Detroit Institute of Arts Highlights Pieces from Treasured Modern Art Collection In New Exhibition
Updated Aug 12, 2025
DETROIT — July 16, 2025 — Treasured works from the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will be on display in a new highlights exhibition, ensuring continued public access to artistic masterpieces while the museum’s modern galleries undergo a major reimagination and transformation.
Highlights from the Modern Collection – opening Friday, August 8 – will offer visitors new ways to experience familiar favorites while the modern art wing is temporarily closed for long-planned gallery improvements. The modern art galleries are scheduled to reopen in 2026. This limited-time exhibition will showcase pieces by renowned artists including Paul Cezanne, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Pablo Picasso in a temporary location adjacent to Rivera Court.
“The DIA remains committed to providing uninterrupted access to art that has shaped our cultural understanding and continues to inspire new generations of museum visitors,” said Salvador Salort-Pons, Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts. “This temporary exhibition illuminates some of the treasures of the DIA’s modern art collection, before we bring them to their new home in the newly transformed modern art wing next year.”
More than 65 works from the DIA’s celebrated modern art collection will be presented in a floor-to-ceiling salon style to maximize wall space, featuring pieces that represent bold movements like impressionism, post-impressionism, cubism, German expressionism, and abstraction. Beloved icons and rarely seen treasures share the spotlight, among them works by Francis Bacon, Jean Dubuffet, Paul Cézanne, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Claude Monet, Roberto Montenegro, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, John Sloan, Remedios Varo, and Vincent van Gogh, among others.
Spanning three galleries – two focused primarily on European art and one on art of the Americas – this striking presentation reflects the profound transformations that reshaped the modern art world, especially across Europe, the United States, Mexico and Brazil, between the 1880s and 1960s. Each of these works showcase artists responding to a rapidly evolving world through themes, content, and artistic style.
Earlier this year, the DIA closed select galleries and other public spaces temporarily to accommodate long-planned interior transformation. All galleries will reopen over the next two years, with a goal to enhance the experience for all visitors. The museum has already announced plans to open new African American art galleries in October 2025, adjacent to Rivera Court.
DETROIT — July 16, 2025 — Treasured works from the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will be on display in a new highlights exhibition, ensuring continued public access to artistic masterpieces while the museum’s modern galleries undergo a major reimagination and transformation.
Highlights from the Modern Collection – opening Friday, August 8 – will offer visitors new ways to experience familiar favorites while the modern art wing is temporarily closed for long-planned gallery improvements. The modern art galleries are scheduled to reopen in 2026. This limited-time exhibition will showcase pieces by renowned artists including Paul Cezanne, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Pablo Picasso in a temporary location adjacent to Rivera Court.
“The DIA remains committed to providing uninterrupted access to art that has shaped our cultural understanding and continues to inspire new generations of museum visitors,” said Salvador Salort-Pons, Director of the Detroit Institute of Arts. “This temporary exhibition illuminates some of the treasures of the DIA’s modern art collection, before we bring them to their new home in the newly transformed modern art wing next year.”
More than 65 works from the DIA’s celebrated modern art collection will be presented in a floor-to-ceiling salon style to maximize wall space, featuring pieces that represent bold movements like impressionism, post-impressionism, cubism, German expressionism, and abstraction. Beloved icons and rarely seen treasures share the spotlight, among them works by Francis Bacon, Jean Dubuffet, Paul Cézanne, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Claude Monet, Roberto Montenegro, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, John Sloan, Remedios Varo, and Vincent van Gogh, among others.
Spanning three galleries – two focused primarily on European art and one on art of the Americas – this striking presentation reflects the profound transformations that reshaped the modern art world, especially across Europe, the United States, Mexico and Brazil, between the 1880s and 1960s. Each of these works showcase artists responding to a rapidly evolving world through themes, content, and artistic style.
Earlier this year, the DIA closed select galleries and other public spaces temporarily to accommodate long-planned interior transformation. All galleries will reopen over the next two years, with a goal to enhance the experience for all visitors. The museum has already announced plans to open new African American art galleries in October 2025, adjacent to Rivera Court.