The Detroit Institute of Arts - News http://www.dia.org/about/news.aspx The Detroit Institute of Arts - News Wed, 23 May 2012 01:04:45 GMT <![CDATA[Detroit Institute of Arts debuts popular Inside|Out Program on Mackinac Island - Reproductions of masterpieces from the museum’s collection on view throughout the summer]]>
“We’re delighted to debut Inside|Out on Mackinac Island this year,” said Graham W. J. Beal, DIA director. “The program has been immensely popular in metro Detroit, and we’re excited to share it with northern Michigan residents and summer visitors to Mackinac Island.”

The names of the reproductions and their locations are featured on a downloadable map on the DIA’s website, www.dia.org/insideout. The works are reproductions of some of the DIA’s most popular masterpieces, such as Claude Monet’s Gladioli and Vincent van Gogh’s The Postman.

Inside|Out is currently installed in 11 metro Detroit communities, where the reproductions are on view until June 30. Each community has seven to 10 works clustered within its downtown area. Participating communities plan activities centered around their Inside|Out works. Previous events have included a wine-tasting bus tour, bike and walking tours and talks at local libraries.

For information about local Inside|Out events and installation photos, visit the Inside|Out Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/dia.insideout.

Ed. Note: Inside|Out will be on view during the 2012 Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference, held Tuesday, May 29, through Thursday, May 31. DIA representatives will be available during the conference for media requests.

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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the premier art museums in the United States, is home to more than 60,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century. From the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum (Self-Portrait, 1887), to Diego Rivera's world-renowned Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), the DIA's collection is known for its quality, range, and depth. The DIA’s mission is to create opportunities for all visitors to find personal meaning in art.

Programs are made possible with support from the City of Detroit.
 
Contact:               Larisa Zade       313-833-7962     lzade@dia.org
                            Pamela Marcil   313-833-7899     pmarcil@dia.org
                            Peter Van Dyke  313-530-7882     pvandyke@bergmuirhead.com
 
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“This is the highest honor for service that the museum can bestow,” said Graham W. J. Beal, DIA director. “The DIA is very fortunate to count these recipients among our most ardent supporters. They have been instrumental in helping the DIA serve our community.”

Buddy’s Pizza – Buddy’s is being honored for its many years of support, most recently through a generous gift to sponsor the Detroit Film Theatre and the work of the docents (teaching volunteers) in the Learning & Interpretation department. One distinctive aspect of Buddy’s support has been through the creation of a specialty pizza named for the DIA, with a portion of the proceeds going to the museum. Buddy’s Pizza owner Robert B. Jacobs has served on the DIA’s board of directors since 2003 and is also on the board’s Collections Committee. Jacobs and has two African art galleries named in honor of his generous donations to the museum.

Andrew L. and Gayle Shaw Camden – The Camdens have been active members of the DIA for more than 45. Andrew served on the board of directors from 1984 to 2011, and through the years served on a number of board committees. Gayle was a co-chair of the annual fundraising gala in 2010, and has provided invaluable design expertise in the creation of the Museum Shop. Active in a number of auxiliary groups at the museum, they have each held leadership positions in the Founders Junior Council, the Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art, and the Modern Decorative Arts Group. In addition to their contributions of time and talent, they are donors to the DIA’s major fundraising campaigns and have contributed a number of works of art to the collection.

Hours and Admission
Museum hours are 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for ages 6-17, and free for DIA members. For membership information call 313-833-7971.

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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the premier art museums in the United States, is home to more than 60,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century. From the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum (Self-Portrait, 1887), to Diego Rivera's world-renowned Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), the DIA's collection is known for its quality, range, and depth. The DIA’s mission is to create opportunities for all visitors to find personal meaning in art.

Programs are made possible with support from the City of Detroit.

Contact:   Pamela Marcil    313-833-7899    pmarcil@dia.org]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Summer Fun in June at Detroit Institute of Arts - Activities include live music, artist demonstration, puppet performance]]> Patti Smith: Camera Solo, opening June 1, Five Spanish Masterpieces, opening June 21, and the final days of our 75th Annual Detroit Public Schools Student Exhibition, which ends June 3.

Programs are free with museum admission unless otherwise noted. For more information, call (313) 833-7900 or visit www.dia.org.

Guided Tours: Wednesdays–Thursdays, 1 p.m.; Fridays, 1, 6 & 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays–Sundays, 1 & 3 p.m.

Detroit City Chess Club: Fridays, 4–8 p.m.
The club’s mission is to teach area students the game and life lessons. Members have won state, regional and national competitions. People wanting to learn how to play chess should show up between 4 and 6 p.m. There will be no teaching between 6 and 8 p.m., but visitors can play chess.

Drawing in the Galleries (for all ages): Fridays, 6–9 p.m. Sundays, Noon–4 p.m.

Drop-In Workshops (for all ages)
Fridays in June, 6–9 p.m. – Paper-bag sculpture: Make your own paper-bag sculpture using a variety of art-making materials.
Saturdays in June, Noon–4 p.m. – Jewelry: Simple Adornments: Using a variety of nontraditional jewelry-making materials, create one-of-a-kind wearable art pins.
Sundays in June, Noon–4 p.m. – Mosaics: Make pictures and designs from colored glass, clay tiles, stones, marbles and other small objects.

Friday Night Live, June 1
Music: Patti Smith in Concert: 7:30 p.m. THIS CONCERT IS SOLD OUT

Family Sunday, June 3
Artist Demonstration: Chalk Drawing with Greg Oberle: Noon–4 p.m.
Greg Oberle provides new insights into a medium we normally associate with hopscotch, illustrating why chalk isn’t just for kids anymore. Oberle’s talk will be followed by chalk drawing for all ages.

Sunday Music Bar: Blueflowers: 1 & 3 p.m.
Detroit band Blueflowers is led by songwriting duo Tony Hamera and Kate Hinote. They perform songs from their 2011 release In Line With the Broken-hearted, which contains elements of alternative-country, Americana, 60’s girl-pop, folk and psychedelia.

Lecture: The True Sources of Hiroshige’s Famous Tokaido Series (1832–33): 2 p.m.
Legend maintains that Utagawa Hiroshige based his woodblock-print series Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido on his travels along the Tokaido, the arterial road that connected Edo (present-day Tokyo) with Kyoto. Andreas Marks, director and chief curator, The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture, Hanford, CA, demonstrates that the majority of Hiroshige’s designs are, in fact, based on illustrations from travel guides. Sponsored by Asian and Islamic Art Forum

Wednesday, June 6
Lecture: Masterpieces of Boston Furniture at the DIA: 1650–1850: 6:30 p.m.
The DIA has a dazzling array of early Boston furniture, including a great tall chest signed by Nathaniel Bowen dated 1774, and an exceptionally sensuous neoclassical center table made for David Sears in about 1820. Brock Jobe, professor of American decorative arts, Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, DE, will explain why these works are so special. Sponsored by Associates of the American Wing

Friday Night Live, June 8
Music: TBA: (See dia.org for details)

DIA Moment: Behind the Scenes – Detroit Playwrights: 8 p.m.
This new performance series provides a forum for works from Detroit’s theater community. The series kicks off with a focus on contemporary playwrights with staged readings of new works by local writers Audra Lord, Sean Paraventi and Kirsten Knisely. The readings will be followed by a discussion in which the playwrights elaborate on and answer questions about the artistic process behind their work.

Ford Free Sunday, June 10
Sunday Music Bar: Michael Chikuzen Gould: 1 & 3 p.m.
Michael Chikuzen Gould performs on the shakuhachi, a Japanese flute usually made of bamboo. Gould studied the shakuhachi in Japan and is one of a few to hold the title “Dai Shihan” (Grand Master of Shakuhachi).

Family Performance: The Hinterlands Ensemble and PuppetART, Dreamtigers: 2 p.m.
Shadow puppets and live action combine to tell the tale of Isabel, a little girl who loves everything to do with science and spends her days learning about the wonders of nature, and night after night dreaming of the world laid out in her books. After a terrifying dream that is infiltrated by wild tigers, Isabel vows never to sleep again, and soon the whole family has caught Isabel’s insomnia. Inspired by tales from Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel García Márquez, Octavio Paz and Julio Cortázar. Appropriate for ages 6 and up. Sponsored by Founders Junior Council

Friday Night Live, June 15
Music: TBA (See dia.org for details)

Saturday, June 16
Meet Me at the DIA: A Program for People with Early Stage Dementia and Their Caregivers: 10:30 a.m.–Noon
People with early stage dementia (including Alzheimer’s) and their caregivers are invited to participate in gallery discussions about art led by DIA staff and volunteers with expertise in this area. Participants are made to feel welcome and comfortable, and discussions are based on the observations and connections made by the group. The program provides opportunities for social engagement and intellectual stimulation in a safe, inspiring environment. Everyone is encouraged to contribute to the discussions; participants leave the DIA with small prints of DIA artworks so conversations can be continued. Meet Me at the DIA is modeled after a successful program at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Members $17 per couple, Nonmembers $20 per couple. To register tickets.dia.org. Sponsored by HealthPlus of Michigan

Class: Clay: Potter’s Wheel Workshop (adults only): 1–4 p.m.
This introductory potter’s wheel experience includes individual guidance and demonstrations. Projects will be fired for pick-up at a later date. Class size limited to 12 students. Members $36, Nonmembers $48. Preregistration and prepayment is required. To register, call 313-833-4005.

Family Sunday, June 17
Brunch with Bach: Musicians from the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival: White Nights: 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
The 19th annual Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival presents the finest music in the chamber music repertoire performed by world-class musicians. Led by Artistic Director James Tocco, this year’s festival presents White Nights, featuring music by composers of Russian and Scandinavian descent. Tickets: Brunch and Concert, 1:30 p.m. performance only, $35; Continental Breakfast and concert, 11 a.m. performance only, $20; Concert only: $15. Call 313-833-4005 or visit tickets.dia.org

Puppet Performance: Squallis Puppeteers, City Comics: 2 p.m.
An adventurous boy named Sam receives dicey advice from his imaginary friend Rupert the Rat. Sam is encouraged to try living out his comic-book inspired fantasies of being a real superhero. After taking a tumble he is given a special gift that will show him a new world right in his own backyard. Sponsored by Founders Junior Council

Wednesday, June 20
Class: Clay: Toad House (ages 5 and older, with an adult): 10 a.m.–Noon
Create an imaginative home out of clay for your friendly neighborhood toad. Projects will be fired for pick up at a later date. Class size limited to 20 students. Members $24, Nonmembers $32. Preregistration and prepayment is required. To register, call 313-833-4005.

Friday Night Live, June 22
Class: Clay: Pots, Bowls & Vessels (ages 5 and older, with an adult): 6–8 p.m.
Check out the many clay pots, bowls and vessels in the museum galleries, then head for the studio to make your own set of containers. Projects will be fired for pickup at a later date. Class size limited to 20 students. Members $24, Nonmembers $32. Preregistration and prepayment is required. To register, call 313-833-4005.

Music: TBA (See dia.org for details)

Saturday, June 23
Class: Clay: Mug Shots (ages 5 and older, with adult): 1–4 p.m.
Using clay slabs and simple tools, make a mug you can actually use and decorated it with the funniest face you can think of. Projects will be fired for pickup at a later date. Class size limited to 20 students. Members $24, Nonmembers $32. Preregistration and prepayment is required. To register, call 313-833-4005.

Family Sunday, June 24
Storytelling: Roan Judd: 2 p.m.
Roan Judd uses mime, puppetry and physically based acting techniques to tell multicultural stories from around the world. Sponsored by Founders Junior Council

Sunday Music Bar: PanaMO: 1 & 3 p.m.
World, Latin Jazz/Salsa band PanaMO performs original compositions with strong Latin roots and flavor, as well as jazz standards with inventive arrangements. PanaMO is led by Obed Succari, a master percussionist from Panama.

Friday Night Live, June 29
Music: TBA (See dia.org for details)

Hours and Admission
Museum hours are 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors ages 62+, $4 for ages 6–17, and free for DIA members. For membership information call 313-833-7971.

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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the premier art museums in the United States, is home to more than 60,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century. From the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum (Self-Portrait, 1887), to Diego Rivera's world-renowned Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), the DIA’s collection is known for its quality, range and depth. The DIA’s mission is to create opportunities for all visitors to find personal meaning in art.

Programs are made possible with support from the City of Detroit.
Contact:     Pamela Marcil     (313) 833-7899     pmarcil@dia.org
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The exhibition comprises Portrait of the Matador Pedro Romero, by Francisco de Goya, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; The Holy Family with St. Anne and the Infant St. John the Baptist, by El Greco, Museo del Prado, Madrid; Soft Construction with Boiled Beans, by Salvador Dalí, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Portrait of a Man, by Diego Velázquez, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and Melancholy Woman, by Pablo Picasso, Detroit Institute of Arts.

Five Spanish Masterpieces underscores the international importance of the DIA collection, and the substantial role that the DIA plays in spreading art, knowledge and culture in the United States and internationally. Lenders to the exhibition recognize the DIA as a significant museum that has shaped the history of American collecting.

“Our great Blue Period Picasso has been out on loan for two years—an unusually long time,” said Graham W. J. Beal, DIA director. “We are excited to be able to showcase it with four paintings by four other great Spanish artists when it returns. This compact exhibition presents not only extraordinary art, it demonstrates how important loans from the DIA’s own collection to prestigious international museums enabled us to bring to Southeast Michigan such exhibitions as Van Gogh Face to Face, Degas and the Dance, and Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus.”

The DIA is a generous lender and grants dozens of requests every year from museums like the Louvre, the Prado, the National Gallery in London and the Metropolitan in New York, among many others. During its two-year absence, Melancholy Woman has been featured in exhibitions in Zurich, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Paris and New York. This rare exhibition is only made possible because of the DIA’s stellar reputation and outstanding collection.

Portrait of the Matador Pedro Romero, Francisco de Goya, ca. 1795–98, oil on canvas. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Goya produced many paintings representing bullfighters in action, and Pedro Romero is the most famous matador in the history of bullfighting. His technique and style demonstrated that bullfighting could be seen as an elegant ballet of controlled movements, in which the bull and matador confront each other on equal grounds.

Goya portrays Romero at age 45 when he was about to retire. His hair is tied in a ponytail and kept in a black net on the back of his head. The ponytail is the foremost symbol of the professional bullfighter. When a bullfighter decides to retire, he cuts off his ponytail in the bullring at the end of his last bullfight to a standing ovation. In this portrait Romero is still an active bullfighter.

Romero is dressed in a white shirt, silver vest and a short black jacket. On his left shoulder is a red cape. Goya portrays Romero in a wonderfully elegant pose, with his bullfighter attributes, and shows an unusual calmness for a man who faces life and death in his daily profession.

The Holy Family with St. Anne and the Infant St. John the Baptist, El Greco, ca. 1600, oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid
El Greco is regarded as one of Spain’s foremost artists and renowned in his lifetime for the original way he used vibrant colors, dynamic and open brushstrokes and elongated figures planted in a narrow space. The Holy Family is a perfect example of El Greco’s mature style. He represents the figures with elongated and distorted proportions, evident through the figures’ small heads, long hands, arms and legs, and uses thick layers of vibrant color to model his figures. The contours and profiles of this holy family are not sharp and well defined; El Greco defines their volumes with white powerful, loose brushstrokes. The figures are compressed in the painting’s foreground, creating a tense and uneasy environment.

Soft Construction with Boiled Beans, Salvador Dalí, 1936, oil on canvas. Philadelphia Museum of Art
Salvador Dalí was a painter, draftsman, illustrator, sculptor, writer and filmmaker. One of the most prolific artists of the 20th century, his fantastic imagery and flamboyant personality also made him one of the best known. He is famous for his surrealist works, a style characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.

Soft Construction with Boiled Beans, also titled Premonition of Civil War, is an iconic surrealist work. In 1935 Spain was on the brink of civil war, and Dalí began work on the painting, which reflected Spain’s fear before the imminent war. He completed the painting six months before the war started and described it as a “Dalínean Prophecy.” Dalí includes several beans, traditionally used in Spain to appease bad spirits, in the painting’s foreground. He explained that “it is unthinkable to swallow all that unconscious meat without the (however unattractive) presence of some floury and melancholy vegetable.”

With Picasso’s Guernica and Goya’s Colossus, this painting has become the universal icon of protest against the atrocities of war.

Portrait of a Man, Diego Velázquez, 1630, oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Diego Velázquez is regarded as the most important painter of the Spanish Golden Age of art (1600s). Velázquez represented his portrait subjects with directness and physical presence, and communicated a sense of character and individualism. With the help of a friend at King Philip IV’s court, Velázquez showed his work to the king, who was an outstanding connoisseur of the arts. He immediately recognized Velázquez’s talents and hired him as his personal painter.

Portrait of a Man represents a man dressed in the Spanish fashion with a black doublet and white Spanish ruff. In 17th-century Spain, the king and his ministers strictly regulated attire for men, and as a result of difficult economic times, black attire and simple white ruffs were required as a sign of austerity. The length of the sitter’s hair and moustache was fashionable in Spain during the kingdom of Philip IV. Spanish men grew their hair longer, even down to their shoulders, later in the 1600s.

Melancholy Woman, Pablo Picasso, 1902, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts
Pablo Picasso began creating art at age seven, and by age 13 was so accomplished that his father, who was an artist, is said to have given his art supplies to his son and declared he would never paint again. When he was 19, after studying art in Spain, Picasso and artist Carlos Casagemas went to Paris, where Casagemas killed himself a few months later. Moved by the tragedy, Picasso painted Evocation (The Burial of Casagemas), which recalled El Greco’s Burial of the Count of Orgaz.

Shortly afterwards, Picasso began painting subjects that dealt with poverty and depression, including prostitutes, beggars, vagabonds and drunks. These were done in a monochromatic blue-green palette and were referred to as Picasso’s Blue Period paintings. During this time he sketched women in the prison at St. Lazare, France, and it is thought that the subject of Melancholy Woman, the DIA’s Blue Period painting, was a prisoner there. It portrays a young woman seated with her arms folded and her legs crossed, staring in front of herself in a cell-like setting.

Hours and Admission
Museum hours are 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for ages 6–17, and free for DIA members. For membership information call 313-833-7971.

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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the premier art museums in the United States, is home to more than 60,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century. From the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum (Self-Portrait, 1887), to Diego Rivera's world-renowned Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), the DIA's collection is known for its quality, range, and depth. The DIA’s mission is to create opportunities for all visitors to find personal meaning in art.

Programs are made possible with support from the City of Detroit.

Contact:   Pamela Marcil    313-833-7899    pmarcil@dia.org    www.dia.org]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Detroit Institute of Arts presents Patti Smith: Camera Solo - Intimate photographs reveal another side of groundbreaking musician, poet and artist ]]> Patti Smith: Camera Solo, which comprises more than 60 black-and-white gelatin silver prints taken with her vintage Polaroid camera. The exhibition will be on view June 1–Sept. 2, and is free with museum admission.

Pioneering musician, poet, author and artist Smith has made her mark on the American cultural landscape throughout her 40-year career, from her explorations of artistic expression with friend and vanguard photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the 1960s and 70s to her profound influence on the nascent punk rock scene in the late 1970s and 80s.

Patti Smith: Camera Solo explores themes that are significant to Smith: poets and writers; portraiture, including symbolic portraits; travel; and art and architecture. Smith’s photographs highlight the rich relationships between art, architecture, poetry and the everyday. Her titles reference varied muses, such as Roberto Bolaño’s Chair, Herman Hesse’s Typewriter and My Father’s Cup. Such objects are tightly cropped and detached from their surroundings; divorced from their original function, they become devotional images.

“These intimate photographs provide a fascinating look at the world as seen through Patti Smith’s eyes,” said Graham W.J. Beal, DIA director. “Both longtime fans and people newly exposed to her work will be impressed by her truly touching commemoration of the artists, poets, authors, family and friends from whom she draws inspiration.”

Smith began taking 35 mm photographs in 1968 as components for collages and took up the serious use of the Polaroid Land Camera in 1995. Her photos are infused with personal significance and possess the same unfiltered, emotional quality prevalent in her poetry and song lyrics. The allure of her photographs is their often dreamlike imagery, and their modest size belies their depth and power.

Smith’s use of a vintage Polaroid Land 250 camera lends intimacy to her images, whether casual, unvarnished portraits of herself and her children, or symbolic portraits such as Mapplethorpe’s slippers. In the era of digital imaging and manipulation, Smith’s works champion the use of photography in its most classical sense: as a tool to document a “found” moment. She finds the poetic qualities of a particular time and place, and captures that beauty on film.

The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated 96- page catalogue distributed by Yale University Press. It will be available in the museum shop in softcover for $25.

This exhibition was organized by the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut.

About Patti Smith
Patti Smith (b. 1946) began as a visual artist and has been drawing and taking photographs since the late 1960s. Her work has been shown at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; the Museum Boijsman Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum Eki, Kyoto; Haus der Kunst, Munich; Triennale di Milano, Milan; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels and the Pompidou Center in Paris.

Just Kids, a memoir of her remarkable relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe during the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late 1960s and 70s, won her the 2010 National Book Award in the nonfiction category. Her 1975 album, Horses, established Smith as one of the most original and important musical artists of her generation and was followed by nine releases, including Radio Ethiopia, Easter, Dream of Life, Gone Again, and Trampin'. She continues to perform throughout the world and in 2007 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Hours and Admission
Museum hours are 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for ages 6–17, and free for DIA members. For membership information call 313-833-7971.

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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the premier art museums in the United States, is home to more than 60,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century. From the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum (Self-Portrait, 1887), to Diego Rivera's world-renowned Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), the DIA's collection is known for its quality, range and depth. The DIA’s mission is to create opportunities for all visitors to find personal meaning in art.

Programs are made possible with support from the City of Detroit.

Contact:   Pamela Marcil    313-833-7899    pmarcil@dia.org    www.dia.org]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Detroit Institute of Arts wins Excellence in Exhibitions Award from American Association of Museums - Museum honored for Through African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500 to Present]]> Through African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500 to Present, which was on view at the DIA in 2010 and at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2011.

Through African Eyes was organized by Dr. Nii Quarcoopome, DIA curator of African art and head of the department of Africa, Oceania, and the Indigenous Americas. The exhibition illustrated African perspectives on the diverse, changing relationships between Africans and the West over the past 500 years through some of the finest African art in the world.

AAM recognized Through African Eyes for outstanding integration of new scholarship, innovative interpretation, evaluation and community engagement. Among the 18 entries this year, Through African Eyes was selected as the overall winner by unanimous vote.

“The art and science of creating wonderful exhibitions that excite and engage visitors is a challenge,” said Elizabeth Kunz Kollmann, 2012 Excellence in Exhibitions competition coordinator. “Through African Eyes is one such exhibition and serves as a model of the capacity of museum exhibitions to provide transforming experiences visitors so often attribute to them.”

The Excellence in Exhibitions competition is a joint project of AAM’s professional committees of curators, educators, evaluators and exhibition developers and is the most prestigious award for museum exhibitions in North America. Judges from each committee meet in Washington, D.C., to deliberate over exhibitions from all museum types, including art, history, science and others in a rigorous entry process.

Quarcoopome and Swarupa Anila, DIA head of interpretation, whose team developed the exhibition interpretation, accepted the award on behalf of the DIA. Also in attendance from the museum were Jennifer Czajkowski, executive director of learning and interpretation, and Matt Sikora, director of evaluation.

“It’s gratifying to see Through African Eyes recognized with this important award from our museum colleagues,” said Graham W. J. Beal, DIA director. “The innovative work on Through African Eyes represents the DIA’s commitment to high-quality, meaningful exhibitions that carried forward to the recent exhibition Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus and will be present again in the upcoming Fabergé: The Rise and Fall. We are fortunate to have a talented staff that creates exceptional experiences with great art that only the DIA can bring to Detroit.”

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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the premier art museums in the United States, is home to more than 60,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century. From the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum (Self-Portrait, 1887), to Diego Rivera's world-renowned Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), the DIA's collection is known for its quality, range, and depth. The DIA’s mission is to create opportunities for all visitors to find personal meaning in art.

Programs are made possible with support from the City of Detroit.

Contact:   Pamela Marcil    313-833-7899    pmarcil@dia.org    www.dia.org]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Detroit Institute of Arts hosts Detroit City Chess Club’s Simul Competition - U.S. National Chess Master David Allen to play dozens of games simultaneously]]>
Allen, who is from Cleveland and holds a Ph.D. in information technology, coaches Cleveland-area youth and high school chess teams and teaches Cleveland-area scholastic players. Detroit City Chess Club members range from five to 18 years old, and have won national, regional and state competitions, with several members currently holding impressive national rankings. DCCC practices at the DIA most Friday evenings.

Kevin Fite, DCCC founder and one of its coaches, started the club as a lunchtime activity at Detroit’s Duffield Elementary School in 2003. The lunchtime program expanded and became the Detroit City Chess Club to allow participation of former Duffield students as well as students from all over metropolitan Detroit. The clubs’ mission is to teach area students the game of chess and all the life lessons it has to offer. One of the most important, according to Fite, is “to teach children to think critically and make good judgments.”

Fite uses simuls to develop the skills of his players, and they have competed in several at the DIA. They have played against International Master and Woman Grandmaster Martha Fierro, Grandmasters Ben Finegold and Maurice Ashley, John Brooks and in 2010, Michigan’s then- youngest master, in ninth grade at the time, Atula Shetty.

Hours and Admission
Museum hours are 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for ages 6–17, and free for DIA members. For membership information call 313-833-7971.
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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the premier art museums in the United States, is home to more than 60,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century. From the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum (Self-Portrait, 1887), to Diego Rivera's world-renowned Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), the DIA's collection is known for its quality, range, and depth. The DIA’s mission is to create opportunities for all visitors to find personal meaning in art.

Programs are made possible with support from the City of Detroit.

Contact: Pamela Marcil    313-833-7899    pmarcil@dia.org    www.dia.org]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[July at the Detroit Institute of Arts brings puppet shows, live music and summer camps - Picasso and Matisse: The DIA’s Prints and Drawings opens July 11]]> Patti Smith: Camera Solo, Five Spanish Masterpieces and the opening of Picasso and Matisse: The DIA’s Prints and Drawings on July 11.

Programs are free with museum admission unless otherwise noted. For more information, call (313) 833-7900 or visit www.dia.org.

Guided Tours: Wednesdays–Thursdays, 1 p.m.; Fridays, 1, 6 & 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays–Sundays, 1 & 3 p.m.

Detroit City Chess Club: Fridays, 4–8 p.m.
The club’s mission is to teach area students the game and life lessons. Members have won state, regional and national competitions. People wanting to learn how to play chess should show up between 4 and 6 p.m. There will be no teaching between 6 and 8 p.m., but visitors can play chess.

Drawing in the Galleries (for all ages): Fridays, 6–9 p.m. Sundays, Noon–4 p.m.

Drop-In Workshops (for all ages)
Wednesdays, July 11, 18 and 25, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. – Heraldry: Heraldry was a way to visually represent lords and knights during the Middle Ages. Learn more as you create your own miniature coat-of-arms.
Thursdays in July, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. – Folk Art Toys: Pinwheels: Use a pencil, markers and colorful papers to make your own old-fashioned pinwheel with a creative twist.
Fridays in July, 1 a.m.–3 p.m. – Paper Fans: Uchiwa: Uchiwa is a style of paper fan common in Japan. Learn about the traditions of making Uchiwa as you create your own fan.
Fridays in July, 6–9 p.m. – Paper Flowers: Stroll through the galleries and find artworks that have a floral theme, then come to the studio to make your own paper versions of the flowers that inspired you.
Saturdays in July, Noon–4 p.m. – Bookarts: Origami Star Book: Create this simple book using squares of folded paper. When assembled, the unfolded pages resemble a star.
Sundays in July, Noon–4 p.m. – Sock Puppets: Bring characters from your imagination to life as you turn a simple sock into a fantastic puppet! Don’t forget to check out our puppet gallery.

Family Sunday, July 1
No Programs Scheduled

Friday Night Live, July 6
Music: TBA (See dia.org for details)

Ford Free Sunday, July 8
Sunday Music Bar: Gustafer Yellowgold: 1 & 3 p.m.
Gustafer Yellowgold’s show is a multimedia performance of live music, animated illustrations and storytelling, featuring songs and animation by Morgan Taylor. Yellowgold appeals to both adults and children and has been described as a cross between Yellow Submarine and Dr. Seuss.

Friday Night Live, July 13
Music: Concert of Colors: De Temps Antan: 7 & 8:30 pm
De Temps Antan is a band from Quebec that performs time-honored melodies from Quebec’s musical past. Using fiddle, accordion, harmonica, guitar, bouzouki and a number of other instruments, these three virtuosos blend boundless energy with the unmistakable joie de vivre found in traditional Quebec music.

DIA Moment: PuppetSlam Detroit!: 8 p.m.
This puppetry-for-adults event is the first in a new series that features three to four puppet scenes by a variety of puppet artists. The series kicks off with works from Tom Carey and Dan Tower of Rusty Nail Studio, and Naia Venturi with the Dreamland Puppet Troupe, among others.

Family Sunday, July 15
Storytelling: Ivory Williams: 2 p.m.
Ivory D. Williams, president of the Detroit Association of Black Storytellers, presents entertaining, interactive stories for both youth and adults. Sponsored by Founders Junior Council

Monday–Friday, July 16–20 Summer Camps
Camp Art ‘N Action (ages 5–8, with an adult): 9 a.m.–noon
Have an action-packed art adventure through the world of sculpture, clay, paint and more. Pre-registration and pre-payment required. Members $180, nonmembers $225. To register, click here or call 313-833-4005.

Camp Art Exploration (ages 9–12, with an adult): 9 a.m.–noon
Get creative with clay, wood, paint, paper, ink, wire and more. Pre-registration and pre-payment required. Members $180, nonmembers $225. To register, click here or call 313-833-4005.

Friday Night Live, July 20
Music: Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade: 7 & 8:30 pm
Miss Tess is a New York-based singer-songwriter inspired by styles of vintage swing, blues, country and folk music. Though she draws comparisons to artists such as Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, Peggy Lee and Chuck Berry, she maintains a style all her own. The Bon Ton Parade is made up of Will Graefe on guitar, Danny Weller on bass and Matt Meyer on drums.

Family Sunday, July 22
Sunday Music Bar: Joel Mabus: 1 & 3 p.m.
Joel Mabus has spent his career in folk music intertwining his original compositions with traditional repertoire. Whether he’s singing an old ballad or performing a new composition from his latest release “No Worries Now…,” his music sounds like it has been handed down from generations past.

Storytelling: Of Sufis and Swamis: Stories from India’s Hindu-Muslim Traditions: 2 p.m.
Acclaimed storyteller Latika Mangrulkar presents stories based on mythical Indian gods and goddesses. Sponsored by Founders Junior Council

Friday Night Live, July 27
Music: TBA (See dia.org for details)

Family Sunday, July 29
Puppet Performance: The Nana Projects presents Alonzo’s Lullaby: 2:30 p.m.
The story of Alonzo’s Lullaby is inspired by the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train wreck of 1918. Calling to mind the popularity and excitement that early circus acts inspired, this tragic accident (which made national news when it originally occurred) lies at the center of this tale of madness, passion and intrigue.

Puppeteers (aka lanterneers) use graceful cutouts with overhead projectors to blend the manipulation of objects with the tricks of Victorian Magic Lantern slide shows. An original score is performed live by Ellen Cherry and Nicholas Sjostrom.

Hours and Admission
Museum hours are 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors ages 62+, $4 for ages 6–17, and free for DIA members. For membership information call 313-833-7971.

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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the premier art museums in the United States, is home to more than 60,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century. From the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum (Self-Portrait, 1887), to Diego Rivera's world-renowned Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), the DIA’s collection is known for its quality, range, and depth. The DIA’s mission is to create opportunities for all visitors to find personal meaning in art.

Programs are made possible with support from the City of Detroit.

Contact: Pamela Marcil    (313) 833-7899    pmarcil@dia.org]]> Tue, 01 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Last Chance to see Detroit Revealed: Photographs, 2000–2010 at Detroit Institute of Arts - Popular exhibition ends Sunday, April 29]]> Detroit Revealed: Photographs 2000–2010. Sunday, April 29 is the last day to view artists’ takes on Detroit’s architecture, neighborhoods, auto industry and people. The exhibition is free with museum admission.

Detroit Revealed provides windows into the experience and meaning of Detroit in the first decade of a new millennium, and explores recent photographic practice grounded in the character of the Motor City. The exhibition presents portraits, architecture and documentary photographs and videos by eight artists inspired by Detroit who shed light on life in the city during a time of unique challenges that continue to influence the landscape and society of Detroit in the post-automotive era.

The exhibition includes 50 large-scale color and traditional black-and-white photographs by Michelle Andonian, Carlos Diaz, Scott Hocking, Andrew Moore, Alec Soth and Corine Vermeulen. Photography and video by Dawoud Bey and Ari Marcopoulos are also featured.

The artists were selected for their diverse and critical perspectives, ability to uncover what lies beneath the surface of life in Detroit and the importance of the city to their artistic practice. They see Detroit as a challenging place of dramatic transformation. Their work appears together for the first time in a deliberately eclectic and sometimes contradictory mix, with subjects ranging from the factory to the community farm, to the vibrant neighborhoods’ ethnic enclaves.

A catalogue of the exhibition, with essays by DIA Associate Curator Nancy W. Barr, Detroit Free Press journalist John Gallagher and New York-based writer and urban art specialist Carlo McCormick, is available in the museum shop.

The exhibition is organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts, with support provided by Quicken Loans Inc. and Team Detroit. Support for the catalog has been provided by Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.

Hours and Admission
Museum hours are 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, $4 for ages 6-17, and free for DIA members. For membership information call 313-833-7971.

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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the premier art museums in the United States, is home to more than 60,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century. From the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum (Self-Portrait, 1887), to Diego Rivera's world-renowned Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), the DIA's collection is known for its quality, range, and depth. The DIA’s mission is to create opportunities for all visitors to find personal meaning in art.

Programs are made possible with support from the City of Detroit.

Contact:    Pamela Marcil   313-833-7899    pmarcil@dia.org    www.dia.org]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[May at the Detroit Institute of Arts includes 75th Annual Detroit Public Schools Student Exhibition - Also music, storytelling and puppet performances ]]> 75th Annual Detroit Public Schools Student Exhibition in May. Once Upon a Time: Prints and Drawings that Tell Stories ends May 13.

Programs are free with museum admission unless otherwise noted. For more information, call (313) 833-7900 or visit www.dia.org.

Guided Tours: Wednesdays–Thursdays, 1 p.m.; Fridays, 1, 6 & 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays–Sundays, 1 & 3 p.m.

Detroit City Chess Club: Fridays, 4–8 p.m.
The club’s mission is to teach area students the game and life lessons. Members have won state, regional and national competitions. People wanting to learn how to play chess should show up between 4 and 6 p.m. There will be no teaching between 6 and 8 p.m., but visitors can play chess.

Drawing in the Galleries (for all ages): Fridays, 6–9 p.m. Sundays, Noon–4 p.m.

Drop-In Workshops (for all ages)
Fridays, 6–9 p.m. – Scrolls: Scrolls used in ancient eastern Mediterranean and Egyptian civilizations were the first form of record keeping. Use paper, wooden dowels and markers to create your own version.
Saturdays, Noon–4 p.m. – Papel Picado: Try the Mexican art of cutting designs into paper.
Sundays, Noon–4 p.m. – Shibori: Shibori is the Japanese word for patterning fabric by shaping the cloth and securing it before dying. Learn more about this ancient craft as you fold, tie and twist your fabric before adding color to your cloth.

Wednesday, May 2
Lecture: 13th Annual Elizabeth Sites Kuhlman: Fruitful Blossoms by Ron Morgan: 10:30 a.m.
Ron Morgan's career in floral design began at age 10, when he won his first flower show competition. Over the course of his extensive career, he has designed window displays for department stores Harrods and David Jones, opened retail floral and antique shops, consulted as an interior designer, conducted flower-arranging classes and become a highly sought-after speaker at garden club events around the world. Join him for Fruitful Blossoms, during which he will showcase his unique and spontaneous floral designs, incorporating everything from the seed, the flower and the fruit. Lecture and floral design demonstration begin at 10:30 a.m. A luncheon and book signing will follow. Tickets: Lecture/demonstration, $25; Lecture/demonstration and luncheon, $50. Tickets are available at http://bit.ly/DIARonMorgan or by calling 313-833-4005. For more information, call 313-833-9830 or email ewheeler@dia.org. Sponsored by the Friends of Art & Flowers at the Detroit Institute of Arts

Friday Night Live, May 4
Music: Medina-Gracián Guitar Duo: 7 & 8:30 p.m.
Mexican guitarists Sergio Medina and Hugo Ernesto Gracián perform the music of Manuel Ponce, Astor Piazzolla, Ignacio Cervantes and Ernesto Nazareth. This concert is part of an ongoing collaboration between the DIA and the Consulate of Mexico featuring performers from Mexico.

Saturday, May 5
Class: Let’s Go! Introducing Young Kids to Art and the Museum (ages 3–8 with an adult): 10 a.m.–noon
Exposure to quality arts experiences in childhood are the single greatest indicator of adult participation in the arts. Jennifer Czajkowski, DIA executive director of Learning & Interpretation, explores ways to connect young kids with art, while your children make art in the studio across the hall. For the second hour of the class, parents and kids bring these ideas to life while exploring the galleries with family-friendly tour guides. Class size limited to 20 adults and 20 children. Cost: Members $25 per family up to 4, $4 for each additional person; Non-members $30 per family up to 4; $5 for each additional person. Register Online or call 313-833-4005.

Ford Free Sunday, May 6
Sunday Music Bar: Xiao Dong Wei and Yuki Mack: 1 & 3 p.m.
Xiao Dong Wei, a recent transplant to Detroit from her native Beijing, is a classically trained musician who sings and plays an eclectic range of instruments. She teams up with Yuki Mack, one half of the Mack Sisters piano duo, to play music from classical Asian and Western repertoires.

Puppet Performance: The Circus by Marionetas de la Esquina: 2 p.m.
An old covered cart rolls into town, bringing the acrobats, jugglers and lion tamers that make up this colorful puppet show. Performed by Mexican troupe Marionetas de la Esquina, The Circus evokes the magic, music and energy that occur under the big top as we take a trip to an old-fashioned circus performance. Sponsored by Founders Junior Council

Friday Night Live, May 11
Music: The Tony Scherr Trio: 7 & 8:30 p.m.
The Tony Scherr Trio brings their particular brand of American folk-rock to Detroit from their regular gigs at New York City’s The Living Room and Brooklyn’s Jalopy Theatre. Best known for his bass work with Bill Frisell and Sex Mob, Tony Scherr is also an inspired guitarist and singer. His Trio was formed in 2006 with legendary drummer/producer Anton Fier (Feelies, Golden Palominos) and bassist Rob Jost (Ursa Minor).

Saturday, May 12
Puppet Performance: A Kite’s Tale by Blair Thomas & Company: 2 p.m.
This spectacular performance features bunraku-style puppets of little girls, tricksters and 6’ tall waltzing rabbits, set to the music of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition performed live on piano by Kathryn Goodson. Blair Thomas & Company has twice received the Union Internationale de la Marionnette award for excellence in puppetry, and Thomas was the first artist to be awarded the Jim Henson Artist-In-Residence position at the University of Maryland. Appropriate for ages 4–12. Sponsored by Founders Junior Council

Lecture: Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851–1939: 2 p.m.
Jason T. Busch will talk about objects shown at World’s Fairs from London’s Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in 1851 to the New York World’s Fair in 1939. These fairs and exhibitions demonstrated how innovative design could positively affect modern living. Sponsored by Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Family Sunday, May 13
Brunch with Bach: The Mack Sisters: 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Detroit piano duo Yuki and Tomoko Mack have been delighting audiences since they combined their talents as soloists into an award-winning piano duo/2-piano team. They will perform William Bolcom’s Serpent’s Kiss (Fantasy in Rag), as well as music by Franz Liszt and Samuel Barber. Tickets: Brunch and Concert, 1:30 p.m. performance only, $35; Continental Breakfast and concert, 11 a.m. performance only, $20; Concert only: $15. Call 313-833-4005 or visit www.tickets.dia.org.

Puppet Performance: A Kite’s Tale by Blair Thomas & Company: 2 p.m.
See May 12 for description.

Friday Night Live, May 18
Music: NO CONCERT

Saturday, May 19
Class: Meet Me at the DIA: A Program for People with Early Stage Dementia and their Caregivers: 10–11:30 a.m.
People with early stage dementia (including Alzheimer’s) and their caregivers are invited to participate in gallery discussions about art led by DIA staff and volunteers with expertise in this area. Participants are made to feel welcome and comfortable, and discussions are based on the observations and connections made by the group. The program provides opportunities for social engagement and intellectual stimulation in a safe, inspiring environment. All participants, including caregivers, are encouraged to contribute to the discussions; participants leave the DIA with small prints of DIA artworks so conversations can be continued. Members $17 per couple, Nonmembers $20 per couple. Register Online.

Family Sunday, May 20
Class: The Potter’s Wheel for Adults and Children (ages 5–8 with an adult): 10–11 a.m., 11–Noon, 1–2 p.m. and 2–3 p.m.
Here is a chance to try the potter’s wheel in a small class, with plenty of individual guidance, designed for absolute beginners. Participants use their own wheels for one hour of hands-on clay time. Projects will be fired for pick up at a later date. Class size is limited to 5 people. Members $12, Nonmembers $16. Register Online or call 313-833-4005.

Sunday Music Bar: Ashley/Story: 1 & 3 p.m.
Dwight Ashley and Tim Story have been making atmospheric, haunting electronic music together and individually since the early 1990s. Their music is beautifully melodic, bringing to mind the textures in the music of Erik Satie and Claude Debussy.

Storytelling Performance: Ming Louie: 2 p.m.
Ming Louie takes the audience to the exotic world of China through traditional Asian folk tales. Louie recounts stories of monumental journeys, legendary philosophers, notable explorers, mystery and magic during this family performance. Sponsored by Founders Junior Council

Lecture: Motivated by the Challenge to Live and Create Authentically: 2 p.m.
Visual and performing artist Joyce Scott discusses her work, which includes more than three decades of creating objects of exceptional skill and beauty. Much of her art is politically or socially oriented, as in beaded figurative sculptures that focus on issues of racism, domestic violence and cultural imperialism. In other work, she pursues aesthetic satisfaction, the joy of experimentation and growth in creativity. Sponsored by Friends of African and African American Art

Friday Night Live, May 25
Music: TBA (See www.dia.org for details)

Hours and Admission
Museum hours are 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors ages 62+, $4 for ages 6–17, and free for DIA members. For membership information call 313-833-7971.

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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the premier art museums in the United States, is home to more than 60,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century. From the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum (Self-Portrait, 1887), to Diego Rivera's world-renowned Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), the DIA's collection is known for its quality, range and depth. The DIA’s mission is to create opportunities for all visitors to find personal meaning in art.

Programs are made possible with support from the City of Detroit.

Contact: Pamela Marcil    (313) 833-7899    pmarcil@dia.org]]> Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:00:00 GMT