Final Weeks for Visitors to See Four Exhibitions at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Updated May 18, 2022
May 18, 2022 (DETROIT) - Four special exhibitions at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) are in their final weeks: The 85th Annual Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Exhibition (DPSCD) and By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800 are on view through May 29. Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950 – 2020 drives off on June 5 and Shirley Woodson: Shield of the Nile Reflections closes on June 12.
The annual DPSCD exhibition is the longest-standing continuous relationship the DIA has with an educational organization and features imaginative works created by Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) students in grades K-12, ranging from paintings, prints, drawings, photography, ceramics, videos, jewelry, and more.
By Her Hand was organized by the DIA and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Conn., and was previously on view in Hartford from September 30, 2021–January 9, 2022. The DIA is the only other (and final) venue for this exhibition. The exhibition features 57 works from private and public American collections, along with a significant number of loans from Europe. Through these works of art the fascinating stories of early modern Italian women artists will be told. This is the first exhibition devoted to women artists before the modern era at both institutions. Tickets can be purchased at www.dia.org/ByHerHand or by calling 313-833-7900. Ticket prices range from $8-$18 and are free for DIA members and discounted for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020 highlights the artistry and influence of Detroit car designers working between 1950 and the present day. The exhibition features 12 coupes and sedans inside the permanent collection galleries that feature significant achievements in style and technology. The exhibition includes unique examples of celebrated, experimental show cars created for display as well as iconic production models sold to the mass market. Design drawings, many of them rarely seen by the public, and archival photographs will help visitors experience the creative and innovative processes that bring a vehicle from the drawing board to the road.
Artist, educator, collector, and advocate Shirley Woodson’s solo exhibition Shield of the Nile Reflections presents her vibrant, dream-like paintings of Black bathers in rivers, honoring the diasporic myth that the Nile holds transformative and nurturing benefits for people of African descent. In this series, Woodson’s bathers appear with a distinctive visual vocabulary of human and animal life that symbolize the historic, spiritual, and cultural significance of the river.
General Museum Hours and Admission: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Tuesdays–Thursdays; 9 a.m.–9 p.m. Fridays; 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; closed on Mondays. General admission (excludes ticketed exhibitions) is free for Macomb, Oakland and Wayne County residents and DIA members. For all others, $14 for adults, $9 for seniors ages 62+, $8 for college students, $6 for ages 6–17. For membership information, call 313-833-7971.
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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the premier art museums in the United States, is home to more than 60,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century. From the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum (Self-Portrait, 1887), to Diego Rivera's world-renowned Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), the DIA’s collection is known for its quality, range and depth. The DIA’s mission is to create opportunities for all visitors to find personal meaning in art.
Programs are made possible with support from residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
May 18, 2022 (DETROIT) - Four special exhibitions at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) are in their final weeks: The 85th Annual Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Exhibition (DPSCD) and By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800 are on view through May 29. Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950 – 2020 drives off on June 5 and Shirley Woodson: Shield of the Nile Reflections closes on June 12.
The annual DPSCD exhibition is the longest-standing continuous relationship the DIA has with an educational organization and features imaginative works created by Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) students in grades K-12, ranging from paintings, prints, drawings, photography, ceramics, videos, jewelry, and more.
By Her Hand was organized by the DIA and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Conn., and was previously on view in Hartford from September 30, 2021–January 9, 2022. The DIA is the only other (and final) venue for this exhibition. The exhibition features 57 works from private and public American collections, along with a significant number of loans from Europe. Through these works of art the fascinating stories of early modern Italian women artists will be told. This is the first exhibition devoted to women artists before the modern era at both institutions. Tickets can be purchased at www.dia.org/ByHerHand or by calling 313-833-7900. Ticket prices range from $8-$18 and are free for DIA members and discounted for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.
Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020 highlights the artistry and influence of Detroit car designers working between 1950 and the present day. The exhibition features 12 coupes and sedans inside the permanent collection galleries that feature significant achievements in style and technology. The exhibition includes unique examples of celebrated, experimental show cars created for display as well as iconic production models sold to the mass market. Design drawings, many of them rarely seen by the public, and archival photographs will help visitors experience the creative and innovative processes that bring a vehicle from the drawing board to the road.
Artist, educator, collector, and advocate Shirley Woodson’s solo exhibition Shield of the Nile Reflections presents her vibrant, dream-like paintings of Black bathers in rivers, honoring the diasporic myth that the Nile holds transformative and nurturing benefits for people of African descent. In this series, Woodson’s bathers appear with a distinctive visual vocabulary of human and animal life that symbolize the historic, spiritual, and cultural significance of the river.
General Museum Hours and Admission: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Tuesdays–Thursdays; 9 a.m.–9 p.m. Fridays; 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; closed on Mondays. General admission (excludes ticketed exhibitions) is free for Macomb, Oakland and Wayne County residents and DIA members. For all others, $14 for adults, $9 for seniors ages 62+, $8 for college students, $6 for ages 6–17. For membership information, call 313-833-7971.
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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the premier art museums in the United States, is home to more than 60,000 works that comprise a multicultural survey of human creativity from ancient times through the 21st century. From the first Van Gogh painting to enter a U.S. museum (Self-Portrait, 1887), to Diego Rivera's world-renowned Detroit Industry murals (1932–33), the DIA’s collection is known for its quality, range and depth. The DIA’s mission is to create opportunities for all visitors to find personal meaning in art.
Programs are made possible with support from residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.