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The Indianapolis Museum of Art offers visitors an inclusive view
of creativity through its collection of more than 54,000 works
of art that span 5,000 years of history from across the world’s
continents. Encompassing 152 acres of gardens and grounds, the IMA is
among the 10 largest encyclopedic art museums in the
Through its new articulation of the
interconnectedness of art, design and nature, the IMA welcomes
its visitors to experiences at the Museum, in 100 Acres: The
Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, which will be the
largest contemporary art park in the United States when it opens
in spring 2010, and at Oldfields–Lilly House & Gardens, an
historic Country Place Era estate on the IMA’s grounds.
The IMA completed a $74 million expansion
project in May 2005. The construction added 164,000 square feet
to the Museum and includes renovation of 90,000 square feet of
existing space. In order to present major exhibitions of its own
and to accommodate major traveling exhibitions, the
expanded Museum was outfitted with new 10,000-plus-square-foot
Clowes Special Exhibition Gallery on the Museum’s first level.
In November 2008, the IMA opened the renovated 600-seat
Located
at
The Indianapolis
Museum of Art is among the 10 largest encyclopedic art museums
in the
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The Samuel Josefowitz Collection of Gauguin
and the School of Pont-Aven
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The Neo-Impressionist Collection, featuring
the work of Georges Seurat and his followers
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One of the most significant collection of
works by J.M.W. Turner outside of
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One of the most outstanding collections of
Japanese Edo-period paintings in the nation
The IMA also has
significant holdings in African art, Chinese ceramics, West
Asian rugs and rapidly growing contemporary and design arts
collections.
African Art
The IMA’s Eiteljorg
Gallery of African Art features more than 400 objects from IMA's
acclaimed collection of African art, which numbers more than
2,000 works. Through masks, figures, textiles and many other
types of objects, visitors experience a collection that
represents all major regions of the continent, including
Northern, Eastern, Central, Southern and
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Edo people,
American Art
Early American works in the IMA collection include portraits by
artists such as Rembrandt Peale and Gilbert Stuart, as well as
landscapes by Asher B. Durand, Robert Duncanson and George
Inness. Of particular strength are works by American
Impressionists such as William Merritt Chase, Edmund Tarbell and
Childe Hassam. Strengths of the Modernist collection include
paintings by members of the Steiglitz Group, including Georgia
O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, John Marin, and Marsden Hartley.
Highlights include:
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George Inness, “The Rainbow,” about 1878-79
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Georgia O’Keeffe, “Jimson Weed,” 1936-37
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Edward Hopper, “Hotel Lobby,” 1943
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Romare Bearden, “He Has Risen,” 1945
Asian Art
IMA’s collections of
Asian art are among the nation’s largest and most significant
Asian art collections, with more than 5,000 works of art. At any
given time, hundreds of objects are on view in the IMA’s Asian
galleries, and many works, including paintings, prints and
textiles, are rotated at least twice a year. The installations
provide a panorama of more than 4,000 years of Asian art from
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Tsurusawa Tansaku, Japanese, d. 1797,
“Dragon among Clouds”
Contemporary Art
IMA’s
wide-ranging contemporary collection includes installations,
paintings, sculpture, photography, works on paper, and new
media. The IMA has also recently commissioned a number of
contemporary artists to create site-specific works for its entry
pavilion, grounds, and future 100 Acres: The Virginia B.
Fairbanks Art & Nature Park, which will open in 2010.
Contemporary highlights include:
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Robert Irwin, Light and Space III,
2008
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Donald Judd, Untitled, 1967
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James Turrell, Acton, 1976
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Do-Ho Suh, Floor, 1997–2000
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Kara Walker, They Waz Nice White Folks
While They Lasted (Sez One Gal to Another), 2001
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Tim
Hawkinson, Möbius
Ship, 2006
Design Arts
In 2007, the IMA began aggressively expanding its
Design Arts collection. The Museum has amassed more than 85 new
acquisitions, which are international in scope and date from
1900 to the present. In October 2008, the IMA opened a new
Design Arts Gallery on the Museum’s third gallery level.
International in scope, the objects in the collection include
furniture, product design, glass, ceramics and metalwork objects
from the 20th and 21st centuries.
Highlights include:
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Frank Gehry, “Bubbles” chaise lounge from
the Experimental Edge Series, New City Editions USA, designed in
1979, produced in 1986
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Gaetano Pesce, “UP3” lounge chair, C&B
Italia, produced in 1969
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Hans J. Wegner, “The Round” armchair, MM
Mobler, produced in 1949
Decorative Arts
The IMA
collection of European and American decorative arts encompasses
eras from the Renaissance to the present. More than 200 works
from the collection are currently displayed in the European and
American galleries. Highlights include:
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Jean-Valentin Morel, French, attributed
to Adrien-Louis-Marie Cavalier, designer, French, “cup,” 1854–55
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Augustus
Welby Northmore Pugin, English, George Myers, maker/carver,
English, “cabinet,”
about 1847
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Tiffany Studios,
European Art
The European galleries feature painting,
sculpture, prints and decorative arts from the 12th
through the early 20th centuries, including works by
Old Masters and Impressionists as well as artists of the modern
era. The collection offers a rich and textured experience of
European art, filled with imaginative stories, intriguing
portraits, religious themes and scenes of city and country life.
Highlights
include:
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Master of the Legend of Saint
Ursula, Flemish, ”The Annunciation Triptych,”
about 1483
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Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch, “Self-Portrait,”
about 1629
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Paul Gauguin, French, “The
Flageolet Player on the Cliff,” 1889
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Georges Seurat, French, “The
Channel at Gravelines, Petit
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Pablo Picasso, Spanish, “Ma
Jolie,” 1914
Native Art of the
Most of the major ancient Mesoamerican cultures
are represented in the Museum’s collections of the Native Art of
the
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Colima
culture, “vessel in the form of a
leader-priest with weapon and drinking vessel,” 200
BCE – A.D. 300
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Haida
people, “ritual dance rattle in the form
of a raven,” 1850-1880
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Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
With more than
26,000 works on paper—from medieval manuscripts to contemporary
photographs—IMA’s collection of prints, drawings, and
photographs is integral to its permanent collection. The
European, Contemporary, and Asian galleries each have spaces
dedicated to the display of works on paper, with highlights
including:
South Pacific Art
There are more
than 100 examples of South Pacific art—from Melanesia,
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Textiles and Fashion Arts
The IMA’s collection
of textile and fashion arts comprises about 7,000 items and
represents virtually all of the world's traditions in fabric.
The collection encompasses a broad range of Chinese and Japanese
textiles and costumes,
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Marie Daughtery Webster, American,
“poinsettia” quilt, 1917
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Yoruba people,
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Christian Dior, French, “Evening Dress,”
1957
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Maxwell L.
Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO
Bradley Brooks, Curatorial Chair
Linda Duke, Director of Education
Fred Duncan, Director of Development
Lisa Freiman, Director, Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature
Park/Senior Curator of Contemporary Art
Ronda Kasl, Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture before 1800
Ellen Lee, Wood-Pulliam Distinguished Senior Curator
Jack Leicht, Chief Operating Officer, Edward George and
Associates, LLC
Laura McGrew, Director of Human Resources
Anne Munsch, Chief Financial Officer
Sue Ellen Paxson, Deputy Director of Collection and Programs
David Miller, Conservator in Charge/Senior Conservator of
Paintings
Rob Stein, Chief Information Officer/Director of MIS
Katie Zarich, Acting Director of Public Affairs
Mark Zelonis, The Ruth Lilly Deputy Director of Environmental
& Historic Preservation
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