Indianapolis Museum of Art

The Indianapolis Museum of Art is the ninth oldes and eighth largest encyclopedic art museum in the United States.The permanent collection comprises over 54,000 works, including African, American, Asian, and European pieces.Significant areas of the collection include: Neo-Impressionist paintings; Japanese paintings of the Edo period; Chinese ceramics and bronzes; paintings, sculptures, and prints by Paul Gauguin and the Pont-Aven School; a large number of works by J. M. W. Turner; and a growing contemporary art collection.Other areas of emphasis include textiles and fashion artsas well as a recent focus on modern design.

The Museum’s wide-ranging collection of contemporary art encompasses over 900 works created since 1945 in a variety of media, including painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, prints, video, and installations. The rapidly growing collection comprises works created by established as well as emerging artists. The contemporary galleries, which span the Floor 4 of the Museum, present a range of rotating displays of works drawn from the permanent collection, in addition to temporary special exhibitions.

The contemporary collection includes outstanding examples of Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, Minimalism, Op and Pop Art, installation art, and video and light-based works. Works by established artists such as Vito Acconci, Alexander Calder, Robert Indiana, Donald Judd, Joan Mitchell, Bruce Nauman, Robert Watts, David Smith, and James Turrell are included alongside the work of more recent artists such as John Currin, Omer Fast, Tim Hawkinson, Cindy Sherman, and Kara Walker. Among the many highlights of the collection are works that have been especially commissioned for the Museum by artists such as Ghada Amer, Tara Donovan, Kate Gilmore, Robert Irwin, Sol LeWitt, Maya Lin, Nam June Paik, Heather Rowe, and Do-Ho Suh.