A reader pointed to this video from May of 2013 where Bill Nowling references the Emergency Manager’s mysterious plan to sell “covenants” on the art in DIA that would allow the art to stay in place while earning the City money. Combined with Nowling’s hints that Christie’s is working on a plan that will allow the DIA’s art to earn money without being sold, there may be more twists coming in this tale.

Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr wants appraisal of collection at Detroit Institute of Arts