December 16, 2022 (Detroit) – The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) rings in the new year with in-person Thursdays at the Museum tours, films for all ages, and more. For more information and to stay up-to-date on current events, visit www.dia.org/events.

 

January is the final month to see the following exhibitions, including Van Gogh in America.

• Conscious Response: Photographers Changing the Way We See on view through January 8, 2023.

Conscious Response explores the history of visual storytelling and image-making as seen through the eyes of over 25 artists.

• Van Gogh in America on view through January 22, 2023

Van Gogh in America celebrates the DIA as the first public museum in the United States to purchase a painting by Vincent van Gogh, his Self-Portrait (1887). On the 100th anniversary of its acquisition, experience 74 authentic Van Gogh works from around the world and discover the fascinating story of America’s first introduction to this iconic artist, in an exhibition only at the DIA.

• 14th Annual Community Group Art Exhibition on view through January 29, 2023

The DIA has been proud to partner with local social service agencies for over twenty years through the Community Group Program. Artists in this exhibition represent veterans, community mental health organizations, and seniors from Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.

• Van Gogh’s Artistic Roots: The Hague School and French Realism on view through January 29, 2023.

Van Gogh particularly admired the painterly innovations of the Hague School––a group named for the city in the Netherlands where its core artists lived and worked beginning about 1870.

 

Ongoing

• GooseChase | Self-guided Scavenger Hunt available on the GooseChase App.

Tour the museum and discover new works with our app-based scavenger hunts.

• Big Picture Guided Tour Tuesdays–Thursdays, 1 p.m.; Fridays, 1 & 6 p.m.; Saturdays & Sundays, 1 p.m.

Experience the highlights of the DIA by taking a free guided tour of the museum. Tours depart from Great Hall, and last 45–60 minutes.

• Thursdays at the Museum Thursdays, 1 p.m.

The DIA welcomes adults 55 and older for a self-guided visit of our collections. Groups of 25 or more in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties can receive free bus transportation. Visit www.dia.org/events/thursdays for more information and to schedule a tour and bus pickup.

 

All programs are free with museum admission, which is free for residents of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties, unless otherwise noted.

Sunday, January 1

MUSEUM CLOSED in observance of the holiday.

 

Friday, January 6

Detroit Film Theatre: EO 7 p.m.

After leaving a traveling circus, EO, a grey donkey with expressive eyes, begins a journey across the Polish and Italian countryside, encountering cruelty and kindness, captivity and freedom. Recommended for audiences 16 and up. Jury Prize Winner, 2022 Cannes Film Festival; Poland’s official submission to the 2023 Academy Awards® for Best International Feature. In Polish, Italian, English and French with English subtitles.

 

Saturday, January 7

Free Family Fun! Mesner Puppet Theater’s Ringo's Sing-along Road Trip 2 p.m.

Join travelin' John Paul George (puppeteer Mike Horner) and his singing dog Ringo on an interactive, musical road trip. Audiences are encouraged to sing, clap, and stomp along as the duo performs such favorites as “B-I-N-G-O,” “Wheels on the Bus,” and “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” For all ages.

Detroit Film Theatre: EO 4:30 & 7 p.m.

See Jan. 6 for description.

 

Sunday, January 8

Detroit Film Theatre: EO 2 & 4:30 p.m.

See Jan. 6 for description.

 

Thursday, January 12

Van Gogh in America Panel Discussions

Van Gogh in America identifies the reception of Vincent van Gogh and the market for his work as a subject of particular importance and scholarly interest. In conjunction with the exhibition, the DIA invites the public to  the following free panel discussions.

Van Gogh around the World 9:30 a.m.

Livestream only – DIA’s Facebook and YouTube channels

This exclusively livestreamed panel will explore the reception of Van Gogh, his art and the history of Van Gogh’s legacy across various geographies: in Holland, Germany, France, Great Britain, and the US. Speakers include:

• Chris Stolwijk, General Director RKD–Netherlands Institute for Art History / Professor of History of Dutch Art in an International Context, 1800–1940, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
• Alexander Eiling, Head of Modern Art, Städel Museum, Frankfurt
• Bregje Gerritse, Researcher, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
• Carol Jacobi, Curator of British Art 1850–1915, Tate Britain, London
• Jill Shaw, Head, The James Pearson Duffy Department of Modern and Contemporary Art and Rebecca A. Boylan and Thomas W. Sidlik Curator of European Art, 1850–1970, Detroit Institute of Arts

Moderator: Dorota Chudzicka, Assistant Curator of Modern European Art, Detroit Institute of Arts

Identifying and Diffusing Van Gogh Myths, 5 p.m.

The DIA’s Lecture Hall and livestream - Facebook and YouTube channels

This panel discussion featuring Louis van Tilborgh and Teio Meedendorp, both Senior Researchers at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, discuss some of the many myths that surround Van Gogh, and how studies of the subsequent reception of the artist worldwide can help to shed light on the creation and perpetuation of some of these myths. This discussion will be moderated by DIA curators Jill Shaw and Dorota Chudzicka.

 

Friday, January 13

Detroit Film Theatre: Broker 7 p.m.

Broker is the story of two men who accept custody of unwanted infants, then sell them to affluent childless couples. Circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, these “brokers” try to act morally by matching the children with responsible families. But after one infant’s mother surprises the duo by demanding to supervise her baby’s placement, the three unlikely partners embark on a search for the perfect couple, while unintentionally an unlikely “family” of their own. In Korean with English subtitles. Tickets are $9.50 general admission, $7.50 seniors, students and DIA members. There is a $1.50 online convenience fee when purchasing tickets online.

 

Saturday, January 14

Detroit Film Theatre: Broker 2 & 7 p.m.

See Jan. 13 for description.

 

Sunday, January 15

Detroit Film Theatre: Broker 2 & 5 p.m.

See Jan. 13 for description.

 

Monday, January 16

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Musical Performance: To be announced

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Friday, January 20

Detroit Film Theatre: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed 7 p.m.

This documentary highlights two different narratives, the first being the life and career of photographer and activist Nan Goldin, the second being the backlash against the Sackler family, owners of the pharmaceutical dynasty. Following her own struggle with opioid addiction, Goldin, now 68 , became an unyielding activist at art institutions around the world that had accepted millions from the Sackler family. Winner, Golden Lion for Best Film, 2022 Venice Film Festival. Tickets are $9.50 general admission, $7.50 seniors, students and DIA members. There is a $1.50 online convenience fee when purchasing tickets online.

 

Saturday, January 21

Free Family Fun! Detroit Film Theatre: New York International Children’s Film Festival: Kids Flicks One 2 p.m.

Now in its 25th year, the New York International Children’s Film Festival presents Kids Flicks One, featuring inspiring short films for ages 5-10. Whether dreaming up the fantastical, like a cat the size of a house, or the practical, like finding a summer romance for a beloved teacher, these shorts are sure to surprise and delight.

• BATTERY DADDY 
  In Korean with English subtitles 
  Everyone relies on attentive Battery Dad to keep things well-powered and smoothly-run, but when a field trip’s downpour hits, will he still have the power to keep his cool and save the day? 
• THE CAT IN THE ART PARK 
  In Korean with English subtitles 
  Even small cats are known for causing chaos, so imagine the hijinks that ensue when this art- park-dwelling cat suddenly grows to the size of a house. 
• CUPIDS 
  This whimsical comedy love letter to New York's essential workers follows a whole class on the last day of school as they scheme to find the perfect partner for their adored bus driver, Ms. Cheryl, and save her from a lonely summer without them. 
• MAMA HAS A MUSTACHE 
  In this fully-animated, wildly collaged documentary, kids ages 5 to 10 share their thoughts about how they experience loving, inclusive worlds that aren’t bound by traditional gender binaries.  
• META 
  Interconnection, form, function, flow: all these big ideas about change and growth sprout in playful ways when creatures shape shift and dance to the rhythm of discovery. 
• POUM POUM! 
  Poum Poum! is a musical film that celebrates the simple joy of hitting drums, scribbling on paper, splashing paint, or making cymbals screech. 
• STAR BOUND 
  When six-year-old Jerry gets together with his uncle Joey, a Mission Operations Engineer at NASA, they have so much—a galaxy’s amount—to talk about. 

 

Detroit Film Theatre: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed 4 & 7 p.m.

See Jan. 21 for description.

 

Sunday, January 22

Detroit Film Theatre: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed 2 & 5 p.m.

See Jan. 21 for description.

 

Friday, January 27

Friday Night Live! Igor Stravinsky's The Soldier’s Tale 7 p.m.

Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings starts 2023 with a presentation of Igor Stravinsky’s masterpiece The Soldier’s Tale, the tale of a soldier who returns from the army and makes a deal with the Devil, trading his old violin for a magic book that can tell the future and make him rich. Presented in collaboration with Eisenhower Dance Detroit.

The performance includes award-winning singer, songwriter and actor Lulu Falls, Soprano Jocelyn Zelasko and Carl Grapetine, long-time host of the morning program on WFMT/ 98.7 FM, Chicago's Classical music station. The concert also includes Bach’s Partita No. 1 with music played by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s associate concertmaster, Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy, and the world premiere of a new piece for reed quintet by Nathalie Joachim called Radical Revelations.

 

Friday, January 28

Detroit Film Theatre: Saint Omer 3 & 7 p.m.

A successful Parisian journalist comes to the small town of Saint Omer, France to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman charged with killing her baby daughter. Although she admits to the act, she cannot describe her motivation, claiming it was out of her control in the hopes that the trial will help her understand. This complex mystery is a take on courtroom drama and the African immigrant experience. Saint Omer is France’s official submission for Best International Feature to the 2023 Academy Awards®. Silver Lion Winner, Venice Film Festival. Tickets are $9.50 general admission, $7.50 seniors, students and DIA members. There is a $1.50 online convenience fee when purchasing tickets online.

 

Saturday, January 29

Detroit Film Theatre: Saint Omer 5 p.m.

See Jan. 28 for description.