Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) presents Contemporary Anishinaabe Art: A Continuation from now to April 5, 2026, showcasing over 60 U.S.-based Anishinaabe artists. The exhibition, the museum’s first major Native American presentation in three decades, celebrates the ongoing legacy of Anishinaabe creativity across generations. Paintings, mixed media, and installations explore identity, land, and culture through a modern Indigenous lens, reframing Native art as a living, evolving practice rather than a historic artifact.

Highlights include Basil’s Dream (2024) by Jonathan Thunder (Red Lake Band of Ojibwe) and Ziigwan Binesi – Spring Thunderbird (2018) by Michelle Defoe (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), among works by other renowned artists. The exhibition challenges perceptions of Indigenous expression, centering voices that reclaim narrative, visibility, and representation in contemporary art spaces.

The DIA, located at 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, is open Tuesday through Thursday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.–9 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. The museum is closed Mondays. General admission is free for residents of Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties and $18 for adults, $13 for seniors, $8 for youth (6–17), and free for children 5 and under.

More information is available at www.dia.org.

Images, Courtesy of the DIA: Press Media Kits