DETROIT SALON is Detroit’s landmark global contemporary art event and exhibitions platform. Its mission is to strengthen access and visibility for Detroit and Michigan’s artists and creative communities on a national and international stage through global partnerships with leading art and culture organizations, exhibitions and a major new global contemporary art event in Detroit in 2028.

Executed in collaboration with civic, cultural, and global partners, and developed by Salonnière, the platform connects local artists with global audiences, collectors, curators, critics and institutions through a dual approach: outbound exhibitions at leading art shows and fairs and inbound programming that welcomes the global art world to Detroit.

From 2028 onward, DETROIT SALON will continue biannually as a city-wide major contemporary art event that reimagines the art show model through a Midwest lens of inclusion, hospitality, and cultural exchange. It is a women-led, fiscally-sponsored nonprofit founded by Julie Egan.