Humble and Human: Impressionist Era Treasures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts, an Exhibition in Honor of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.Humble and Human: Impressionist Era Treasures from the Albright...
Wednesday, June 26, 2019 - Sunday, October 13, 2019
Jun 26, 2019 - Oct 13, 2019
In Humble and Human: Impressionist Era Treasures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts, an Exhibition in...
In Humble and Human: Impressionist Era Treasures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts, an Exhibition in Honor of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., a selection of more than forty Impressionist and post-Impressionist treasures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts traces the arc of a period that elevated the irreducible beauty of the everyday to the status of fine art.
Play Ball! Transforming the Game, 1876-2019Play Ball! Transforming the Game, 1876-2019
Saturday, June 15, 2019 - Sunday, September 15, 2019
Jun 15, 2019 - Sep 15, 2019
Celebrate the great American pastime of baseball with a new year of the DIA's continuing series of exhibitions, Play Ball! Baseball at...
Celebrate the great American pastime of baseball with a new year of the DIA's continuing series of exhibitions, Play Ball! Baseball at the DIA. This year, the exhibition will explore the rich history of professional baseball from its beginnings in the 1870s to the present.
From Camelot to Kent State: Pop Art, 1960-1975From Camelot to Kent State: Pop Art, 1960-1975
Sunday, February 17, 2019 - Sunday, August 25, 2019
Feb 17, 2019 - Aug 25, 2019
In the 1960s, a new generation of artists became known as Pop artists, based on their use of popular mass media—advertisements, logos,...
In the 1960s, a new generation of artists became known as Pop artists, based on their use of popular mass media—advertisements, logos, comic strips, and television.
Guest of Honor | "Souvenir II" by Kerry James MarshallGuest of Honor | "Souvenir II" by Kerry James Marshall
Tuesday, January 08, 2019 - Sunday, September 08, 2019
Jan 08, 2019 - Sep 08, 2019
The DIA welcomes Souvenir II by Kerry James Marshall as a Guest of Honor, on loan from the Addison Gallery of American Art in Boston....
The DIA welcomes Souvenir II by Kerry James Marshall as a Guest of Honor, on loan from the Addison Gallery of American Art in Boston. This piece is heavily associated with the Civil Rights Movement, and features a prominent Michigan connection.
Out of the Crate: New Gifts & PurchasesOut of the Crate: New Gifts & Purchases
Saturday, June 08, 2019 - Sunday, September 15, 2019
Jun 08, 2019 - Sep 15, 2019
The next rotation of Out of the Crate: New Gifts & Purchases will open on June 9, 2019. DIA Director Salvador Salort-Pons selects the...
The next rotation of Out of the Crate: New Gifts & Purchases will open on June 9, 2019. DIA Director Salvador Salort-Pons selects the artwork in this gallery that showcases some of the museum’s newest acquisitions. Visitors will gain a behind-the-scenes look into the art acquisition process.
Robert & Katherine Jacobs Asian Wing OpeningRobert & Katherine Jacobs Asian Wing Opening
Sunday, November 04, 2018 - Monday, September 30, 2019
Nov 04, 2018 - Sep 30, 2019
The DIA’s expanded Asian Galleries present works of art from the world’s largest continent, featuring recent acquisitions together with...
The DIA’s expanded Asian Galleries present works of art from the world’s largest continent, featuring recent acquisitions together with longtime DIA treasures coming back onto view. Joining the recently opened gallery for Japanese art are galleries dedicated to Chinese, Korean, and Indian and Southeast Asian art, and Buddhist art across Asia.
Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos 2019Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos 2019
Future Exhibition
Saturday, September 28, 2019 - Sunday, November 10, 2019
Sep 28, 2019 - Nov 10, 2019
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.
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...
Future Exhibition
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.
Michigan’s Great Lakes: Photographs by Jeff GaydashMichigan’s Great Lakes: Photographs by Jeff Gaydash
Future Exhibition
Saturday, November 09, 2019 - Sunday, May 03, 2020
Nov 09, 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’s treasures.
Detroit Collects: Selections of African American Art from Private CollectionsDetroit Collects: Selections of African American Art from Private...
Future Exhibition
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - Sunday, March 01, 2020
Nov 12, 2019 - Mar 01, 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.
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.
Bruegel's “The Wedding Dance” RevealedBruegel's “The Wedding Dance” Revealed
Future Exhibition
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.
From Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from 1500 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
Saturday, March 28, 2020 - Sunday, September 27, 2020
Mar 28, 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.
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.
Off-Site | Visions of American Life: Paintings from the Manoogian Collection, 1850-1940Off-Site | Visions of American Life: Paintings from the Manoogian...
Future Exhibition
Saturday, October 05, 2019 - Monday, December 30, 2019
Oct 05, 2019 - Dec 30, 2019
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.
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.
