Events

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In the Museum  Exhibitions

Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020

  • Sun, Nov 15, 2020 - Sun, Jan 9, 2022
  • Detroit Institute of Arts

A selection of paintings and sculptures will highlight the conversation between the American art world and the car culture from the 1950s to the present day.  

© Andrew Potter Photo, Inside|Out, Inside Out, InsideOut
In the Community  Inside|Out  Family  Free

Inside|Out 2021

  • May 1 - November 1, 2021

Inside|Out returns for its twelfth year! This popular program brings high-quality reproductions from the DIA’s collection to outdoor venues throughout metro Detroit.

In the Museum  Family  Free  Talks & Tours

GooseChase | Self-guided Scavenger Hunt

  • Available on the Goosechase App , 2021

Tour the museum and discover new works with our app-based scavenger hunts.

In the Museum  Exhibitions  Free

Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite

  • Oct 8, 2021 – Jan 16, 2022
  • Detroit Institute of Arts - de Salle Gallery

In this exhibition are over forty large-scale color and black-and-white photographs by Kwame Brathwaite.

In the Museum  Exhibitions

By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800

  • Feb 6 - May 29, 2022
  • Detroit Institute of Arts

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? T

Self-Portrait, Van Gogh, 1887
In the Museum  Exhibitions

Van Gogh in America

  • Sun, Oct 2, 2022 - Sun, Jan 22, 2023
  • Detroit Institute of Arts

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.