Indianapolis Museum of Art Blog

So, a few months ago, I wrote a blog listing my “art crushes.” From art critics to museum directors, I bared my soul to the arts world. Michael Kimmelman, Tyler Green, Will Gompertz, Kathy Halbreich, and Phillippe de Montebello, I still love you all, but I’m afraid I’ve forever ruined my chances of being cool. It’s pretty difficult looking hip when you’re admitting you’ve got a massive crush on the Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. So this summer, I’m making an attempt to overcome my innate dorkiness. I’m going to spend the next few months visiting some of the hippest museums in the US. Here’s my plan to stay cool this summer.

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I’ve got audio, not video on my mind, which is an oddity. We have a whopping one audio guide online but over 50 videos available. Recent events however, suddenly presented several audio experiences, highlighted emerging projects, revealed new music and provoked thought on this forgotten subject. This might surprise you, because we have don’t typically dabble with audio content and we are such a video-centric new media department. That’s about to change though. Charge your iPods.

(struggling for an image, I decided to show my favorite Pioneer HDJ-1000 headphones…courtesy of pioneerelectronics.com) Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been a really busy month for me. That’s no excuse for my lack of blogging. It’s just an explanation. So here’s what I’ve been up to…

Ingrid Calame- On November 1, the IMA opened our latest Forefront show Traces of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway by Ingrid Calame. Calame opened the evening with an engaging and entertaining discussion of her artwork. Her focus on her techniques and methods was especially interesting. Calame’s final works are wonderful without context, but I think that understanding her work process makes this exhibition all the more astonishing. Read the rest of this entry »