Events

In the Museum 
A woman drawing in the American galleries
In the Museum  Free  Art-Making  Family

Drawing in the Galleries

  • Sat, Feb 1 , 2020
  • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Detroit Institute of Arts - American, Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau (2nd Floor)

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection.

VCESDA Winter lecture
In the Museum  Free  Lecture

VCESDA Winter Lecture | Musée des Arts Décoratifs: Between Original Heritage and Challenging Present

  • Sat, Feb 1 , 2020
  • 2:00 PM
  • Detroit Institute of Arts - Lecture Hall

The Musée des Arts Décoratifs has a very unusual history and identity in the French museums system.

Close up of La’Ron Williams
In the Museum  Free  Family  Black History

Storytelling: La’Ron Williams

  • 2:00 p.m. | Sat, Feb 1 & Sun, Feb 2, 2020
  • Detroit Institute of Arts - Rivera Court

Through music and audience participation, storyteller La’Ron Williams invites you to explore folk tales of the African and African American traditions. 

Drawing in the galleries
In the Museum  Free  Art-Making  Family

Drawing in the Galleries

  • Sun, Feb 2 , 2020
  • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Detroit Institute of Arts - Medieval & Renaissance (2nd Floor)

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection.

"Greenwich Village," 1945, Beauford Delaney, American; oil on canvas. Mary Anne and Eugene A. Gargaro Jr. Collection.
In the Museum  Free  Black History  Thursdays at the Museum

Thursdays at the Museum: Pop Up Tours of Detroit Collects

  • Thu, Feb 6 , 2020
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Detroit Institute of Arts

Every Thursday at 1 p.m. the Detroit Institute of Arts offers programs for adults 55+.

A tour in Rivera Court
In the Museum  Free  Thursdays at the Museum

Thursdays at the Museum: Highlights of the Permanent Collection (Tour)

  • Thu, Feb 6 , 2020
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Detroit Institute of Arts

Every Thursday at 1 p.m. the Detroit Institute of Arts offers programs for adults 55+.

Still of seven women holding some sort of packaging
In the Museum  Detroit Film Theatre

The 2020 Academy Award® Nominated Short Films: Documentary

  • Various | Feb 6 - 15, 2020
  • Detroit Film Theatre

We’re delighted to present this rich program of all five of the Academy Award® nominated short documentary films.

"Self-Portrait with Monkey," 1938, Frida Kahlo, Mexican; oil on masonite. Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear, 1966 (1966:9.10).
In the Museum  Free  Exhibitions

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.

Drawing in the African American galleries
In the Museum  Free  Art-Making  Family

Drawing in the Galleries

  • Fri, Feb 7 , 2020
  • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Detroit Institute of Arts - Native American (1st Floor)

Create a pencil drawing to take home while taking a closer look at the collection.

LaShaun Kotaran
In the Museum  Free  Family  Black History

Spoken | The Art of Poetry

  • Fri, Feb 7 , 2020
  • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Detroit Institute of Arts

Area poets present works inspired by the pieces of art they love the most.  

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