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Right to left: DIA Curator of African Art Nii Quacoopome, James Barnor, DIA Curator of Photography Nancy Barr, Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière, Paris, 2019. Photo credit: Glenn Barr
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From Accra to the Motor City - The DIA Celebrates the Work of Ghanaian Photographer James Barnor in Detroit

Salvador Salort Pons smiles in the DIA's Rivera Court
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El Día del Niño: A Day of Art, A Day for All at the DIA

Two women sit on a bench in a gallery in the Detroit Institute of Arts
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Gifts for Every Mom

Mother, grandmother, favorite aunt, greatest teach...

Salvador Salort Pons smiles in the DIA's Rivera Court
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Building connections through Art Talks

At the beginning of March, my wife Alex and I atte...

Salvador Salort Pons in a blue suit and tie, smiles with his arms folded in the DIA's Rivera Court.
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Celebrating Alain Locke awards and DIA 2023 USA Today Best Art Museum

Last Saturday, we celebrated the annual Alain Lock...

Salvador Salort Pons in a blue suit and tie, stands with his hands folded in front of himself in front of the front steps of the Detroit Institute of Arts
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Starting the year with local artists and Black History Month

At the start of the new year, I had the privilege ...

A couple strolling hand-in-hand in the DIA's African American Art galleries
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Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

Valentine’s Day can be more than cards and candy. ...

Image of three people on a boat with the text "be right back"
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The DIA will be back January 27.

The Detroit Institute of Arts offices and gallerie...

Rivera Court, bustling with visitors, as shot from above
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Highlights from 2022 - January letter from the Director

As we begin a new year, I cannot help but look bac...