Cotopaxi at Night, Viewed from the Hacienda San Agustin, Ecuador, Ecuador scopperman Tue, 01/20/2026 - 08:25 Artist Frederic Edwin Church Credit Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Gift of Louis P. Church, 1917-4-1332-a Date September…
Cotopaxi Erupting, Viewed from Quito, Ecuador scopperman Tue, 01/20/2026 - 08:23 Artist Frederic Edwin Church Credit Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Gift of Louis P. Church, 1917-4-773 Date June 1857 Copyright Photo: Matt Flynn ©
South American Landscape scopperman Tue, 01/20/2026 - 08:19 Artist Frederic Edwin Church Credit Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Gift of Louis P. Church, 1917-4-708 Date 1853–1854 Copyright Photo: Matt Flynn © Smithsonian Instituti…
Updated Jan 12, 2026 “You Gotta Have Art. All You Really Need is Art...” Adam Kosberg heard those words about 2,000 times last year while spearheading the remake of the Detroit Institute of Arts’ beloved 1976 commercial. One could say Kosbe…
Updated Dec 19, 2025 A visitor greets a small snowman on the front steps. At the Detroit Institute of Arts, we aim to be a gathering place for the community and we adhere to that philosophy by extending our hours during the holiday break! E…
December 5, 2025 - January 3, 2027 Guests of Honor: Art of Faith from the Jewish Museum, New York presents a selection of Jewish ceremonial objects, dating from the 1400s to the early 1900s, installed throughout the Detroit Institute of Art…
Updated Oct 20, 2025 With 140 galleries and hundreds of artworks housed inside a grand Beaux-Arts building, a visit to the Detroit Institute of Arts can feel overwhelming, especially if it’s your first time. Where should you start? What mus…
The Detroit Institute of Arts' Inside|Out program brings reproductions of artwork from the museum’s world-class collection to communities in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties every spring and summer since 2010. The 2025 season is now clos…
Guests of Honor: Armor as Fashion April 25, 2025 - April 26, 2026 Highlights from the Modern Collection Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation September 28, 2025 - April 5, 2026 Guests of Honor: Art of Faith from the Jewish Museum, Ne…
April 25, 2025 - April 26, 2026 Guests of Honor: Armor as Fashion reunites the spectacular Portrait of Jean de Croÿ, 2nd Count of Solre, by Juan van der Hamen y Léon (1596–1631) with three pieces of the gilded armor forged in Brussels and w…
Have you ever wondered how knights in medieval and Renaissance Europe donned their shining armor, or what it felt like to move while covered in steel plates? Join internationally acclaimed historian Dr. Daniel Jaquet and the DIA’s own armor…
Guests of Honor: Armor as Fashion April 25, 2025 - April 25, 2027 Highlights from the Modern Collection Guests of Honor: Art of Faith from the Jewish Museum, New York December 5, 2025 - January 3, 2027 Guests of Honor: Frederic Church's Cot…