Exhibitions in Detroit in October 2026

Sunday, October 18, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Apr 25

  Guests of Honor: Armor as Fashion

  Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 3

  Detroit Red Wings at 100: Becoming Hockeytown

  Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 3

  Guests of Honor: Art of Faith from the Jewish Museum, New York

  Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Mar 14

  LENI: Looking Through the Lens

  Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until May 15

  The Searching Eye: Images of Mid-Century Detroit by Norman Zadoorian

  Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown

  • Visual arts

• Music

  until Dec 20

  The Sounding Room

  Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) · Midtown

  • Music
  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 6

  Bill Smith: The Jeweler

  Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Dec 6

  Black, White, and Red: Black Women in Silent Film

  Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Apr 11

  The Art of Elizabeth Catlett

  Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Mar 21

  Who Votes? The Electoral College

  Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History · Midtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Mar 21

  20 Years of MOCAD: A Practice of Multiplicity, Part I

  Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) · Midtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 3

  Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture

  Detroit Institute of Arts · Midtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Sep 6

  Automotive Showplace: 1924 Rickenbacker Model C

  Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Oct 31

  The Intimacy of Memories

  Detroit Artists Market · Midtown

  • Visual arts

• Visual arts

  until Jan 3

  This is 100: America's Thanksgiving Parade

  Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown

  • Visual arts

Saturday, October 24, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Jan 17

  The Hustle: Exhibition 1

  Detroit Historical Museum · Midtown

  • Visual arts

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