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

James Barnor (Ghana, b. 1929). Studio Ever Young, Accra, c. 1950s. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière.

James Barnor: Accra/London

May 28 - October 15, 2023
Past

2nd Annual Wayne County High School Art Exhibition

June 16 - July 16, 2023
Past
Khalia Savage, "Flower Study," painting, Grade 12, Teacher: Patrick Burton

86th Annual Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Art Exhibition

April 22 - May 28, 2023
Past
repeating image

Printmaking in the Twenty-First Century

October 21, 2022 - April 9, 2023
Past
Rosa Park Sign

Off-Site | Rethinking Monuments

May 22, 2022 - April 8, 2023
Past
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

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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