Book Fair @ The DIA featuring author Michelle Young – The Art Spy
**The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose
Valland** is a riveting and stylish saga set in Paris during World War II,
uncovering how an unlikely heroine infiltrated the Nazi leadership to save the
world’s most treasured masterpieces. Vivid and atmospheric, The Art Spy is an
extraordinary tale of a female hero whose courage and tenacity in a time of
violence and terror is an inspiration for all.
Michelle will be In conversation with Dorota Chudzicka, Assistant Curator of
European Art, Detroit Institute of Arts. Book signing following talk. After
the presentation, please join a docent-led tour of DIA artwork that was
confiscated by the Nazis. FREE. Pre-registration required: dia.org/events
**Michelle Young **is an award-winning journalist, author, and professor
whose writing on looted and lost art has appeared in _Hyperallergic_ , _The
Forward_ , and _The Wilson Quarterly_. She is a graduate of Harvard College in
the History of Art and Architecture and holds a master’s degree from Columbia
University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where
she is a Professor of Architecture. She is the founder of the publication
_Untapped New York. _She divides her time between New York City and Paris.
**Purchase the
Book:**[https://bookshop.org/a/7125/9780063295896](https://bookshop.org/a/7125/9780063295896)
**Program Partner:** Detroit Institute of Arts
**Platinum Book Sponsor: **Susan Sovel (z”l) Philanthropic Fund
**Bronze Book Sponsors:** The Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History
Archive; The Zekelman Holocaust Center
**Co-Sponsor:** Temple Kol Ami Sisterhood; JTraveler
Organized by: The J, The Detroit Jewish Book Fair, JTraveler
View event on Jlive: https://jlive.app/events/12743
