Detroit Collects: Selections of African American Art from Private CollectionsDetroit Collects: Selections of African American Art from Private...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - Sunday, March 15, 2020
Nov 12, 2019 - Mar 15, 2020
Explore the rich history of collecting of African American Art in the Detroit region by private collectors, featuring works by Romare...
Explore the rich history of collecting of African American Art in the Detroit region by private collectors, featuring works by Romare Bearden, Al Loving, Charles McGee and Alison Saar. This exhibition will demonstrate local collectors’ interest in the diverse media, styles, genres, influences and subject matter that inspired them to collect art created by African Americans. A catalog will accompany this exhibition.
Bruegel's “The Wedding Dance” RevealedBruegel's “The Wedding Dance” Revealed
Saturday, December 14, 2019 - Sunday, August 30, 2020
Dec 14, 2019 - Aug 30, 2020
This exhibition celebrates one of the DIA's most iconic paintings, Pieter Bruegel's The Wedding Dance (1566) on the occasion of the 450th...
This exhibition celebrates one of the DIA's most iconic paintings, Pieter Bruegel's The Wedding Dance (1566) on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the artist's death.
Michigan’s Great Lakes: Photographs by Jeff GaydashMichigan’s Great Lakes: Photographs by Jeff Gaydash
Saturday, November 16, 2019 - Sunday, May 03, 2020
Nov 16, 2019 - May 03, 2020
Large-scale photographs of Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior are the subject of this exhibition by Detroit area photographer Jeff...
Large-scale photographs of Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior are the subject of this exhibition by Detroit area photographer Jeff Gaydash. Known for his expertise with black-and-white digital printing, Jeff has traveled to coastlines throughout Michigan to capture the sublime beauty and quiet solitude of one of nature’s greatest treasures.
Guests of Honor from the Musée du Louvre: Jean-Antoine Houdon’s Portraits of Americans in the Age of EnlightenmentGuests of Honor from the Musée du Louvre: Jean-Antoine Houdon’s...
Sunday, October 06, 2019 - Sunday, May 03, 2020
Oct 06, 2019 - May 03, 2020
The Detroit Institute of Arts will present a dossier exhibition featuring two masterworks of French eighteenth-century portrait sculpture...
The Detroit Institute of Arts will present a dossier exhibition featuring two masterworks of French eighteenth-century portrait sculpture lent from the Musée du Louvre. Created by the greatest sculptor of the Enlightenment, Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741–1828), the portraits depict two of America’s most iconic founders, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.
Off-Site | American Paintings from the Nancy and Sean Cotton Collection, 1850-1940Off-Site | American Paintings from the Nancy and Sean Cotton...
Friday, January 10, 2020 - Sunday, April 05, 2020
Jan 10, 2020 - Apr 05, 2020
American artists have always found beauty in the people, landscapes, and distinctive cultures that surround them. The forty paintings...
American artists have always found beauty in the people, landscapes, and distinctive cultures that surround them. The forty paintings included in this exhibit, made between 1850 and 1940, offer unique views of the world and the subjects that inspired their makers.
From Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from 1550 to 1700From Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings...
Future Exhibition
Saturday, February 15, 2020 - Sunday, July 26, 2020
Feb 15, 2020 - Jul 26, 2020
Starting in the sixteenth-century, Flemish and Dutch artists turned to everyday subjects, describing the landscape and people around them...
Starting in the sixteenth-century, Flemish and Dutch artists turned to everyday subjects, describing the landscape and people around them with humor and loving detail.
Guests of Honor: Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dalí Guests of Honor: Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dalí
Future Exhibition
Friday, February 07, 2020 - Sunday, September 27, 2020
Feb 07, 2020 - Sep 27, 2020
The DIA welcomes three important works by Frida Kahlo (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo) and Salvador Dalí (Albright-Knox Art Gallery,...
The DIA welcomes three important works by Frida Kahlo (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo) and Salvador Dalí (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, and Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing), presented alongside photographs from the DIA’s collection, documenting the artists’ imaginative, larger-than-life personae.
Russ Marshall: Detroit Photographs, 1958-2008Russ Marshall: Detroit Photographs, 1958-2008
Future Exhibition
Saturday, June 06, 2020 - Sunday, January 10, 2021
Jun 06, 2020 - Jan 10, 2021
The Detroit Institute of Arts presents a survey of over 70 photographs by Russ Marshall whose black-and-white imagery was inspired by the...
The Detroit Institute of Arts presents a survey of over 70 photographs by Russ Marshall whose black-and-white imagery was inspired by the Motor City’s streets, architecture, music and factory workers for over 50 years.
Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950-2020Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950-2020
Future Exhibition
Saturday, June 13, 2020 - Sunday, January 10, 2021
Jun 13, 2020 - Jan 10, 2021
Detroit designers have always led the way in car design. The futuristic concept cars, roaring muscle cars, and sleek racers designed in...
Detroit designers have always led the way in car design. The futuristic concept cars, roaring muscle cars, and sleek racers designed in and around the city shape our ideas of what a car can be. Working on paper, in clay, and in metal, their ideas drive American car culture and inform the way we get around every day.
Sunday, June 21, 2020 - Sunday, September 27, 2020
Jun 21, 2020 - Sep 27, 2020
In celebration of its status as the first public museum in the United States to purchase a painting by Vincent van Gogh—Self-Portrait,...
In celebration of its status as the first public museum in the United States to purchase a painting by Vincent van Gogh—Self-Portrait, 1887, which was acquired in 1922—the Detroit Institute of Arts is organizing the first exhibition dedicated to the introduction and early reception of the iconic artist’s work in America.
Artemisia Gentileschi and Woman Artists in Italy Artemisia Gentileschi and Woman Artists in Italy
Future Exhibition
Sunday, February 21, 2021 - Sunday, June 13, 2021
Feb 21, 2021 - Jun 13, 2021
Women artists played a vibrant and often untold role in Italy around 1600. How did they work and succeed in a male-dominated art world?...
Women artists played a vibrant and often untold role in Italy around 1600. How did they work and succeed in a male-dominated art world? The Detroit Institute of Arts will explore this question and celebrate Italian women artists with a show devoted to their artistic accomplishments.
