By Darren Cunningham and Chad Britton Wednesday afternoon, a federal judge blocked the Detroit Institute of Arts from moving or hiding a Van Gogh painting at the center of a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The order states the DIA is prohibited "from damaging, destroying, concealing, disposing, moving, or using as to substantially impair its value." A hearing is set for Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. The piece, "Liseuse de Romans" or "The Novel Reader," is at the center of a newly filed lawsuit against the DIA. A Brazilian art collector, Gustavo Soter, claims he bought the piece six years ago for $3.7 million. At that time, he said he gave possession of the painting to a third party but not the title. He said that a third party took off with the painting immediately. After six years of searching for it, the Brazilian art collector saw a photo of it on social media and learned the piece is on display at the DIA. Now, the art collector is suing the DIA. Wayne State University Fine Arts professor emeritus Jeffrey Abt told 7 Action News this type of ordeal isn't unheard of. "These things happen, and they've been happening more frequently in recent years as people who are disputing works of art discover that they are in a museum sometimes temporarily, sometimes as part of a loan exhibition as is the case here... discover that they are in a museum," Abt explained.

Detroit's Jazz community is mourning the death of Gretchen Valade, who passed away last week at the age of 97. The Carhartt heiress was a prominent arts supporter and philanthropist who founded Mack Avenue Records and kept the Detroit Jazz Festival alive. "I came to call her the 'Angel of Jazz' many years ago because she has this purity of vision, purity of dream," Chris Collins,  Professor and Director of Jazz Studies and Valade Endowed Chair in Jazz at Wayne State University, said. In doing so, Valade turned the dreams of countless artists into reality.  Sharing her success to ensure there was a thriving Jazz community in metro Detroit.  "What she's about is breaking down barriers so that people can participate in these things. Everyone is invited to the party," Collins said. One of those parties, the Detroit Jazz Festival, that Valade rescued more than a decade ago. She established a foundation with a $10 million endowment to keep the largest free Jazz festival in North America alive. In recent years Valade donated $9.5 million to Wayne State University for a new Jazz center that will bear her name. "It will put a footprint of Jazz right on Cass Avenue in a facility that is more than a club, but not quite as huge as the festival where we have 1000s of people just in that right spot," Collins said.