Upcoming: Events at Detroit Institute of Arts

Nov 15, 2009: Drop-In Workshop - Paper Shoes at Detroit Institute of Arts

Upcoming Robot — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:40:39 -0700

Use a variety of decorative papers and other art making materials to make miniature versions of your favorite type of shoe.Free with museum admission. Children ages 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. All Drop-in Workshops are held in the DIA loggia student lunch area at the John R entrance.

Nov 14, 2009: Drop-In Workshop - Paper Dolls at Detroit Institute of Arts

Upcoming Robot — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:21:07 -0700

Use one of our patterns or make your own figure design. Then create one-of-a-kind clothing for your (male or female) paper doll.Free with museum admission. Children ages 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. All Drop-in Workshops are held in the DIA loggia student lunch area at the John R entrance.

Nov 14, 2009: To the Nines Gala at Detroit Institute of Arts

Upcoming Robot — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:16:16 -0700

To the Nines will be an evening filled with all the glamour, elegance, beauty and fun imbued in the gorgeous photography of Richard Avedon. The concurrent exhibition, Avedon Fashion Photographs 19442000 serves as muse for this years gala event. Imagine an evening with interiors bathed in black and white and where fashion and photography encapsulate the night. The evening will start with inventive cocktails, moving onto a sumptuous seated dinner and ending with dancing until the wee hours of the morning in our club! Along the way, we will take time to recognize an extraordinary friend of the museum, A. Alfred Taubman. We will salute him and dedicate the A. Alfred Taubman Wing of European Art.All of this creates an evening not to be missed. One night only.and only at the DIA!Timing:Cocktails for Tribute, Couture and Luxe: 6:00 PMDinner for Tribute, Couture and Luxe: 7:00 PMParty for All including Chic: 9:30 PMTicket Prices:Tribute: $20,000 (Table of 10)Couture: $1500 per guestLuxe: $400 per guestChic: $100 per guest

Nov 12, 2009: Photography - the First 100 Years: A Survey From the DIA's Collection at Detroit Institute of Arts

Upcoming Robot — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:01:26 -0700

This historical survey of photographs from roughly the early 1840s to 1940 is taken from the DIA's outstanding photography collection. The exhibition includes many well-known works from the medium's history by both European and American photographers, including iconic images by Julia Margaret Cameron, Hill and Adamson, Lewis Hine, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, and Edward Weston. An overview of photographic techniques including rare early 19th-century photographs as well as works representative of the aesthetic evolution of the medium including pictorialism, modernism, and the documentary tradition will also be on view.

Nov 12, 2009: Action Reaction: Video Installations at Detroit Institute of Arts

Upcoming Robot — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:52:28 -0700

With the advent of video as an art form, artists began to capture the fleeting interval between an action and its effect. As time-based work evolved, art was no longer confined to the tradition of stop-action records used by painting and sculpture. 'Action < > Reaction' highlights five videos that examine this causal relationship and document the evolution of video over four decades. Artists include Bruce Nauman, Ana Mendieta, Peter Fischli, David Weiss and Bill Viola.