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Artist Mario Moore in the 2025 remake of You Gotta Have Art
From the Director

Hidden in Plain Sight: Spotting the Cameos in ‘You Gotta Have Art’

A patron viewing contemporary Black art at the DIA
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Must-Have Gifts that Honor and Showcase Black Creativity

Celebrate Black History Month with the DIA Shop’s ...

Bob Thompson, Blue Madonna, 1961. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Edward Levine in memory of Bob Thompson. Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, F1983.57
Exhibitions

Inside the New African American Galleries: A Q&A with Curator Valerie Mercer

Filming "You Gotta Have Art" - Van Gogh Scene
Art

A Classic Reimagined: Behind the Scenes of 'You Gotta Have Art'

Impressionism and Beyond – Masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts (photo courtesy of Ph. Monkeys Video Lab)
From the Director

Detroit’s Modern Art, at Home and in Rome

Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation exhibition lenders and sponsors preview, September 24, 2025
Exhibitions

Beautiful and on the Brink: Artist Kelly Church on the Future of Black Ash Baskets

The Thinker in the snow and a man in front, fixing up a small snowman
Museum Happenings

Holiday Hours 2025

At the Detroit Institute of Arts, we aim to be a g...

DIA Wrapped 2025
Art

DIA Wrapped: The Art You Loved Most

Let’s rewind your year in art. In 2025, you clicke...

Woman and child in Rivera Court
From the Director

Art That Connects Us: 2025 in Review