Guests of Honor: Art of Faith from the Jewish Museum, New York at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI

Guests of Honor: Art of Faith from the Jewish Museum, New York presents a selection of Jewish ceremonial objects, dating from the 1400s to the early 1900s, installed throughout the Detroit Institute of Arts’ encyclopedic collection. The ninth installment in the DIA’s Guests of Honor series, which brings single or small groups of extraordinary works from across the globe to Detroit, Art of Faith features loans from the Jewish Museum.

Some objects, such as silver Torah crowns and finials, were created to honor Judaism’s holiest text. Others, like Hanukkah lamps, were used in the celebration of specific holidays. Together with works from the DIA’s collection, they convey themes of religious diversity and artistry across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa, highlighting the presence of vibrant Jewish communities past and present and invite visitors to explore visual connections between objects from Art of Faith and surrounding artworks.