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The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has announced the acquisition of the Jeffrey A. Wolin Archive that will include current and future work by Wolin along with the following notable projects: Written in Memory: Portraits of the Holocaust; Inconvenient Stories: Vietnam War Veterans; Life at the Millennium; New Faces at the Crossroads; Pigeon Hill: Then and Now; and Stone Country: Then and Now.

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art has announced a contemporary art installation on the ceiling of the Luzetta and Del Newkirk Café and Gift Shop.

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art has announced a generous gift from Luzetta and Del Newkirk in support of the newly renovated museum café and gift shop. In honor of the Newkirks’ generosity, Indiana University is naming the space the “Luzetta and Del Newkirk Café and Gift Shop.”

The Harrison Collection of Japanese baskets is comparable to some of the finest and most encompassing collections of Japanese bamboo art in the country.

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has announced an estate gift with an estimated value of approximately $4 million from the late Indiana philanthropist Jane Fortune, who was a passionate advocate for women in the arts and founder of the Florence, Italy-based nonprofit Advancing Women Artists.

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art and the entire Indiana University family mourn the passing of I. M. Pei, the renowned architect of our building.

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has hired Kelly Jordan as its Pre-K–12 Experiences Manager, a position that supports the museum’s dedication to educational outreach in Bloomington and the surrounding area.

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art is pleased to announce that Clark Fralick, the art teacher at Sugar Creek Elementary School in New Palestine, has received the first Edward Maxedon Award for Excellence, Creativity, and Innovation in Art Education.

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has hired Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert as its first Curator of Contemporary Art. In addition to conceiving and executing a vision for contemporary art at the museum and cultivating a collection in that area, Reichert will serve as an advisor on public art at the university.

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University has hired Lauren King to lead its new art therapy initiative.