Exhibitions

  • Current & Upcoming
  • Past
Jean de Croÿ,, 2nd Count of Solre and Baron of Molembaix
Currently On View 4/25/25 - 4/26/26
Currently On View

Guests of Honor: Armor as Fashion

April 25, 2025 - April 26, 2026

Robert S. Duncanson, Ellen's Isle, Loch Katrine, 1871, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Estate of Ralzemond D. Parker
Upcoming Exhibition 10/18/25
Upcoming Exhibition

Reimagining African American Art

Opens October 18, 2025

Basil's Dream by Jonathan Thunder
Upcoming Exhibition 9/28/25 - 4/5/26
Upcoming Exhibition

Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation

September 28, 2025 - April 5, 2026

European Modern Art to 1970
Upcoming Exhibition 8/8/25 - 8/8/26
Upcoming Exhibition

Highlights from the Modern Collection

Opens August 8, 2025

Georgia O'Keeffe (American, 1887-1986). Stables, 1932. Oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Robert H. Tannahill, 45.454.
Upcoming Exhibition 9/13/26 - 1/3/27
Upcoming Exhibition

Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture

September 13, 2026 - January 3, 2027

People on a farm ranking

Van Gogh’s Artistic Roots

March 30, 2022 - February 27, 2023
Past
CARE of Southeastern Michigan group project

14th Annual Community Group Art Exhibition

December 9, 2022 - January 29, 2023
Past
Vincent Van Gogh

Van Gogh in America

October 2, 2022 - January 22, 2023
Past
Young girl whispers to adult female

Conscious Response

July 22, 2022 - January 8, 2023
Past
One room of the 2022 Ofrendas exhibition, featuring five Ofrendas altars

10th Annual Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos

September 24 - November 6, 2022
Past
Wayne County High School

1st Annual Wayne County High School Art Exhibition

June 25 - August 7, 2022
Past
“Reflections and Flowers,” 2006, Shirley Woodson, American; acrylic on canvas.

Shirley Woodson: Shield of the Nile Reflections

December 18, 2021 - June 12, 2022
Past
silver convertible on exhibition

Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020

November 15, 2020 - June 5, 2022
Past
Mother Earth Isyss

85th Annual Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Art Exhibition

April 23 - May 29, 2022
Past
By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy

By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800

February 6 - May 29, 2022
Past
Elevated

The New Black Vanguard: Photography between Art and Fashion

December 17, 2021 - April 17, 2022
Past
Photo shoot at a public school

Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite

October 8, 2021 - January 16, 2022
Past
Painted tiles

The 13th Annual Community Group Art Exhibition

December 3, 2021 - January 2, 2022
Past
Ofrendas Exhibit of 2021

9th Annual Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos

September 25 - November 7, 2021
Past
Expression

Experience & Expression

January 30 - October 3, 2021
Past
Election Day 1844 oil on canvas

Off-Site | Visions of American Life: Selections from the Nancy and Sean Cotton Collection of American Art

June 11 - September 11, 2021
Past
Robert Blackburn & Modern American Printmaking

Robert Blackburn & Modern American Printmaking

March 20 - September 5, 2021
Past
Detroit 1977 Summer

Russ Marshall: Detroit Photographs, 1958-2008

November 15, 2020 - June 27, 2021
Past
Maya Bullock Power

84th Annual Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Art Exhibition

April 23 - May 21, 2021
Past
Women and Children in the Park

Anton Art Center | Visions of American Life: Selections from the Nancy and Sean Cotton Collection of American Art

March 9 - April 12, 2021
Past

From the Community

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

Toni Hobdy, Floral Queen
Final Days 6/20 - 7/20/25
Final Days

4th Annual Wayne County High School Art Exhibition

June 20 - July 20, 2025

Installation image of Celebrating el Día de Muertos 2024
Upcoming Exhibition 9/27 - 11/2/25
Upcoming Exhibition

13th Annual Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos

September 27 - November 2, 2025

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