Former Cass Tech teachers secretly rescued a LeRoy Foster painting from the school’s old building. Now, it’s on display at Cranbrook.
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Two of the museum’s newest exhibitions bring together the best of Detroit’s contemporary Black artists and one prominent painter from the past

…when they came across LeRoy Foster’s “Renaissance City” — a large-scale painting that had been displayed in the cafeteria — they knew they had to save it, too. They rolled the painting up, got the hell out of there, and stored it on top of a cabinet at the new Cass Tech erected next door…

That was back in 2006, shortly after the former Cass Tech closed in 2005. As far as most Detroiters and legions of former “Technicians” were concerned, “Renaissance City” had been lost in the rubble when the old building was torn down.

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