A display apparatus comprises: a display panel to control emission or transmission of light; a support comprising a surface on which the display panel is placed; and a holding member that is adhered onto the surface and engages with an edge of the display panel to hold the display panel at a given position of the surface. The holding member comprises a front surface portion formed using a light-transmitting material to cover a display surface of the display panel and a frame portion provided, on a first surface of the front surface portion, along an edge of the front surface portion. The first surface is directed to the display surface. The front surface portion comprises a first functional layer having a given function related to propagation of light on the first surface or on a second surface opposite the first surface.