Exhibitions

  • Current & Upcoming
  • Past
Frank Paris, Josephine Baker, 1937, Plastic Wood, paint, crushed velvet, cloth, sequins, jewels and silk. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the artist, 55.470.
Currently On View 2/24 - 7/24/26
Currently On View

Dancing Puppets

Now on view

European Modern Art to 1970
Currently On View 8/8/25 - 8/18/26
Currently On View

Highlights from the Modern Collection

Ongoing

Edward Clark, Maple Red, 1963. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Dr. and Mrs. George Kamperman Fund, with funds from the Friends of African and African American Art and an anonymous donor. Image © 2010 The Detroit Institute of Arts
Currently On View 10/18/25 - 10/18/26
Currently On View

Reimagine African American Art

Now open

Cotopaxi
Currently On View 3/27 - 10/25/26
Currently On View

Guests of Honor: Frederic Church's Cotopaxi

March 27 - October 25, 2026

Hanukkah Lamp , late 1600s - early 1700s. The Jewish Museum, Gift of Samuel Fields through Dr. Harry G. Friedman.
Currently On View 12/5/25 - 1/3/27
Currently On View

Guests of Honor: Art of Faith from the Jewish Museum, New York

December 5, 2025 - January 3, 2027

Jean de Croÿ,, 2nd Count of Solre and Baron of Molembaix
Currently On View 4/25/25 - 4/25/27
Currently On View

Guests of Honor: Armor as Fashion

April 25, 2025 - April 25, 2027

attributed to Mary Jane Derby, Pickman-Derby House, 70 Washington Street, Salem, Massachusetts, ca. 1825, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund, 44.84.
Currently On View 4/3/26 - 12/3/27
Currently On View

Folk Art

Now on view

Upcoming Exhibition 9/11/26 - 1/3/27
Upcoming Exhibition

Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture

September 11, 2026 - January 3, 2027

Girl with a Bamboo Earring, 2022, Awol Erizku; duratrans on lightbox. Gift of the Collection of Lisa Applebaum.
Upcoming Exhibition 12/16/26 - 6/6/27
Upcoming Exhibition

The Power of Portraits

December 16, 2026 - June 6, 2027

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Martha and Mary Magdalene, ca. 1598. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Kresge Foundation and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, 73.268.
Upcoming Exhibition 3/21/27 - 7/18/27
Upcoming Exhibition

Caravaggio's Models: Friends, Lovers, Rivals

March 21, 2027 - July 18, 2027

Diego Velázquez, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, ca. 1625-1626. The Hispanic Society of America, New York
Upcoming Exhibition 1/24/27 - 7/25/27
Upcoming Exhibition

Velázquez & Olivares: Early Years at Court

January 24, 2027 - July 25, 2027

BAEZ_Untitled (Carte figurative et approximative des quantités de coton en laine importés en Europe en 1858 et 1861), 2022, credit-JackieFurtado
Upcoming Exhibition 11/13/26 - 11/13/27
Upcoming Exhibition

Reimagine Contemporary Art

Coming soon

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). Bank of the Oise at Auvers, 1890. Oil on canvas; 28 x 36 7/8 in. (71.1 x 93.7 cm). Detroit Institute of Arts, bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.159.
Upcoming Exhibition 11/13/26 - 11/13/27
Upcoming Exhibition

Reimagine Modern Art

Coming soon

89th Annual Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Art Exhibition

April 17 - May 24, 2026
Past
Basil's Dream by Jonathan Thunder

Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation

September 28, 2025 - April 5, 2026
Past
Tiles made for the 17th Annual Community Group Art Exhibition

17th Annual Community Group Art Exhibition

December 12, 2025 - January 11, 2026
Past
Installation image of Celebrating el Día de Muertos 2024

13th Annual Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos

September 27 - November 2, 2025
Past
Toni Hobdy, Floral Queen

4th Annual Wayne County High School Art Exhibition

June 20 - July 20, 2025
Past
Painted with Silk

Painted with Silk

December 13, 2024 - June 15, 2025
Past
Whispers of the Crimson Rose

88th Annual Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Art Exhibition

April 18 - May 25, 2025
Past
Tiff Massey, (American, b. 1981). Baby Bling, 2023. Metal beads, woven rope, brass. Collection of the artist.

Tiff Massey

May 5, 2024 - May 11, 2025
Past
Hero

16th Annual Community Group Art Exhibition

December 6, 2024 - January 5, 2025
Past
The Art of Dining

The Art of Dining

September 22, 2024 - January 5, 2025
Past
Image of offrendas alters

12th Annual Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos

September 28 - November 3, 2024
Past

3rd Annual Wayne County High School Art Exhibition

June 21 - July 21, 2024
Past
The Nicholas Brothers in a scene from Stormy Weather (1943), from left, Fayard Nicholas and Harold Nicholas. Photographic print, gelatin silver. Courtesy Margaret Herrick Library, ©Twentieth Century

Regeneration

February 4 - June 23, 2024
Past
Miss Osaka, a Japanese Friendship doll

Japanese Friendship Dolls

December 2, 2023 - June 5, 2024
Past
Cinthya Campos, Untitled

87th Annual Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Art Exhibition

April 20 - May 26, 2024
Past
A sculpture featuring two men engaged in a vertical wrestling match by Antonio Del Pollaiolo.

Masterpieces of Early Italian Renaissance Bronze Statuettes

September 30, 2023 - March 24, 2024
Past
Ilse Bing (American, born Germany, 1899–1998). Self Portrait with Leica, 1931, printed 1992, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Estate of Ilse Bing Wolff, 2001.106. © Estate of Ilse Bing.

After Cubism

August 18, 2023 - February 18, 2024
Past
Masks made by community group members for the exhibition

15th Annual Community Group Art Exhibition

December 8, 2023 - January 14, 2024
Past
Strange Ladies, 2006, Pitaloosie Saila, Inuit; print, lithograph.

Off-Site | Vitality and Continuity

January 21, 2023 - January 6, 2024
Past
Ofrenda altars set up in the DIA galleries for the 2023 installation of Ofrendas: Celebrating el Dia de Muertos.

11th Annual Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos

September 23 - November 5, 2023
Past

From the Community

The DIA is proud to feature art by local artists and makers 
in partnership with area schools and institutions.

Student: Mayzie Gniewek
Currently On View 6/18 - 7/19/26
Currently On View

5th Annual Wayne County High School Art Exhibition

June 18 - July 19, 2026

Ofrendas installation
Upcoming Exhibition 9/26/26 - 11/1/26
Upcoming Exhibition

14th Annual Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos

September 26, 2026 - November 1, 2026

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