In 1976, Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) hired W.B. Doner & Co out of Southfield, Michigan to create a commercial. The advertising agency spent two days at the museum, shooting a choreographed riff on ...

A Detroit artist received official state recognition Thursday when Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) to tour Tiff Massey’s “7 Mile + Livernois” exhibition.

A new valuation of the 66,000-item collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) has found it to be worth between $2.8 and $4.6 billion, the Detroit Free Press reported. A spokesman for Detroit ...

Last week, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) acquired “Bird” (1990), a striking sculpture by David Hammons, the MacArthur Genius Grant-winning African American artist known for his witty conceptual ...

Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr asked Christie's auction house to come in and appraise the city-owned collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Orr acknowledged on Monday. That appraisal made ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is hosting a free dance party on March 7 in conjunction with the “7 Mile + Livernois” exhibition. The event will feature DJ Problematic Black Hottie and will take ...

In mid-June, on a Wednesday, I embarked on a summer road trip with the goal of visiting some of America’s greatest art museums in five Midwestern cities. When you see seven museums in five cities over ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is hosting a final outdoor dance party to celebrate the closing of Tiff Massey's "7 Mile + Livernois" exhibition. The previous two dance parties associated with the ...

DETROIT – One of the oldest and most complete collections of African American art in the nation just got a major upgrade - and you can see it now at Detroit’s world-class art museum. The Center for ...

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The birthplace of Motown and the Model T car, this industrious Michigan city has gone from boom to bust and back. Today, it’s carving a niche for inclusive music and art. Find Sydney G James's mural, ...