Exhibitions

  • Current & Upcoming
  • Past
Exhibition
Currently On View 12/13/24 - 6/15/25
Currently On View

Painted with Silk: The Art of Early American Embroidery

December 13, 2024 - June 15, 2025

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

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

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

Flemish and Dutch art

From Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from 1550 to 1700

February 15 - November 29, 2020
Past
Alejibre

8th Annual Ofrendas

September 26 - November 8, 2020
Past
Anchor bay

Michigan’s Great Lakes: Photographs by Jeff Gaydash

November 16, 2019 - August 30, 2020
Past
The Wedding Dance

Bruegel's “The Wedding Dance” Revealed

December 14, 2019 - August 30, 2020
Past
Artwork by Jessica Orozco

83rd Annual Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Art Exhibition

May 18 - June 28, 2020
Past
Detroit collections

Detroit Collects: Selections of African American Art from Private Collections

November 12, 2019 - March 15, 2020
Past
Jean-Antoine Houdon sculptures

Guests of Honor from the Musée du Louvre: Jean-Antoine Houdon’s Portraits of Americans in the Age of Enlightenment

October 6, 2019 - January 10, 2020
Past
Community exhibit

The 11th Annual Community Group Art Exhibition

December 6, 2019 - January 5, 2020
Past
Impressionist painting

Humble and Human: Impressionist Era Treasures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Detroit Institute of Arts, an Exhibition in Honor of Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.

June 26, 2019 - January 5, 2020
Past
Offerings to beloved ancestors

7th Annual Ofrendas

September 28 - November 10, 2019
Past
Asian Wing

Robert & Katherine Jacobs Asian Wing Opening

November 4, 2018 - September 30, 2019
Past
Ashley holds her son Nathaniel on the front porch

Video | Facing Change: Documenting America

August 9 - September 29, 2019
Past
Play Ball Transforming the game

Play Ball! Transforming the Game, 1876-2019

June 15 - September 25, 2019
Past
Cafe Paris painting

Out of the Crate: New Gifts & Purchases

June 8 - September 15, 2019
Past
Souvenir II

Guest of Honor | "Souvenir II" by Kerry James Marshall

January 8 - September 8, 2019
Past
POP Art

From Camelot to Kent State: Pop Art, 1960-1975

February 17 - August 25, 2019
Past
Isabel and Ruben Labor of Love

Ruben & Isabel Toledo: Labor of Love

December 16, 2018 - July 7, 2019
Past
Self Portrait by Evelyn Olguin Hernandez

82nd Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Art Exhibition

April 27 - June 2, 2019
Past
Margaret Herz Demant

Extraordinary Eye, Extraordinary Gift: The Legacy of Margaret Herz Demant

January 27 - May 19, 2019
Past
Red striped storefront

Lost & Found: Photographs from the DIA’s Collection

August 26, 2018 - April 3, 2019
Past

From the Community

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

Whispers of the Crimson Rose
Final Days 4/18 - 5/25/25
Final Days

88th Annual Detroit Public Schools Community District Student Art Exhibition

April 18 - May 25, 2025

Toni Hobdy, Floral Queen
Upcoming Exhibition 6/20 - 7/20/25
Upcoming Exhibition

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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