Recent Acquisitions to our Permanent Collection
From SCHEMA Issue 17: Recent Acquisitions to our Permanent Collection
News from the Eskenazi Museum of Art
Remembering William M. Itter, 1942–2025
From SCHEMA Issue 17: Remembering William M. Itter, 1942–2025
Transformative Research at Work: Conserving Walinska’s Survivors—Exodus
From SCHEMA Issue 17: explore the delicate balance of art conservation
Bridging Art & Science at Indiana University
From SCHEMA Issue 17: Dr. Aina Puce shares her story of support for the Eskenazi Museum of Art.
Radius: Helen Frankenthaler Prints in Context to Exhibit at the IU Eskenazi Museum of Art
Radius: Helen Frankenthaler Prints in Context celebrates the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation’s generous gift of fifteen prints, which in 2023 joined three other prints by the artist in the Eskenazi Museum of Art’s collection. Frankenthaler’s prints will be shown side-by-side with others by artists who had ties to the Abstract Expressionist movement, such as Lee Krasner, Robert Motherwell, and Jackson Pollock. The exhibition will be open Saturday, September 20, 2025, to Sunday, February 15, 2026.
Remembrance and Renewal: American Artists and the Holocaust, 1940–1970 is the first exhibition to examine the influence of the Holocaust on mid-twentieth-century American art. Curated by Eskenazi Museum of Art Curator of European and American Art Dr. Jennifer McComas, the exhibition will be on view from September 4 to December 14, 2025.
Mindy N. Besaw appointed new director for Eskenazi Museum of Art at IU Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington has appointed Mindy N. Besaw as the next Wilma E. Kelley Director of the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, effective Aug. 15. Besaw brings more than two decades of curatorial and museum leadership experience with a focus on innovative exhibition design, expansive storytelling and academic collaboration.
A Revitalized Collections Online is Here
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University introduces a new and improved Collections Online.
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University (IU) has hired Benjamin Levy as the Lucienne M. Glaubinger Curator of Works on Paper and Keaton Evans-Black as the Arts-based Wellness Experiences Manager.
Portraiture and Archives in African Photography (on view February 22 – August 31, 2025) explores how five artists of African descent have innovated approaches for using archives as tools to activate their art through personal and community connections. The exhibition is co-curated by contemporary artist Ibrahima Thiam, who was in residence at the museum during the summer of 2024; Laura and Raymond Wielgus Curator of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous Art of the Americas Dr. Allison Martino; and IU Professor of Anthropology Dr. Beth Buggenhagen.
Search Now Open for Wilma E. Kelley Director
The search is now open for next Wilma E. Kelley Director of the Eskenazi Museum of Art.
Serving as the first monographic exhibition of Blanche Hoschedé-Monet’s work in the United States, Blanche Hoschedé-Monet in the Light underscores the impact of an under-recognized woman artist. Exploring her sophisticated approach to color, composition, and technique, the exhibition brings together more than forty of Hoschedé-Monet’s best paintings—works that attest to her unique vision and ambitions as an artist.
Keller named interim director of the Eskenazi Museum of Art
Mariah R. Keller has been appointed as the interim director of the Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University, IU Bloomington Provost and Executive Vice President Rahul Shrivastav announced today.
Crossroads: The Paintings of John Mellencamp
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University is pleased to announce an exhibition of artwork by award-winning musician and accomplished artist John Mellencamp.
Amplitude: Terry Winters Prints Since 2000 from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation opens at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University (IU) on August 9, 2024, and closes on December 15, 2024. The exhibition will examine Winters’ printed work since 2000, a period marked by technical innovation during which he introduced artist’s books and monoprints in addition to his editioned prints.
Eskenazi Museum of Art Wins Three Awards for Recent Publications
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University is proud to share that three recently published books have won awards from the Midwest Art History Society Catalogue Competition.
IU Eskenazi Museum of Art Announces Key Hires
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University (IU) has hired Darla Blazey as the Director of Administration and Strategic Initiatives and Dr. Natasha Kimmet as the new Pamela Buell Curator of Asian Art.
IU Eskenazi Museum of Art Acquires Diptych by Samuel Levi Jones
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has acquired the diptych Poplar Trees (2015) from artist Samuel Levi Jones. The work enhances the museum’s growing collection of contemporary art by artists of color, as well as a collection of work by Indiana artists. As an interpretation of a shameful event in Indiana’s history, Poplar Trees facilitates important reflections on the past as well as discussions about persisting inequalities.
IU Eskenazi Museum of Art to Present Exhibition of Drawings by Saul Steinberg
Magic Ledger: The Drawings of Saul Steinberg opens at the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University (IU) on January 27, 2024, and closes on June 2, 2024. The exhibition includes forty-three unique works selected from the recent gift of sixty-five drawings, twenty-one prints, and an annotated catalogue from The Saul Steinberg Foundation and six works acquired by the museum in the 1970s.
At the Intersection of Art and Technology: A Conversation with Jeff Koons
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University announces a conversation with Jeff Koons (American, b. 1955) on November 5.
Eskenazi Museum of Art Announces Exhibition of Jeffrey A. Wolin’s Photography
Jeffrey A. Wolin is a celebrated and influential photographic artist and former longtime head of Indiana University’s photography department. Featuring one hundred works, this retrospective exhibition covers Wolin’s entire career with key selections from all ten of his major series. Best known for his innovative use of image/text combinations, Wolin has explored the living reality of history and the primacy of the personal experience.
Adjusted Hours for Summer 2023
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art will have adjusted hours during summer 2023.
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art is a recipient of the Frankenthaler Prints Initiative and will receive a selection of prints and preparatory drawings from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation.
IU Eskenazi Museum of Art Hires Jean Graves as new Patricia and Joel Meier Chair of Education
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University (IU) has hired Jean A. Graves as the Patricia and Joel Meier Chair of Education. In addition to serving on the museum’s senior leadership team, Graves will oversee an education department that focuses on comprehensive course-connected experiences, pre-K–12 engagement, art therapy programs, and public programming. She will work with her team to develop a creative, mission-driven strategy for learning that prioritizes authentic experiences with works of art from the museum’s collection of more than 45,000 objects.
IU Eskenazi Museum of Art Acquires Marks and DePrez Photography Collection
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has received a significant donation of the photography collection of Amelia (Lee) Marks and John C. DePrez Jr., which features 116 works by 80 artists. With particular strengths in the work of photojournalists and contemporary photographers, the collection complements the museum’s current holdings of more than 22,000 prints, drawings, and photographs.
Focusing on the material and tactile properties of the medium, Direct Contact: Cameraless Photography Now is the first contemporary survey to highlight the global practice of cameraless photography across generations, cultures, and ideologies.
Remembering Anthony J. Moravec
The Indiana University Eskenazi Museum of Art family is saddened to share the news of the death of Anthony J. “Tony” Moravec of Columbus, Indiana, on November 8, 2022. Tony was one of the most dedicated and generous donors in the museum’s history.
IU Eskenazi Museum of Art Acquires Works by Visual Activist Zanele Muholi
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has acquired four works by South African photographer Sir Zanele Muholi (b. 1972). Made internationally and in South Africa since 2012, the self-portraits depict Muholi in different public and private spaces during their travels, often with added props that convey both personal meanings and cultural commentary related to issues of race, identity, politics, and inclusivity. These powerful photographs address the history and visual language of portraiture while also confronting representations of Black and LGBTQIA+ people. The acquisition of these works supports the museum’s strategic mission to diversify its collection and was made possible thanks to the late Raymond and Laura Wielgus, whose dedication to the arts and generous support of the Eskenazi Museum continues to advance the museum’s mission.
Museum shares 2021 Annual Review
The IU Eskenazi Museum of Art is excited to share highlights from 2021 with guests and supporters. You can view the latest Annual Review online to learn more about our accomplishments during the 2021 calendar year.
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University is pleased to announce the launch of A Space of Their Own, a database focused on the work of women artists, which is made possible by the Jane Fortune Fund for Virtual Advancement of Women Artists and is supported in part by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
New Museum Hours Effective July 1, 2022
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University will have new hours, effective July 1, 2022.
IU Eskenazi Museum of Art Announces Two New Members of Senior Leadership Team and Three New Hires
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University announces the appointment of two new members of its senior leadership team, along with three additional staff hires.
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University announces the exhibition Positive Fragmentation: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, on view July 14–December 11, 2022, in the Featured Exhibition Gallery. Organized by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the exhibition features more than 180 works by 21 contemporary artists who employ a strategy of fragmentation in their artistic process.
IU Eskenazi Museum of Art Receives Gift of Photographs by Brett Weston
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has received a major gift of fifty photographs by American photographer Brett Weston (1911–1993), donated by art collector and philanthropist Christian Keesee. The works range from 1930 to 1981 and represent a broad survey of Weston’s career with special emphasis on environmental and architectural abstractions, as well as landscapes of California and New Mexico.
Saitō Kiyoshi: Master of Design Opens March 3 at the IU Eskenazi Museum of Art
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University is pleased to announce the exhibition Saitō Kiyoshi: Master of Design, open March 3 through August 7, 2022, in the Rhonda and Anthony Moravec Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Gallery. Curated by the Eskenazi Museum’s Pamela Buell Curator of Asian Art, Judith A. Stubbs, the exhibition explores the work of Japanese printmaker Saitō Kiyoshi (1907–1997), whose long career spanned most of the twentieth century.
IU Eskenazi Museum of Art will present exhibition on Stuart Davis’s iconic mural Swing Landscape
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University is pleased to announce the exhibition Swing Landscape: Stuart Davis and the Modernist Mural, open February 5 through May 22, 2022, in the Featured Exhibition Gallery. Curated by the Eskenazi Museum’s Curator of European and American Art, Jenny McComas, the exhibition centers on Swing Landscape, the 1938 mural by American modernist painter Stuart Davis and a highlight of the museum’s permanent collection.
The IU Eskenazi Museum of Art is proud to announce a design award from the American Alliance of Museums for its biannual magazine, SCHEMA.
IU Eskenazi Museum of Art launches new progressive web app
The Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University is pleased to announce the launch of a new progressive web app, made possible with grant funding from the A. W. Clowes Charitable Foundation.
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University was awarded a 2021 Museums Empowered Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in the amount of $138,769.
Museum expanding hours, capacity in August
After reducing hours and capacity in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic last year, the IU Eskenazi Museum of Art is pleased to announce that it will return to a normal schedule of operations and eliminate capacity restrictions for galleries on August 24, 2021.
Museum shares 2020 Annual Review
The IU Eskenazi Museum of Art is excited to share highlights from 2020 with guests and supporters. You can view the latest Annual Review online to learn more about our accomplishments during the 2020 calendar year.
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art is pleased to announce the summer opening of Albrecht Dürer: Apocalypse and Other Masterworks from Indiana University Collections, the first-ever exhibition to survey the university’s impressive holdings by this important and perennially popular Old Master.
IU Eskenazi Museum of Art Acquires Sculpture by Contemporary Artist, Leonardo Drew
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University is pleased to announce the acquisition of Number 258 (2020) by contemporary artist Leonardo Drew. The purchase of the sculpture was made possible thanks to the generosity of National Advisory Board Members Nancy and Bill Hunt.
IU Eskenazi Museum of Art Acquires Painting by French/Mexican Surrealist Artist Alice Rahon
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University is pleased to announce the acquisition of Boîte à musique III (Music Box III) (1945) by the French/Mexican Surrealist artist Alice Rahon (1916–1987). The purchase of the painting was made possible thanks to the generosity of Paula Sunderman, a docent at the Eskenazi Museum of Art, along with Ann Sanderson, a former member of the museum’s National Advisory Board, and the estate of Herman B Wells via the Joseph Granville and Anna Bernice Wells Memorial Fund.
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has hired Allison Martino as the Raymond and Laura Wielgus Curator of the Art of Africa, Oceania, and Indigenous Art of the Americas.
Eskenazi Museum of Art to Reopen to the Public on Thursday, August 27
The IU Eskenazi Museum of Art is excited to announce that it will reopen to visitors following a five-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday, August 27, the museum will open to the general public in accordance with the university’s latest safety guidelines, designed to keep both guests and staff safe.
Eskenazi Museum of Art Hires Lauren Richman as Assistant Curator of Photography
The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has hired Lauren Richman as its Assistant Curator of Photography thanks to a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. Richman’s three-year term position will focus on researching the archive of Henry Holmes Smith.
Eskenazi Museum of Art announces three new exhibitions opening this spring
This spring the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art will open three new featured exhibitions in its newly renovated galleries.
Transformative estate gift of $5M for new Center for Education
The Indiana University Eskenazi Museum of Art has announced a transformative estate gift of $5 million from Bloomington residents and entrepreneurs Kimberly and John Simpson in support of the new Center for Education. Their generous donation will support the museum’s core mission of engaging students with original works of art.
Eskenazi Museum of Art Announces $1M Gift for New Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Study
The Eskenazi Museum of Art has announced a generous gift of $1 million for the new Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Study room from Martha and David Moore. The donation will support the museum’s core mission of engaging students and the public with original works of art on paper.
