The Detroit Institute of Arts “lost $17 million in 2008, the latest in a string of annual operating shortfalls that totaled nearly $100 million in the past 10 years. The DIA is art rich and cash poor.Without major changes in the way it does business — soon — it risks slipping into second-class status, mortgaging its spot in the front rank of American museums and its mission as an encyclopedic venue that represents the depth and breadth of all cultures.”