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Efroymson back at IMOCA
May 30, 2009
Comments(2)I'll take a break from my NYC dispatches so that IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin can offer this report.
Philanthropist Jeremy Efroymson has a rather unorthodox plan for leading the contemporary art venue that he
co-founded out of financial straits.
Efroymson will become...
More'thinmanlittlebird' at the Library
May 7, 2009
Comments(13)In the print edition of IBJ this week, I offered my thoughts on Peter Shelton's "thinmanlittlebird," which
now adorns the front of the Central Library. See story here.
Since that appeared,...
MoreNagler resigns from iMOCA
May 2, 2009
Comments(2)Kathy Nagler has resigned as executive director of the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art to "pursue
personal passions and spend more time with her family." She had been with the organization for three years.
iMOCA curator Christopher West will serve as...
MoreCultural road tripping
April 22, 2009
Comments(13)I spent a fair amount of yesterday at a meeting with representatives of tourism departments from around the
state. Each touted his or her region's attractions--from Lincoln Amphitheatre (back in action this year) to
the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo,...
MoreD.C. botch: Art at the ballpark
April 9, 2009
Comments(2)The unveiling of the fairly hideous new artwork at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. (see article and photos
here) got me wondering if anyone has done this sort of fusion of sports arena and visual art any better.
A quick...
MoreNew downtown art arrives April 21
April 6, 2009
Comments(9)IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin chimes in with an update on the latest downtown public art showcase:
Installation of "George Rickey: An Evolution" begins April 21 at 10 locations downtown. Printed guides will
be...
MoreHelp solve an art crime
March 3, 2009
Comments(0)Welcome to the first (and I hope last) edition of Lou Harry's A&E Most Wanted.
Artist Emma Overman had this painting lifted from outside her Harrison Center for the Arts studio in...
MoreThomas Kinkade, painter of...cars?
February 9, 2009
Comments(37)I'm all for populist art. But I'll readily admit to being a bit embarrassed for the city that Thomas Kinkade,
the much-collected -- and much-mocked -- "painter of light," has been named the featured artist for the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway...
MoreChicago: Weathering the arts storm
February 3, 2009
Comments(5)I know I'm not alone among Indianapolis arts lover in taking occassional trips to Chicago for a change-of-venue
cultural fix. So I like to keep an eye on the news up there.
Well, the Chicago Tribune recently reported on some...
MoreExec pay, Chicago discounts, etc.
January 20, 2009
Comments(0)Occassionally, I like to devote a blog to connecting you to conversations on other blogs. It's that time
again.
Of course, feel free to comment here on anything you find out there (Hint: right click and open any link
in another...
MoreIMA budget cuts: Park pushed back
January 6, 2009
Comments(7)Earlier today, the Indianapolis Museum of Art announced a series of cutbacks designed to trim $1.7 million
from its budget due to "significant losses to its endowment as well as shortfalls in income generated through
donations and purchases at the museum store...
MoreFrom the blog roll: IMA, etc.
November 25, 2008
Comments(0)Today, I'm just going to serve as your GPS, guiding you to some interesting arts writing from my blog roll.
Happy clicking.
--Recent Indy visitor Tyler Green (of IMOCA/IMCPL/IO's "10 Things I Hate About Contemporary Art") comments
on his recent trek...
MoreFirst look: Celebration Plaza art
November 21, 2008
Comments(5)Installation begins Monday on the 500 Festival 50th Anniversary Legacy Art Project at Celebration Plaza in
White River State Park (near where the big guitar player was last year).
So what sort of art does...
MoreNew art windows on Penn
November 17, 2008
Comments(5)Every once in a while, I'll turn the blog over to reporter Kathleen McLaughlin, who is now covering the
arts business beat for IBJ. Welcome her aboard and look for her writing here and in the print edition of
IBJ.
Take...
MoreQuick notes Friday
November 14, 2008
Comments(4)I'm still a little groggy from the midnight showing of "Quantum of Solace" last night, so I'm kicking off
a new occassional short-attention-span feature here that I'm calling Quick Notes Friday. Welcome aboard.
--This was actually my second time seeing the...
MoreHating contemporary art
November 13, 2008
Comments(8)A whirlwind of a day started with my earlier-than-usual weekly Fox 59 segment (if you missed it, you can
catch it here later today) and will end with the IBJ Night at the Movies midnight screening of "Quantum
of Solace"...
MoreCarnage: Art vs. Art and "Sweeney"
October 1, 2008
Comments(10)As I mentioned Monday, I finally got to Art vs. Art (Sept. 26), the crazed art auction/game show/demolition
derby that uptowned from Fountain Square to the Vogue this year.
I’ll confess to getting caught up in the same blood lust...
MoreCultural void at the debates
September 26, 2008
Comments(4)Check out this smart Los Angeles Times piece about the "well, duh" observation that culture won't be a subject
for any question during the Presidential debates.
"If I were moderating tonight's TV debate," writes Times art critic Christopher Knight, "...
MoreOn the Pentagon 9/11 memorial
September 25, 2008
Comments(4)A few months back, when blogging about an arts-centric Washington, D.C. visit, I mentioned that one of my
most memorable college moments was a spontanious road trip to the city, including a silent midde-of-the-night
walk through a tourist-free Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
As...
MoreCol. Esserman at Start with Art
September 4, 2008
Comments(4)Today's Start with Art luncheon at the Convention Center unofficially marks the start of the arts season
in Indy.
So were you there? If so, what did you think of Col Dean M. Esserman's talk?
For those who weren't, Esserman--Chief of Police...
MoreHappy birthday, Ben Harrison
August 20, 2008
Comments(8)Today marks the 175th birthday of our homegrown pres, Benjamin Harrison. The BH home at 1230 N. Delaware
is celebrating with free tours today from 10-3:30.
I'm celebrating by trying to think of a list of Best Performance by an Actor...
MoreWhen the art hits the fan
August 13, 2008
Comments(7)At Switzerland's Zentrum Paul Klee, an inflatable pile of dog feces the size of a modest ranch home came
loose from the museum grounds, knocked down a power line, and broke a window in a nearby children's home.
See the BBC report...
MoreEmptying the A&E notebook
August 6, 2008
Comments(0)Some thoughts on recent arts encounters that didn't make it into my weekly IBJ A&E review column:
-- With a trio of young, out-of-town sports nuts in tow, I recently paid my first visit in years to the
National Art...
More'Bodies' raises questions
July 30, 2008
Comments(10)"Premier cannot independenty verify that the human remains you are viewing are not those of persons who were
incarcerated in Chinese prisons..."
So say the presenters of "Bodies...the Exhibition," the controversial show--featuring cadavers, body parts, and
organs--being presented here at Claypool...
MoreIMA Great Hall to get greater
July 29, 2008
Comments(3)Max Anderson at the Indianapolis Museum of Art has finally gotten his wish--a dominant piece of art in the
IMA's Pulliam Great Hall (that's the open area you enter as soon as you go through the sliding doors at
the...
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