SoHo Cafe & Gallery in Carmel to close after 10 years in business
Owners Vivian and Larry Lawhead said the COVID-19 pandemic is prompting an earlier-than-expected end to the business they started at 620 S. Rangeline Road in 2010.
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IMOCA changes name, refines mission without home base
More than two years after vacating its base of operations in Fountain Square, the city’s museum dedicated to contemporary art has formalized its metamorphosis into a more nomadic organization.
East 10th Street pursues status as arts district; some neighbors brace for change
A new, $4.3 million Lilly Endowment grant is poised to spark the transformation of a one-mile stretch of East 10th Street into a hotbed for the arts.
Dishing up art monthly at the Harrison Center
Harrison Center Executive Director Joanna Taft created the monthly Art Dish series as an opportunity to encourage conversation between artists and potential patrons using the lure of first-rate cuisine.
Eiteljorg Museum exhibits basket collection donated by Perelmans
Mel and Joan Perelman recently gifted their collection of 147 baskets, cradles and bags spanning much of North America, with a focus on the Southwest and West.
Contemporary art museum secures new home base in Holy Cross
More than a year after vacating its base of operations in Fountain Square, the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art has landed on a new long-term location on the city’s near-east side.
Notre Dame plans to build $66 million campus art museum
The museum is planned for the southern end of the South Bend campus, with construction expected to start in 2020.
First Friday Art Tour organizer IDADA hanging it up
The Indianapolis Downtown Artists and Dealers Association—better known as IDADA—plans to cease operations by Dec. 31, about 15 years after the not-for-profit's founding.
National Art Museum of Sport to disband; collection acquired by Children’s Museum
More than 900 works—in storage since the organization vacated the former University Place Conference Center—to become part of sports-focused expansion.
Big Car launches affordable home-ownership program for artists
Approved artists would co-own the renovated homes in the Garfield Park neighborhood and only pay half the cost of the property.
Museum of Contemporary Art leaving Fountain Square base
The Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art plans to move out of its headquarters gallery in the Murphy Arts Center by the end of the year to make room for an expansion of bar and music venue Hi-Fi and other building renovations.
State museum unveils previously unknown Lincoln artifact
For several generations, a southern Indiana family quietly held a bench mallet created and used by Abraham Lincoln in his youth. It’s now on loan to the Indiana State Museum.
Art hotels seeing payoff from galleries
Will hotel guests pay more to sleep under a Picasso or eat inside a piece of art posing as a bamboo hut? Some hoteliers say they already are.
Warhol Foundation soups up Big Car’s budget with 2-year grant
The local arts group is planning on beefing up its projects and collaborations with artists.
Basiles’ $500,000 gift to Eiteljorg includes renaming shop
Local philanthropists Frank and Katrina Basile are the first major donors in a $5 million campaign for the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art.
Artist Noel to sell Sanctuary in Zionsville, relocate to New York City
Nancy Noel is putting the massive gallery and event space on the market for $1.85 million. She’ll keep her residence in the area, but plans to open a gallery in the Big Apple.
LOU’S VIEWS: At Eiteljorg show, honesty is the ‘West’ policy
It would be foolish to go to the Eiteljorg Museum’s “Quest for the West” show (through Oct. 6) looking for surprises. This is, after all, an invitational show focused on pleasing collectors of conservative western art who, in Indy for the show’s opening, purchase most of what’s shown.
Friday fun: iPhone art at Launch Fishers
Although ever-present smartphones have unleashed a creative spirit in many of us, the artists’ work featured in the iCreate show is a far cry from the selfies that fill your Facebook feed.
LOU’S VIEWS: Doing it Ai Weiwei’s way
The eyes of the creative world are on Ai Weiwei. The Indianapolis Museum of Art offers a chance to put your eyes on his works. Plus, thoughts on the IBJ A&E “War Horse” road trip.
LOU’S VIEWS: Art + theater made for memorable road trip
George Seurat’s painting “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884” provided the inspiration for the musical “Sunday in the Park with George.” For an Oct. 20 visit to both the painting and the musical, I was in the company of 35 participants in the first IBJ A&E Road Trip, an exercise in arts connectivity.