Letter from the Director, August 2020
Over the past few months, important discussions in our country have expanded to include the cultural sector overall and art institutions in particular. The DIA has recently become part of this conversation – a conversation that I welcome and encourage. The role of the arts -- the role of the DIA – and its impact on social issues is a topic on which we have focused much energy, time and thought over the past several years and one that deserves even more of our attention in the future. Continue reading > |
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Behind the Zine with Matthew Thornton: Intro to Zines | Community Partnership Connection
The Detroit Institute of Arts In partnership with Inside|Out Literary Arts, will host a four-workshop series called “Behind the Zine” with Detroit-based comic book artist Matthew Thornton. Participants will create their own zine over the four-week workshop. Learn more > |
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Art Talk: Saint George and Saint Sebastian | Art Access Online
In this week’s Art Talk, Assistant Curator of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Chaz Kirchhoff discusses the history of the oil painting on wood, St. George and St. Sebastian, created by Italian artist Andrea Solario in the 1500’s. Learn more > |
| Weekly Crossword | School Field Trip from Home |
This week, the crossword features one of the DIA’s finest works from the Babylonian era. You’ll have to closely examine the tile masterpiece of the Mushhushshu-dragon, Symbol of the God Marduk to find the answers. Download a printable PDF or complete the puzzle online for fun for ages 8 and up. Take the crossword > |
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Gordon Lightfoot | DFT @ Home DFT @ Home is a virtual screening room that presents Detroit Film Theatre selections at your convenience and helps benefit the DFT. New this week is Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind. With unprecedented access to the artist, this engaging documentary explores the career, music and influence of the legendary Canadian musical icon. Learn more > |
| A Girl Missing | DFT @ Home A Girl Missing, is a compelling and beautifully human drama about Ichiko, a middle-aged private nurse who befriends two teen girls, one of whom goes missing. She gets caught up in the media sensation that results in increasingly surprising and devastating ways. Learn more > |
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Shop DIA! New from the DIA Shop! This 1000-piece puzzle is based on Bank of the Oise at Auvers, by Vincent van Gogh, a favorite work in the DIA’s collection. Perfect for gifting or adding to your own stash, puzzles are a great way to unplug and relax any time of year. Check out the entire assortment here > |
| TATM presents Ordinary People by Extraordinary Artists | For Seniors This week see how some of the most important French artists of the 19th century resisted the elitist aesthetic of the academic art tradition by emphasizing the people around them and the human experience as subject matter during a transitioning moment in the modernist era. Start this extraordinary experience with not-so-ordinary inside looks at Dancers in the Green Room by Edgar Degas. Learn more > |
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Michigan's Great Lakes: Photographs by Jeff Gaydash on view through August 30, 2020 |
| Bruegel's "The Wedding Dance" Revealed on view through August 30, 2020 |
| Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings from 1550 to 1700 on view through November 29, 2020 |
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Guests of Honor: Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dalà on view through January 3, 2021 |
| Guests of Honor from the Musée du Louvre on view through January 10, 2021 |
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DIA Every Day | See the Collection Online Most of the DIA's massive, 60,000+ piece collection is available online to browse and learn from wherever you are. Many of these works also have interpretive information right on the page, as well as other details, and images from different angles and perspectives than you'd see in person. Current and past exhibitions are also available online. Browse Art now > |
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ADMISSION
The DIA is always free for all residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties as well as DIA members.
QUICK LINKS |
| MUSEUM HOURS Wednesday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday & Tuesday: Closed
CONTACT Box Office 313.833.4005 Museum Shop 313.833.7944 General 313.833.7900 |
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