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Nov 16 – May 03, 2020 | Michigan Great Lakes: Photographs by Jeff Gaydash

The MetropolitanNovember 2, 2019

Photographs of Michigan’s sprawling coastlines are the focus of a new exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), Michigan’s Great Lakes: Photographs by Jeff Gaydash open from November 16, 2019 through May 3, 2020. In his images of Lakes Er... Read More...

Events

June 01/02 | DIA Celebrates Traditional and Modern Korean Culture

THE METROPOLITANMay 29, 2019

On Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) celebrates Korean culture with traditional and modern performances, artist demonstrations, children’s activities and more. The festival’s highlight will be a performance b... Read More...

EventsExhibition

Remembering Gilda Snowden

The MetropolitanFebruary 23, 2018

The Detroit-born, Kresge Award winning abstract impressionist, graduated from Wayne State with an MA and MFA in Painting, taught at College for Creative Studies, and left a legacy in art and the lives of her students and community.

2018ProfilesThe Arts

A Vibrant History of Dance in America Through the Eyes of Artists

The MetropolitanMarch 1, 2016

The artworks carry the theme of dance through diverse segments of American culture, among them sacred dances of indigenous North Americans and the history of African American dance forms

2016ExhibitionMarchThe Arts

ART/OFFICIAL

The MetropolitanJanuary 1, 2016

Some great tips and tricks to inject some 2016 culture into your life with a truly artistic bang.

2016JanuaryThe Arts

Director Graham W. J. Beale Exiting DIA

The MetropolitanApril 1, 2015

The Metropolitan “It has certainly been quite a ride, with some amazing highs that have far outweighed the other kind,” said Director of the DIA, Graham Beal, regarding his retirement scheduled for June 30, 2015. After serving as director, preside... Read More...

2015AprilNewsThe Arts

Cheers Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo!

The MetropolitanApril 1, 2015

Detroit Honors the Works of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Through Food and Drink

2015AprilCocktailsFood & DrinkThe Arts

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit

anthony brancaleoneMarch 1, 2015

Before coming to Detroit, Rivera’s and Kahlo’s art centered on Mexican politics, society and identity.

2015ExhibitionMarchThe Arts

IN YOUR DREAMS: 500 Years of Imaginary Prints

anthony brancaleoneSeptember 17, 2014

ART | EXHIBITION DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS September 8, 2010–January 2, 2011 Approximately 120 European and American prints from the DIA’s collection celebrate the life of the imagination. Several of the museum’s most significant p... Read More...

2010October

DIA | Director’s Letter

The MetropolitanAugust 23, 2014

Art | Exhibition A Surviving Flag From Custer's Last Stand Graham W.J. Beale, Director The announcement that we were going to sell one of the two surviving flags from "Custer's Last Stand" caused, dare I say so, something of a fl... Read More...

2010Front PageSeptember

THROUGH AFRICAN EYES: The European In African Art 1500 To Present

The MetropolitanAugust 14, 2014

By Gay Paris Through African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500 to Present is the focus of this year’s Bal Africain® fundraiser at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). April 10 from 6 to 10 p.m. beginning with a VIP cocktail reception from 6–... Read More...

2010AprilExhibitionThe Arts

Society

Cinetopia’s Film Distribution Panel Proves An Intimate Affaire

Detroit Kite Fest | An Aerial Communal Experience

Tony RoKo | Floor Stains and Urethanes (And, A New Unveiling)

Features

Josie Pace | Giant Electronic Mess

Sun Ra and Me | “It’s After the End of the World, Don’t You Know That Yet?”

Catalonia, A Long Claim for Democracy to Achieve Independence

Food | Drink

Home in Detroit (In a cup of coffee)

Hotels | The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit

Breakfast Special | Noni’s Sherwood Grille

Style | Beauty

Vogue Vintage | Purveyors of the Past

Native Detroiter Jason Heien is the Facial-Haired ‘Man of the Year’

Urban Gentry | Street Life

The Arts

Connor Meade | Let Us See Where My Mind Takes Us

A Cheap Promo Piece On Blain Hill

The Independent Comedy Club | If A Joke Cracks On Stage But No One’s There To Hear It Does It Still Get A Laugh?

Image Gallery

The Abstract Framing of Politics

After Hour Pretties 02 | By Benjamin Justus

Photo Essay | Hamtramck Disneyland