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Indianapolis Star
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indianapolis Star
Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians,
Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Australian Artist Konstantina (Kate Constantine) is photographed inside The Lume with 'Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians,' which includes her work during a media preview at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar "Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" media preview inside The Lume at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Media 'guests play in the interactive section of 'Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" during a media preview in inside The Lume at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar "Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" media preview at inside The Lume at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Jonathan Berger, The Vice President of Marketing and External Affairs at the Indianapolis Museum of Art speaks during the media preview at The Lume of 'Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" at Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Previously unseen Australian indigenous art is now on display in The Lume in 'Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The cafe in the Lume is updated for the new 'Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" exhibit in the Lume in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Newfields staff and media gather in the Lume for a preview of 'Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar "Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" media preview at The Lume in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar "Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" media preview inside The Lume at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar "Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" media preview inside The Lume at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar A 'wide variety of fair trade art for 'Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" in The Lume at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar "Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" media preview in The Lume at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Warlimpirrnga Tjapaltjarri, from the Western Desert, Pintupi people, 'Maruwa', 2018, acrylic on linen,' on display in The Lume for 'Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar "Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" media preview in The Lume at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar "Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" media preview in The Lume at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar "Connection: Land, Water, Sky-Art & Music from Indigenous Australians" media preview in The Lume at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar
Indianapolis Star
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indianapolis Star
See spring brooms on Mother's Day weekend at Newfields
The newly upgraded Glick Fountain draws guests to the gardens on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields campus on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Elder Greenhouse at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields features a wide variety of orchids on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Guests visit the gardens for Mothers Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar, Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Kassidi Norris, checks in on her children, Charlie, left, and Regan, right, on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Giant alliums grow in the gardens for Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Guests visit the gardens for Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar A rhododendron blooms on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Artist Paula Scott-Frantz (right in hat) teaches mothers and toddlers fun ways to use art materials during the Indianapolis Museum of Art's Wee Wonders program on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar A white fringe tree blooms on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Artist Paula Scott-Frantz (right in hat) teaches mothers and toddlers fun ways to use art materials during the Indianapolis Museum of Art's Wee Wonders program on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar A 'hearts A 'fire' eastern redbud grows in the gardens for Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Camassia leichtlini blooms on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Guests visit the gardens for Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Elder Greenhouse at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields features a wide variety of orchids on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar A giant allium grows in the gardens for Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The newly upgraded Glick Fountain draws guests to the gardens on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields campus on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar A giant allium grows in the gardens for Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar Guests visit the gardens for Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Elder Greenhouse at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields features a wide variety of orchids on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Guests visit the gardens for Mothers Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Elder Greenhouse at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields features a wide variety of orchids on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Guests visit the gardens for Mothers Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Elder Greenhouse at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields features a wide variety of orchids on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Guests visit the gardens for Mothers Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Elder Greenhouse at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields features a wide variety of orchids on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Guests visit the gardens for Mothers Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Stuphin Fountain on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Guests visit the gardens for Mothers Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar A variety of cacti grow in the greenhouse at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields campus on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Elder Greenhouse at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields features a wide variety of orchids on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Guests visit the gardens for Mothers Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar A peony blooms on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfileds on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar The Lilly House on Mother's Day weekend at the Indianapolis Museum of Art Newfields on Friday, May 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar
Indianapolis Star
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Indianapolis Star
Newfields' Summer Nights movie series returns with 'Mulan,' 'A Knight's Tale' and more
Newfields' popular National Bank of Indianapolis Summer Nights Film Series will return in 2025 to show a mix of favorites from 1939 through the present. From June 6 to Aug. 30, the art and nature campus will screen 14 movies and selections from the Indy Shorts International Film Festival at the outdoor amphitheater behind the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Highlights include "Mulan," "Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back," "Love and Basketball," "The Wizard of Oz" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Here's the full lineup: Newfields Summer Nights schedule for 2025 Doors open at 7 p.m., and the screening will start at twilight. In case of rain, films will move to the Tobias theater and begin at 9 p.m. Check for any changes to the dates or lineup. More information on the films' subjects and any potential trigger warnings are at Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. June 6: " Dangerous Liaisons" (1988. R) June 13: " The Wizard of Oz" (1939. G) June 20: " Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back" (1980. PG) June 28: " Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" (1997. G) July 3: " Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011. PG-13) July 11: " Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961. NR) July 12: " Robin Hood" (1973. G) July 18: " Love & Basketball"(2000. PG-13) July 25 and July 26: Indy Shorts International Film Festival Aug. 1: " Get Out" (2017. R) Aug. 8: " The Emperor's New Groove" (2000. G) Aug. 15: " Planet of the Apes" (1968. G) Aug. 22: " A Knight's Tale" (2001. PG-13) Aug. 29: " Mulan" (1998. G) Aug. 30: " To Catch a Thief" (1955. PG) Ticket prices and what you can bring Tickets cost $13 for the general public and $10 for members. Kids ages 5 and under are free, but a ticket must be reserved for them. Patrons can upgrade to a low-profile chair on the middle tier for $8, with a limit of 50 for each film. Tickets will go on sale at 11 a.m. May 6 for the public and and 11 a.m. May 1 for members. Chairs, blankets, food and nonalcoholic drinks are allowed on site. People cannot bring alcoholic beverages, pets, knives, candles taller than 12 inches and anything not easily carried down the stairs. Patrons can buy beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages and snacks on site until 30 minutes after the film begins. Find more information and buy tickets at
Indianapolis Star
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Indianapolis Star
Newfields' Summer Nights movie series returns with 'Mulan,' 'A Knight's Tale' and more
Newfields' popular National Bank of Indianapolis Summer Nights Film Series will return in 2025 to show a mix of favorites from 1939 through the present. From June 6 to Aug. 30, the art and nature campus will screen 14 movies and selections from the Indy Shorts International Film Festival at the outdoor amphitheater behind the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Highlights include "Mulan," "Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back," "Love and Basketball," "The Wizard of Oz" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Here's the full lineup: Newfields Summer Nights schedule for 2025 Doors open at 7 p.m., and the screening will start at twilight. In case of rain, films will move to the Tobias theater and begin at 9 p.m. Check for any changes to the dates or lineup. More information on the films' subjects and any potential trigger warnings are at June 6: " Dangerous Liaisons" (1988. R) June 13: " The Wizard of Oz" (1939. G) June 20: " Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back" (1980. PG) June 28: " Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella" (1997. G) July 3: " Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011. PG-13) July 11: " Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961. NR) July 12: " Robin Hood" (1973. G) July 18: " Love & Basketball"(2000. PG-13) July 25 and July 26: Indy Shorts International Film Festival Aug. 1: " Get Out" (2017. R) Aug. 8: " The Emperor's New Groove" (2000. G) Aug. 15: " Planet of the Apes" (1968. G) Aug. 22: " A Knight's Tale" (2001. PG-13) Aug. 29: " Mulan" (1998. G) Aug. 30: " To Catch a Thief" (1955. PG) Ticket prices and what you can bring Tickets cost $13 for the general public and $10 for members. Kids ages 5 and under are free, but a ticket must be reserved for them. Patrons can upgrade to a low-profile chair on the middle tier for $8, with a limit of 50 for each film. Tickets will go on sale at 11 a.m. May 6 for the public and and 11 a.m. May 1 for members. Chairs, blankets, food and nonalcoholic drinks are allowed on site. People cannot bring alcoholic beverages, pets, knives, candles taller than 12 inches and anything not easily carried down the stairs. Patrons can buy beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages and snacks on site until 30 minutes after the film begins. Find more information and buy tickets at
Forbes
24-04-2025
- General
- Forbes
Käthe Kollwitz' Timeless Vision Of Suffering And Rebellion On View In Indianapolis
Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945), 'Mother with Dead Child,' 1903, printed 1918, etching, soft-ground etching and drypoint, 16 x 18-5/8 in. (image); 18-5/8 x 21-1/8 in. (sheet). Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Gift of Brenda Kolker, 1991.274. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields A visitor to the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields could see Käthe Kollwitz' Woman and Dead Child (1903) print and not think of the thousands of mothers in Gaza similarly cradling the lifeless bodies of their children. The pieces that remain following Israeli bombings of homes and hospitals. Israel kills a child in Gaza every 45 minutes. It has done so since October 7, 2023. That total adds up to nearly 15,000. And rising. Every day. Every hour of every day. A visitor could similarly regard Kollwitz' Death and Woman (1910), see the toddler crawling up her mother's front, mom's arms pinned behind her by death, and not think of the tens of thousands of orphans in Gaza. Israel's genocide in Gaza has produced roughly 40,000 orphans. It would be possible to regard these images and not think of Gaza. Not easy, but possible. It would be possible to see Woman at the Crib (1897) and not think about the Trump Administration's efforts to gut federal programs helping poor people, often mothers and children, get enough to eat. Spending cuts so more money can be passed up to the wealthiest Americans by way of tax breaks. The hopeless woman grasps her head with one hand and checks her baby's cheek with the other. It must be cold. Death, Woman and Child (1910). Brot! (Bread!) (1924); a woman passes a share of bread behind her back to one hungry, crying child, while another hungry, crying child, begs for more. Germany in the 1920s. America in 2026? Kollwitz (German; 1867–1945) stands as art history's greatest portrayer of mother and child. The primordial bond. The closeness. The connection. The reliance words can't describe. The grief resulting from that worldly bond being severed. The artist lost an 18-year-old son, Peter, to World War I, killed in action 10 days after going to the front in 1914. Kollwitz and her husband of 49 years were required to sign a permission slip allowing the youngster to enlist. She never forgave herself. She became an avowed pacifist. She'd lose a grandson, also named Peter–honoring the previously killed Peter–who was drafted into World War II. Having endured World War I–the war that did not end all wars; dictators, capitalists and nations love war too much to let that tradition go extinct–Kollwitz did not survive its sequel. She died on April 22, 1945. The Nazis capitulated on May 8. Kollwitz fought the Nazis. Fascism. An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. Prior to elections in 1932, Kollwitz, Albert Einstein (who she knew), and a group of German intellectuals and progressives appealed to the various leftist parties across the country to unify in fighting the Nazi party. Again in 1933 she implored the splintered parties of the political left to band together to fight the fascists. Neither effort was successful. The Nazis silenced Kollwitz' career, confiscating her artwork from museums and galleries; she was banned from exhibiting in Germany. Her art was included in Hitler's notorious 'The Degenerate Art' exhibition. A 70th birthday exhibition for her in Berlin in 1937 was cancelled. It would be possible to think about Kollwitz' activism on behalf of the poor, in opposition to the wealthy, on behalf of peace, in opposition to war and fascism, and how she was censored by the fascist government she lived under and not think about the artists and art institutions being similarly censored in America by the Trump Administration. It would be possible to think about Kollwitz and not recognize how dictator's always attack artists and the arts. Not easy, but possible. "Käthe Kollwitz: Visions of Solidarity and Resilience" installation view at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields Kollwitz' life also coincided with the final days of aristocratic feudalism and serfdom in Germany and the nation's economic transition to Industrialism. One system designed to exploit the working poor replaced by another. Along with suffering mothers and children, Kollwitz' prints are defined by her depictions of struggling peasants–farmers and laborers. Oftentimes, the subjects intersect as in The Downtrodden (1900-1901). It would be possible to look at this image and not think about the inhumane wealth gap in America, widening every day. It would be possible to look at this image and not think about the number of Americans living paycheck to paycheck. The majority of Americans. Not easy, but possible. Nothing about Käthe Kollwitz' artwork is easy. Easy wasn't the point. She remains every bit as insightful and essential in America today as she was to turn of the century Germany. 'Käthe Kollwitz: Visions of Solidarity and Resilience' at the Indianapolis Art Museum through August 3, 2025, proves how Kollwitz' artistic commentary on mothers and children and suffering and poverty and poor people rings as true today as it did over a century ago. And revolt. Käthe Kollwitz (German, 1867–1945), 'Losbruch (Outbreak),' 1902, printed 1921, ink on paper, etching, soft-ground etching, drypoint, and aquatint, 30 x 40 in. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Julius F. Pratt Fund, 38.93. Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields Germany's Peasants' War (1524-1525) and Weavers' Revolt (1844) gave inspiration or title to a pair of Kollwitz' most celebrated series, with examples on view in Indianapolis. It would be possible to look at Uprising (1899) or Outbreak (1902) and not think about the millions of Americans who've taken to the streets across the country this spring in opposition to their government being destroyed, their social safety net dismantled, their freedom of speech suppressed, their college students disappeared, and their leadership given to oligarchs. Not easy, but possible. It would be possible to look at The Prisoners (1908) and not wonder if that's where this movement is headed. It would be possible to look at The Storm (1897) and not imagine Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg on the other side of the gates. Not easy, but possible. It would be possible to visit the Indianapolis Art Museum for its Käthe Kollwitz exhibition and not think the German artist born 150-plus years ago was making art for America in 2025. Not easy, but possible.
