DIA's Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art

11/26/2024

We are so excited to share this announcement about our upcoming FMCA trip to New Orleans from Thursday, January 30 to Monday, February 3!

We hope you will join us for what promises to be an incredible trip to one of America's most exciting cities—including access to some of the city's best art collections, studio visits with local and national artists, private dining at some of the city's most celebrated restaurants, and a private concert at the Marigny Opera House with some of New Orleans's best musicians!

Click here to register your interest in attending by filling out the form by Monday, December 2.

03/08/2024

Brava to artist Miya Ando for her presentation tonight! We are so amazingly proud to have these two paintings of hers on aluminum in our collection.

01/04/2023

Don't miss this!!!

There's less than two months left to visit Van Gogh in America, an exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts that contains 74 original Van Gogh paintings, drawings and prints.

11/14/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSKK9YUdOwI
CBS This Morning

One hundred years ago the Detroit Institute of Arts became the first museum in the U.S. to buy a work by Vincent Van Gogh, the Dutch Post-Impressionist who d...

11/11/2022

The DIA's Van Gogh in America exhibition will be featured on CBS Sunday Morning this weekend. Tune in and come to the DIA to see it in person!!

10/02/2022

It's GOGH time! "Van Gogh in America" is now open at the DIA!

Celebrating the DIA's status as the first public museum in the United States to purchase a painting by Vincent van Gogh, experience 74 authentic Van Gogh works from around the world and discover the fascinating story of America’s introduction to this iconic artist.

"Van Gogh in America" is on view through January 22, 2023 at the DIA. Visit the link in bio for more info.

—
Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of Postman Roulin, 1888, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford II, 1996.25.

09/22/2022

On Friday, October 7th at 6PM in the DIA Lecture Hall, internationally recognized artist Sean Scully will give a lecture on the legacy of Vincent Van Gogh. We hope to see you there!

08/23/2022

Open to the public! All are welcome!

Following a brief FMCA business meeting at 5:30pm, join us at 6:00pm in the DIA's Lecture Hall for a talk by renowned critic and curator Kenny Schachter:

"Dead on arrival. Or not? The present state of crypto and the future prospects for NFTs"

Not only has the weather this summer been scorching, to a record extent; but also, the crypto and non-fungible token (NFT) markets have experienced a commensurate meltdown. The naysayers are wagging their collective fingers and gleefully retorting in response to the recent barrage of NFT hype in a chorus of “We told you so!" But, to paraphrase Mark Twain: the death of NFTs is greatly exaggerated. In this lecture, Schachter will discuss why the nascent market for digital art will outlive the current decline and rebound in rude health, sooner than you think.

Kenny Schachter has been curating contemporary art shows in museums and galleries while teaching art history and economics for more than thirty years between Switzerland and the United States. Schachter has a column on Artnet.com and contributes to various international publications, including the New York Magazine and The Times Magazine (UK).
To attend please RSVP by August 26 using this link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=fI9uTwZSA0GF8_ECLJVJAL4Wtl5Jtb5IhyWJJnXq9P1UNlgwUlk5TzdKMENWN0pROEpFOUZDVEk0Ui4u