Blog

National Volunteer Week 2026
News

A Community of Care: Celebrating DIA Volunteers 

A visit to the Detroit Institute of Arts is shaped...

Docent Fran Chen and Alison Saar
Artist Features

15 Minutes with Alison Saar

Los Angeles-based multimedia artist Alison Saar ha...

Inside Out
Community

What is Inside|Out? How the DIA Brings Art to Your Community

Taking a stroll through the neighborhood? You migh...

Two Ruffed Grouse in Underbrush, Rubens Peale
From the Director

A Walk Through American Folk Art History

As you wander through the DIA's American galleries...

Rivera Court - visitor
Art

5 Details in the Detroit Industry Murals Most Visitors Miss

Whether you’re walking into the Detroit Institute ...

Monument to Joe Louis
Art

Wait—That's Ours? The DIA Owns 'The Fist'

German, Hanukkah Lamp , late 1600s–early 1700s. The Jewish Museum, Gift of Samuel Fields through Dr. Harry G. Friedman
From the Director

Sacred Objects, Shared Spaces: Jewish Ceremonial Art at the DIA

Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation exhibit, installation view, September 28, 2025-April 5, 2026
Exhibitions

A Refusal to Remain Quiet: Contemporary Anishinaabe Art at the DIA

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’