Susanne Hilberry, a woman Metro Times once described as the collector, gallery owner and "grand dame of the Detroit art scene, " died Thursday night. She was 72.
Funeral services are set for Sunday at 11:30 a.m. at Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield.
Metro Times writes:
When she was in her 20s, Hilberry got her start in the art world as an assistant to Sam Wagstaff, the influential Detroit Institute of Arts curator (and partner of the renowned photographer Robert Mapplethorpe). Under Wagstaff, Hilberry forged numerous connections in Detroit's art world, and was able to open her own Birmingham gallery in 1976 at the age of 31. In 2000, she closed the Birmingham location and relocated to Ferndale in 2002.
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