Greatest Hits
The DIA's Greatest Hits Remixed
While we're remodeling we've condensed the museum down to many of the
hits you know and love. From Van Gogh to Gauguin and Bruegel to
Benny Andrews. From our intricately carved Nigerian Palace Door
to the eye-popping Korean Head of Buddha. By displaying the museum's "Greatest Hits" the new galleries literally remix one
of the country's best collections into themes that are sure to give
new insights into your favorite works. Experience art arranged by
themes like "Animals as Symbols" or "Art in the Natural
World." See Bronzino's Eleonora of Toledo together with Andy
Warhol's Self Portrait in a gallery titled "The Individual." Sometimes seamless, sometimes startling, always worthwhile, these
themes and many more like them present the DIA's collection in new
and exciting ways.
Not only is the best of our collection on view, we've also
mastered the art of having a great time and invite you to join in.
Things start off with Friday Nights at the DIA, featuring a classic
compilation of art, music, food, shopping and fun every Friday from
6 to 9 p.m. Come back on Saturday and Sunday for musical
performances, talks by art experts and local artists, storytelling
and artist demonstrations.
 Look
for this icon to view our suggested "Greatest Hits"
programs. We even have "Greatest Hits" shopping in our
store and food items in our café.
Even though we are under construction there have never been more
reasons to visit the DIA. The Greatest Hits at the DIA. You going?
What's on View at the DIA
Original Cret Building (second floor only)
- Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals
- Walter B. Ford II Great Hall: Selection of 16th- and
17th-century Italian paintings, including both Titian’s and
Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith and the Head of Holofernes,
Canaletto’s The Piazza San Marco, Venice, Salvator Rosa’s
The
Finding of Moses, and Guido Reni’s The Angel Appearing to Saint
Jerome, among others. In addition, the south wall of the Great Hall
features a selection of paintings by American artists, 1870 to 1970.
Remix: Masterpieces from Four Continents and the Ancient World.
These works of art are organized to highlight how they serve as
symbols in their respective cultures. Some of the themes are followed
across cultures. In addition, each gallery features a special focus on
animals as carriers of symbolic meaning. In the galleries surrounding
Rivera Court, you will see a concentration of exceptional works of art
from the following areas of the DIA ’s collection:
- Native American Art
- The Art of the Ancient Americas
- African Art
- The Art of the Ancient Near East
- The Art of Islam
- East Asia
- India and Southeast Asia
Remix: European and American Masterworks at the DIA. In
these galleries, you will explore and compare the ways European and
American artists, living centuries apart, considered similar themes.
The installation opens with the theme of the physical, natural
environment and progresses to the intangible realms of imagination and
spirituality, with galleries focusing on the constructed, manmade
world in between. Most of these works have never before appeared side
by side. Some of the juxtapositions will appear natural and seamless,
while others may seem unusual and startling. The aim is to provide a
provocative exhibition and to encourage discussion. You will see a
concentration of exceptional works of art from the DIA ’s African
American, American, European, and Modern and Contemporary collections.
The art has been arranged according to the following subjects:
- Art and the Natural World
- Art & Spirituality
- Imagined Worlds
- The Individual
- Everyday Life
Please Note: Farnsworth Street westbound, from John R to Woodward
Avenue, is closed to traffic due to the renovation of the museum’s
South Wing. The underground parking garage at Farnsworth and Woodward
remains open.
More Hits
Click here for
upcoming "hit programs at the DIA".
Greatest
Hits
See some of the Greatest Hits on display.
Director's
Picks
See some of DIA director Graham W.J. Beal's favorite works, with his
personal comments.
DIA Curator's
Picks
The experts weigh in! The DIA curatorial staff comments on their
"Greatest Hits."
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