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On display Blog Posts
Preview: Chakaia Booker in Indy
June 13, 2008
Comments(0)IBJ reporter Jennifer Whitson takes over the blog for a moment with some info on the upcoming Chakaia Booker
public art exhibition.
New York-based artist Chakaia Booker’s nine new sculptures will be taking over downtown...
MoreFirst look: IMA park art
June 6, 2008
Comments(6)IBJ reporter Jennifer Whitson takes over the blog today with a sneak peek at some of the work planned for
the Indianapolis Museum of Art's backyard.
Today, the IMA is releasing preliminary renderings for three of the eight inaugural artworks slated...
MoreArts and depression
May 20, 2008
Comments(6)Two books I’m in the midst of reading combine to raise questions about the future of art and audiences.
The first, “Against Happiness,” posits that our society’s increased emphasis on smoothing over the rough edges
of life (through pharmaceuticals and...
MoreLet the art fair season begin
May 16, 2008
Comments(2)This weekend marks the unofficial launch of the summer art fair season, with the Broad Ripple Art Fair sure
to attract mobs to the Indianapolis Art Center grounds (weather cooperating, of course).
I'm a fan of BRAF and its end-of-summer-IMA-bookend,...
MoreArt auction record shattered
May 15, 2008
Comments(6)Last night at Sotheby’s auction house in New York, a 1976 angst-infused triptych by Francis Bacon sold for
$86.3 million. Apparently that’s the highest price ever paid at auction for a piece of contemporary art.
My instinct was to ask...
MoreRobert Rauschenberg R.I.P.
May 14, 2008
Comments(5)Few artists in history have changed the rules the way Robert Rauschenberg, who died Monday at age 82, did.
By incorporating found objects (a pillow, a stuffed goat…) into his paintings, Rauschenberg challenged contemporary
art and artists to connect their work...
MoreEnochs' blocks added to Saxony
May 6, 2008
Comments(3)This Thursday, the folks behind Saxony, the latest let’s-make-a-town-from-scratch in Hamilton County, will be
dedicating a new sculpture by Bloomington artist Dale Enochs. The piece will be a prominent part of the
725-acre housing/office/retail community.
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MoreReading into "On The Road"
April 25, 2008
Comments(2)In June, the Indianapolis Museum of Art will be showcasing the 120-foot-long scroll on which Jack Kerouac
wrote his landmark work "On the Road." My question: Is the scroll itself art or artifact?
The scrollMore
An IMA bridge too far?
March 26, 2008
Comments(4)IBJ reporter Jennifer Whitson has a scoop on developments at the in-the-works IMA Art and Nature Park. I
temporarily turn the blog over to her:
The proposed 1,200-foot walkway and bridge by artist Mary Miss slated to swoop down from IMA’s...
MoreArtwork in front/drop box in back
March 26, 2008
Comments(6)Yesterday I had my first encounter with the new Central Library’s conveyor-belted drive-up drop-off box. And
in its own small way, it made me like the library even more — especially when I received a courtesy call
saying that we...
MoreSummer Nights, summer slights?
March 19, 2008
Comments(13)The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Summer Nights film series is one of the most popular warm-weather attractions
in the city — at least, one where those who want to attend often outnumber the room the IMA has to accommodate
them.
This...
MoreCows, racecars … and now pianos?
March 18, 2008
Comments(6)Ever since the Chicago cows appeared in 1999, city marketers and arts folks have been trying to find attention-getting
gimmicks to boost awareness of their towns’ coolness. Many of these—including our very own artist-decorated
race cars—have been reactive rather than...
MoreClarian art project raising eyebrows
March 12, 2008
Comments(4)For today, I’m turning the blog over to IBJ reporter Jennifer Whitson.
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Clarian Health Partners is calling on patients, doctors and amateur photographers to submit photographs to
help it decorate three new buildings.
Clarian hired locally based Jacqueline Buckingham Anderson LLC to...
More'Ann' dances…and annoys
March 11, 2008
Comments(10)Yesterday, I found myself deliberately not making a left turn on Vermont from New Jersey Street.
My reason: I just didn’t want to see the Julian Opie “Ann Dancing” electronic sculpture.
Now, I’m a big fan of public art. I believe it...
MoreYou-review-it Monday + March tips
March 3, 2008
Comments(4)For me, the weekend meant visiting the new Children’s Theatre Institute on North Keystone, screening more
films in advance of the Indianapolis International Film Festival (early predication: “Operation Filmmaker” will
be a fest favorite), and trying my hand at paper...
More'Project Runway' goes artsy
February 1, 2008
Comments(9)It had to happen eventually, I suppose.
The “Project Runway” creators are shopping another reality/competition show to the networks—this one looking
at the art world.
"There will be creative challenges, unexpected challenges, things that will test these artists outside of their
comfort...
MoreSneak peek at "Great Ideas"
January 30, 2008
Comments(2)Elsewhere at ibj.com, Jennifer Whitson reports on the Arts Council of Indianapolis’ selection of two projects
as winners in this year’s “Great Ideas” contest.
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Live … from the Toby
January 23, 2008
Comments(10)The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Tobias Theater will be renovated and reopened thanks to a $1 million gift
from the Randall and Marianne Tobias.
Announcements of specific programs for “The Toby” are still forthcoming, but IMA reps say it will be...
MoreOpie art dancing on Mass Ave.
January 18, 2008
Comments(2)IBJ reporter Jennifer Whitson takes over the blog today with news on new downtown artwork. Take it away,
Jennifer:
First came the Tom Otterness public art exhibit in 2005. The roly-poly brass sculptures captured some hearts,
including those beating in some...
MoreNaked in Carmel
January 9, 2008
Comments(7)Few would object, on the one end, to a Norman Rockwell painting being hung in an art gallery window.
Few, at the other end, would approve of a city park screening of a Jenna Jameson skin flick.
But where is the line...
MoreSuper hero museum closes
January 8, 2008
Comments(5)Superman leaps tall buildings in a single bound (note: If he can fly, why does he bother leaping? Just
asking).
Dane Nash took his own enormous leap—of faith—when he decided to put his Superman and Batman memorabilia
collection—including a full-sized Batmobile...
MoreLining up for Romans
January 4, 2008
Comments(6)A three-hour wait to see a show at the Indianapolis Museum of Art?That's what patrons report occurred in
late December as Hoosiers took advantage of some free time to see "Roman Art from the Louvre" during its
final...
MoreThe Value of Controversy?
December 11, 2007
Comments(5)“As long as artists are at liberty to feel with high personal intensity, as long as our artists are free
to create with sincerity and conviction, there will be healthy controversy and progress in art.”
That line isn’t from Michael Kammen,...
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.