Detroit Institute of Arts Extends “Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020” until June 5, 2022
Updated Jan 3, 2022
DETROIT (January 3,2022) – The Detroit Institute of Arts has extended its popular exhibition “Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020,” until June 5, 2022. The exhibition is free with museum admission, which is always free for residents of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.
The exhibition highlights the artistry and influence of Detroit car designers working between 1950 and the present day. It brings together 12 coupes and sedans designed across that 70-year period to highlight significant achievements in style and technology, including unique examples of experimental show cars created for display and iconic production models sold to the mass market. Design drawings allow visitors to imagine the creative and innovative processes that bring a vehicle from the drawing board to the street. A selection of paintings and sculptures highlight the conversation between the American art world and car culture.
For this extension, the museum has acquired a new loan, the 1959 Cadillac Cyclone, which will replace the 1958 Firebird III in February of 2022.
Link to exhibition press release from October 22, 2020: https://www.dia.org/about/press/news/detroit-institute-arts-presents-%E2%80%9Cdetroit-styl
Link to exhibition media kit: https://www.dia.org/detroitstylemedia
Link to exhibition videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfHsrKl1Ol8&list=PLZolPEDQCk808Tli3H1reJBWFWV--80zT
Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020 is organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Major funding is generously provided by the Ford Motor Company Fund, General Motors, and Mrs. Jennifer Adderley in loving memory of her husband, Mr. Terence E. Adderley.
Additional funding is provided by the Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation, Stellantis, The Suburban Collection, Jennifer & Ambassador David Fischer and Darcy & David Fischer, Jr., and Consolidated Rail Corporation on behalf of William Milliken.
Additional support is provided by Barbara and William U. Parfet, TCF National Bank, The Fisher & Company Family, and the Friends of African & African American Art.
Major funding for the exhibition catalogue is generously provided by the Margaret Dunning Foundation.
DETROIT (January 3,2022) – The Detroit Institute of Arts has extended its popular exhibition “Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020,” until June 5, 2022. The exhibition is free with museum admission, which is always free for residents of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.
The exhibition highlights the artistry and influence of Detroit car designers working between 1950 and the present day. It brings together 12 coupes and sedans designed across that 70-year period to highlight significant achievements in style and technology, including unique examples of experimental show cars created for display and iconic production models sold to the mass market. Design drawings allow visitors to imagine the creative and innovative processes that bring a vehicle from the drawing board to the street. A selection of paintings and sculptures highlight the conversation between the American art world and car culture.
For this extension, the museum has acquired a new loan, the 1959 Cadillac Cyclone, which will replace the 1958 Firebird III in February of 2022.
Link to exhibition press release from October 22, 2020: https://www.dia.org/about/press/news/detroit-institute-arts-presents-%E2%80%9Cdetroit-styl
Link to exhibition media kit: https://www.dia.org/detroitstylemedia
Link to exhibition videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfHsrKl1Ol8&list=PLZolPEDQCk808Tli3H1reJBWFWV--80zT
Detroit Style: Car Design in the Motor City, 1950–2020 is organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Major funding is generously provided by the Ford Motor Company Fund, General Motors, and Mrs. Jennifer Adderley in loving memory of her husband, Mr. Terence E. Adderley.
Additional funding is provided by the Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation, Stellantis, The Suburban Collection, Jennifer & Ambassador David Fischer and Darcy & David Fischer, Jr., and Consolidated Rail Corporation on behalf of William Milliken.
Additional support is provided by Barbara and William U. Parfet, TCF National Bank, The Fisher & Company Family, and the Friends of African & African American Art.
Major funding for the exhibition catalogue is generously provided by the Margaret Dunning Foundation.