The unusual find occurred when the museum, which boasts the largest collection of T.C. Steele paintings in the country, shipped one of the Hoosier artist’s works to be cleaned by a conservator. He said the 122-year-old hidden canvas he found underneath was like a “King Tut” discovery.
The city of Indianapolis and private-sector players are lining up behind an effort to rebrand the Central Canal Towpath as an art-themed destination dubbed Art 2 Art by adding artwork and improving the trail.
The National Art Museum of Sport is considering leaving Indianapolis, a possible move stemming from the planned conversion of its home at University Place Conference Center and Hotel into a student residence hall for IUPUI.
The collection brings to light a bygone era in advertising when Block's and other big downtown department stores ruled the retail landscape and employed their own fashion illustrators.
A rare and colorful 1909 poster promoting the very first race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been sold for $24,000, a local auction house says.
Curators have selected 24 contemporary artists to create work for hotel, to be known as The Alexander.
Norman Norrell, Bill Blass, Stephen Sprouse and Halston will all be featured in "An American Legacy," which opens in May.
Two special exhibits drew a large number of first-time visitors.
Dear Suburban Folks Who Rarely Come Downtown But Did for Super Bowl Activities …
The art installation exhibition occupying old Indianapolis City Hall doesn’t feel like it was created by committee.
Cordova, an astrophysicist, succeeds a former chief executive of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The financial advisory firm Raymond James will support the two-day event for the next three years.
Discounts are seen as a way to make the annual fair a better promotional tool for the Indianapolis Art Center.
The school said the work, involving seven students, at Dow AgroSciences represents its largest cross-discipline installation to-date.
Construction on the International Orangutan Center would start in August, with the opening set for Memorial Day weekend in 2014.
Native American artifacts collected by the late Earl Townsend fetched $1.2 million at auction, making it the most successful sale to date for Indianapolis-based auction house Antique Helper Inc.
Resources diverted from Murphy Art Center space will go toward Lafayette Square-area center, downtown initiatives.
Three shows at the Indianapolis Museum of Art display a wide range of artistic approaches.
Sponsors will pay for a controversial video-art installment that is replacing a prominent artwork on the bulkhead above the main escalator at Indianapolis International Airport.
Pamela Mougin, a onetime Indianapolis photographer who now runs a studio in Colorado, filed suit this month against French Lick Resort & Casino for copyright infringement.
