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Events
DIA at Home: School Field Trips from Home
- Online , 2020
The DIA Education Staff has a number of learning resources available for educators, parents and students, many of which don’t require a visit to the museum.
Guests of Honor: Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dalí
- February 7 - September 27, 2020
- Detroit Institute of Arts
Important works by Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dalí, presented alongside photographs from the DIA’s collection, documenting the artists’ imaginative, larger-than-life personae.
Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos - Call for Proposals 2020
- May 15 - July 6, 2020
- Detroit Institute of Arts
The DIA, in collaboration with the Mexican Consulate of Detroit, extends an open call for proposals of ofrenda altars or offerings honoring the life and memory of lost loved ones
DIA at Home: For Seniors
- Online , 2020
An online version of our popular “Thursdays at the Museum” program, these resources help keep seniors (and others of all ages!) learning, exploring and connecting with their DIA.
Michigan’s Great Lakes: Photographs by Jeff Gaydash
- Nov 16, 2019 - Aug 23, 2020
- Detroit Institute of Arts
Large-scale photographs of Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior are the subject of this exhibition by Detroit area photographer Jeff Gaydash.
DFT @ Home | Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy
- Available Online , 2020
This documentary offers a candid visit to the world of 95-year-old British ex-pat Diana Kennedy, the world’s academic expert on Mexican cuisine.
DIA at Home: Community Partnership Connection
- Online , 2020
The DIA partners with a wide range of regional non-profit organizations for our weekly programming in the museum.
From Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from 1550 to 1700
- Feb 15 - July 26, 2020
- Detroit Institute of Arts
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.
DFT @ Home | The Painter and the Thief
- Available Online , 2020
The Painter and the Thief grew into a three-year-long odyssey resulting in one of the most unpredictable documentaries ever made.
DFT @ Home | What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
- Available Online , 2020
In a field that historically embraced few women film critics, Pauline Kael (1919-2001) was not only controversial, witty and fiercely discerning.