Most Comprehensive Presentation of the Work of Thornton Dial to Premiere at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2011

Exhibition to cover two decades of the artist’s socially and politically charged work

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, February 17, 2010—The most extensive presentation ever mounted of Thornton Dial’s painting and sculpture will premiere at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, on view from February 27, 2011 to May 15, 2011. Hard Truths: The Art of Thornton Dial will highlight the artist’s significant contribution to the field of American art and show how Dial’s work speaks to the most pressing issues of our time—including the War in Iraq, 9/11, and social issues like racism and homelessness. The exhibition will present over 75 of Dial’s large-scale paintings, drawings and found-object sculptures spanning twenty years of his artistic career—including 25 works on view for the first time. More

Exhibition of animated video and sculpture installations by artist Joshua Mosley to premiere at Indianapolis Museum of Art in March 2010

Joshua Mosley: American International will feature the premiere of International, Mosley’s first new work since the 2007 Venice Biennale

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, February 11, 2010—The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced today that it will present Joshua Mosley: American International, opening March 12, 2010. The exhibition will bring together two animated video and sculpture installations by Philadelphia-based artist Joshua Mosley: A Vue (2004) and the premiere of his newest work, International (2010). The exhibition will be on view in the Carmen & Mark Holeman Video Gallery and the adjacent Livia & Steve Russell Gallery through August 29, 2010. This exhibition is made possible through the generosity of the Chambers Family Foundation. More

Indianapolis Museum of Art launches IMA Lab

IMA Lab will spearhead innovations in museum technology by consulting to other museums and not for profits on digital projects IMA Lab recently redesigned imamuseum.org, which now features improved collection searching capability and enhanced interactive components

Indianapolis, February 9, 2010 – The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced today that it has launched a consulting arm of the museum’s technology department that will focus on supporting peer institutions and other not for profits in the use of innovative digital technology. The team, known as IMA Lab, was created to address needs specific to the museum community not met by existing software vendors. IMA Lab will provide consulting services to other institutions, including the use of open source tools and innovative technology to enhance the ability of museums meet their objectives. For more than four years, the IMA technology team has played a leadership role in developing these kinds of resources for the museum field including Artbabble.org, steve.museum, and the AAMD object registry. IMA Lab will allow team members to build upon past successes and to pursue projects for other museums and not-for-profits.More

Exhibition of interactive site-specific work by artist Jeppe Hein to premiere at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in spring 2010

Hein’s first major solo exhibition in the United States will feature a site-specific installation in IMA’s McCormack Forefront Galleries and an experiential artwork in 100 Acres: The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, (January 19, 2010)—The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced today that amulti-part exhibition of Copenhagen- and Berlin-based artist Jeppe Hein will premiere at the Museum in May 2010. Hein’s site-specific installation Distance will occupy all 4,000 square feet of the IMA’s McCormack Forefront Galleries. Hein is also creating an outdoor experiential artwork titled Bench Around the Lake on the Museum grounds for the inaugural installations in 100 Acres:The Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, which opens June 20, 2010. More

Indianapolis Museum of Art Commissions Heather Rowe for Efroymson Pavilion Installation Series

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, (December 18, 2009)—The Indianapolis Museum of Art today announced that New York-based artist Heather Rowe will create the next site-specific installation in its Efroymson Family Entrance Pavilion series. Rowe’s newly commissioned sculpture, which will incorporate found objects sourced by architectural remnant shops in Indianapolis, will be on view in the IMA’s main entrance pavilion from February 19 to August 1, 2010. More

Indianapolis Museum of Art to Exhibit Fifty Years of Iconic Couture in Spring 2010

Featuring recent acquisitions to the IMA collection by design legends Rudi Gernreich, Issey Miyake, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and Gianni Versace

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, (December 16, 2009)—Body Unbound: Contemporary Couture from the IMA’s Collection, on view from April 10, 2010 to January 30, 2011, will examine the many ways designers have manipulated, transformed and liberated the female figure. The exhibition will feature groundbreaking designs by Rudi Gernreich, Issey Miyake, Junya Watanabe, Thierry Mugler, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Gianni Versace and other avant-garde fashion designers. Body Unbound will explore how these designers used modern construction and unexpected materials to contort, conceal, reveal or mock their wearers. More