Patti Smith: Camera Solo

This is the first American museum exhibition to focus on the photography of artist, poet, and performer Patti Smith. Smith's photographs are infused with personal meaning and highlight the rich relationships between art, architecture, poetry and the everyday.

Patti Smith Camera Solo

DIA Inside|Out

Inside|Out brings reproductions of great treasures from the Detroit Institute of Arts into your community.

DIA Inside/Out

DIA Inside/Out

Now That I Can Dance

Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit will wrap up its 20th season with a revival of the musical , Now That I Can Dance — Motown 1962. The show will run for two consecutive weekends from May 11th thru May 20th at the Detroit Film Theatre. Now That I Can Dance is a celebration of Motown and the young men and women who made it great!

mosaic youth theatre

mosaic youth theatre

Staff Picks

Rachel Ruysch: Flowers in a Glass Vase

Rachel Ruysch

Flowers in a Glass Vase, 1704

“I find this painting amazing in its detail and composition; every time I view it, I find something I haven't noticed before. And the colors are rich and the flowers are incredibly vibrant! The fact that it was painted by a woman at a time when men so completely dominated the art world only adds to this painting's uniqueness. ”

Tracy Hobbs, Volunteer

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