What you can do at the DIA right now

 Here is what you can do at the DIA this week.  We will provide a photo essay of the DIA later today, and tomorrow we will give you a sneak peek at the Rembrandt exhibit.

IN THE GALLERIES

detroit film theatre

ESPECIALLY FOR FAMILIES

music

lecture

drop-in workshops

 
Head of Christ, Rembrandt van Rijn, oil on oak panel, c. 1648-50.
Staatliche Museen Preussicher [...]

The Underground Light

Editor’s Note: I wanted to introduce you to one of our newest contributors, Shari Holly–a Detroit native in California.  She will provide us with regular updates about what is happening in LA.
“LA is never quiet.” This is what I thought to myself as I sat outside of the Starbucks on 6th and Grand writing this. People watching, admiring [...]

What’s up at the DIA

In This Issue

Director’s Letter

Exhibitions

DFT

Holiday Family Fun

Read All About It

Gala

Director’s Letter

The law of unintended consequences came into play in a big way when we opened the loggia on the John R Street side of the building as part of the New DIA in 2007. Since the Eleanor and Edsel Ford (South) Wing opened in 1966, the [...]

Monday Roundup

some positive press about Detroit art and artists in the LA Times:
Detroit Evolving into a Haven for artists by Anrew Bener
Cranbrook Art Museum reopens after years of renovation with new show:
No Object is an Island: New Dialogues with the Cranbrook Collection showing from 11-11-11 to 3-25-12
Cranbrook Art Museum reopens with design exhibit
Michael H. Hodges/ Detroit [...]

Letter from the Editor—DIA XOXO

You don’t really hear about emotive love letters.  They seem to be relegated to the quaint past, and maybe replaced by simple emails or the dreaded sexting.  But in its essence, a love letter is an outpouring of emotion that you cannot restrain by planning or editing the letter.  It is raw.  I love the [...]

Valuable Lessons: Cranbrook Museum of Art Re-Opens

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan—In the middle of the lush suburban academic oasis of the Cranbrook educational community sits the Cranbrook Museum of Art. (The Cranbrook educational community (319 acres) consists of the Cranbrook Schools (private P-K—12), the Cranbrook Academy of Arts (graduate school), the Cranbrook Institute of Science, and the Cranbrook House and Gardens – it [...]

Detroit Twits — 11-13

@DIA–Detroit Detroit Inst of Arts –The DIA will cover admission and/or transportation costs for a ltd. number of DIA school field trips. Apply by Nov. 15 http://www.dia.org/learn/teachers.aspx
@CurbedDetroit Curbed Detroit –Opening Day Buzz: More Thoughts On the Cranbrook Art Museum Expansion http://curbed.cc/ty3dhK
@VCAM1963 Peter Terence Milne –John Singer Sargent: Mosquito Nets (1993.18) — The Detroit Institute of [...]

Art Detroit Now Newsletter – November 12

Your online guide to great contemporary art in Detroit. 

November 10, 2011 – News, exhibitions, openings and events.
 

Cranbrook Art Museum
  

Grand Reopening: Celebrate With Us For Eleven Days
From performances to workshops, music and dialogues, tours and so much more, there will be eleven days of programs to help celebrate the Grand Reopening of Cranbrook Art Museum. 
Friday, November [...]

Poster Contest Aims to Reduce Car Crashes

WHAT: The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) encourages middle school children to create and enter original artwork illustrating the dangers of distracted driving.
WHY: Orthopaedic surgeons are among the doctors who treat traumatic injuries resulting from distracted driving-related crashes. The AAOS, in partnership with the Auto Alliance, a group of 12 automobile manufacturers, wants to [...]

Outside Inspiration: John Seed

As you hopefully know, next week The Huffington Post will start its HuffPost Detroit page. Every morning I read the HuffPost Arts page.  Its content ranges from witty to insightful to inspirational.  Professor John Seed is a regular contributor to the HuffPost Arts page (click here for his column). He provides intelligent art reviews and [...]