Archived - Shows And Events

November 20, 2016 - March 5, 2017 - The exhibition assembled draw heavily from the DIA’s world-class encyclopedic collection and range from rare examples of porcelain and metalwork to paintings, prints and sculptures. In a departure from traditional art exhibitions, their presentation will be complemented by multi-sensory interpretive elements that engage all five senses—the museum’s first-ever ex...

November 4 - January 1, 2017 - Artist and author Dave Eggers, along with metal artist Ben Wolf, have built a herd of animal-inspired vehicles for this exhibition focused on the intersection of transportation and education in order to build awareness and solutions to transportation challenges faced by students.

October 21, 2016 - April 23, 2017 - This exhibition includes dramatic architectural studies, street scenes, graffiti and otherworldly vignettes as well as some of Detroit’s famous night haunts, like the premier jazz club Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, the legendary Grande Ballroom and punk and garage rock dens such as Bookie’s Club and the Gold Dollar. While most of the photographers are from Detroit, t...

September 9, 2016–January 1, 2017 - This exhibition describes his theories on human cognition and practice, which touch on everything from logic to epistemology, science to aesthetics, are considered some of the most complex yet coherent ideas in postwar American philosophy. Particularly influential was his book The Structure of Appearance (1951), which offers an intricate analysis of the conditio...

September 9, 2016 - January 1, 2017 - Imagined as an unseen world made visible, the exhibition gives physical form to hidden landscapes where the past, present, and future synergized into an atemporal experience. His solo exhibition will create an immersive interactive experience throughout MOCAD, incorporating video installation, visual art objects, and new media.

June 17 - September 11, 2016 - The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip is the first exhibition and book to explore the story of the American photographic road trip & one of the most distinct, important and appealing themes of the medium. Images document the evolution of American car culture, the idea of the open road and how photographers embraced America. Among the 19 photographers ...

June 17 - September 11, 2016 - The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip is the first exhibition and book to explore the story of the American photographic road trip & one of the most distinct, important and appealing themes of the medium. Images document the evolution of American car culture, the idea of the open road and how photographers embraced America. After World War II, the Ame...

June 16 - September 18, 2016 - The exhibition is on loan from the Terra Foundation for American Art and also includes Morse's copy of Titian's famous portrait of the French King Francis I, made from the original at the Louvre.

April 30 - June 5, 2016 - The exhibition features hundreds of imaginative works created by Detroit Public Schools students in grades K-12, ranging from paintings, prints, drawings, photography, ceramics, videos, jewelry and more. - See more at: http://www.dia.org/calendar/exhibition.aspx?id=5626&iid=#sthash.86ksBvDr.dpuf

March 20 - June 12, 2016 - This exhibition captures dance in all its forms-from carefree to choreographed performance-with art that celebrates our need to move to the music. See 90 works from famed American artists including John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, Harlem Renaissance stars and artists who shaped the aesthetics of modern dance including Isamu Noguchi, Jasper Johns, and Andy Warhol. Come ...