center of attention upon news of her death.
As reported by Metro Times, gallery director Omo Misha explained the decision to open the gallery months before planned.
“Of course, right away people started to gather there. We’re sitting right in the center of the heart of where she lived and cultivated her career and legacy. So with that I just felt we have to rise to the occasion.”
