Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame BrathwaiteBlack Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite
Friday, October 08, 2021 - Sunday, January 16, 2022
Oct 08, 2021 - Jan 16, 2022
Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite is the first major exhibition dedicated to Brathwaite, a vital figure of the...
Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite is the first major exhibition dedicated to Brathwaite, a vital figure of the second Harlem Renaissance.
Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos 2021Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos 2021
Saturday, September 25, 2021 - Sunday, November 07, 2021
Sep 25, 2021 - Nov 07, 2021
In celebration of Dia de Muertos, the Detroit Institute of Arts, in partnership with Detroit's Mexican Consulate, invite you to explore a...
In celebration of Dia de Muertos, the Detroit Institute of Arts, in partnership with Detroit's Mexican Consulate, invite you to explore a community exhibition of ofrenda altars. In Mexico, and other Latin American countries, the Day of the Dead is the time of the year to celebrate the lives of close relatives, friends or community members who have passed away.
Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020
Sunday, November 15, 2020 - Sunday, January 09, 2022
Nov 15, 2020 - Jan 09, 2022
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.
The 13th Annual Community Group Art ExhibitionThe 13th Annual Community Group Art Exhibition
Future Exhibition
Friday, December 03, 2021 - Sunday, January 02, 2022
Dec 03, 2021 - Jan 02, 2022
Discover works of art created by participants in the DIA’s Community Group Program, a partnership between the museum and human service...
Discover works of art created by participants in the DIA’s Community Group Program, a partnership between the museum and human service agencies in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and FashionThe New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion
Future Exhibition
Friday, December 17, 2021 - Sunday, April 17, 2022
Dec 17, 2021 - Apr 17, 2022
Vibrant color portraits, conceptual images, and fashion editorial photographs by 15 emerging black photographers are the subject of this...
Vibrant color portraits, conceptual images, and fashion editorial photographs by 15 emerging black photographers are the subject of this exhibition that fuses the genres of art and fashion photography in ways that break down their long-established boundaries.
Shirley Woodson: Shield of the Nile ReflectionsShirley Woodson: Shield of the Nile Reflections
Future Exhibition
Saturday, December 18, 2021 - Sunday, May 29, 2022
Dec 18, 2021 - May 29, 2022
With the Shield of the Nile series begun in 1984, Shirley Woodson (b. 1936) has been presenting Black bathers in rivers, a reference to...
With the Shield of the Nile series begun in 1984, Shirley Woodson (b. 1936) has been presenting Black bathers in rivers, a reference to the diasporic myth that the Nile River holds transformative and nurturing benefits for people of African descent.
By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800 By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500...
Future Exhibition
Sunday, February 06, 2022 - Sunday, May 29, 2022
Feb 06, 2022 - May 29, 2022
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.
Sunday, October 02, 2022 - Sunday, January 22, 2023
Oct 02, 2022 - Jan 22, 2023
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.
