Hours: Tuesday – Saturday: 10:00 – 5:00 p.m. Sunday: Noon – 5:00 p.m.

New in the Galleries:

Pierre Daura: Picturing Attachments
Continuing through December 21, 2014
Special Exhibitions Gallery, first floor
Tracing the arc of Pierre Daura’s life, the works in this exhibition rank among his most beautiful, original, and moving, and they place Daura firmly in the universe of other artists, from Rembrandt to Larssen, who responded to their family attachments with the highest visual creativity.

Colors of Classical Art
Continuing through December 21, 2014
Judi and Milt Stewart Hexagon Gallery, first floor, and the Gallery of the Arts of Asia and the Ancient Western World, second floor. This three-part exhibition in the Stewart Hexagon Gallery, the Gallery of Ancient Western Art, and on the web explores the importance of color in the Greek and Roman world by examining the materials and techniques used to manufacture and apply color, as well as the social contexts for its use.

Brush Ink Paper: Selections from the Collection of Dr. Thomas Kuebler
Continuing through December 21, 2014
Special Exhibitions Gallery, first floor
The dynamic brushwork that is the hallmark of superior Asian painting and calligraphy is explored in this exhibition of twenty-six works from China and Japan ranging in date from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Partying in Ancient Greece and Rome
Continuing through December 28, 2014
Gallery of the Arts of Asia and the Ancient Western World, second floor

Pop Food
Continuing through December 28, 2014
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor
Food provided a perfect subject for Pop artists. This installation includes a sweet treat by Wayne Thiebaud, an out-of-this-world still-life by Andy Warhol, and an artwork created with food as its medium by Edward Ruscha.

The Politics of Food
Continuing through December 28, 2014
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor
This installation focuses on several contemporary artists who use food as a reflection on consumerism and cultural identity (Chuck Ramirez), a social commentary on excess and gluttony (Tom Huck), and a platform for political activism on animal rights (Sue Coe).

Onya LaTour: Pioneering Modern Art in Indiana
Continuing through May 10, 2015
Gallery of the Art of the Western World, Doris Steinmetz Kellett Endowed Gallery of Twentieth-Century Art, first floor
In 1941 Onya LaTour opened the Indiana Museum of Modern Art near Nashville, Indiana, creating a stir in local art circles. Two works from her personal collection are featured in this installation presented in conjunction with Onya LaTour on view at the Indianapolis Museum of Art this fall, to which the IU Art Museum loaned four pieces.

New in the Galleries: A Visiting Portrait by Jacques-Louis David
Continuing through December 21, 2014
On view this fall is a newly discovered portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte by the French Neoclassical master Jacques-Louis David. One of the most influential painters of the French revolutionary period, David became the official painter to Napoleon in the early nineteenth century. This long-forgotten portrait was authenticated after conservation in 2009.

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” – Maya Angelou. This first Group Show at Gather will reach deep within the soul to ponder the meaning of what a home is to the various artists involved. From a bed made from books to nesting bowls of hemp weave, to resting under leaves to a sofa reading a novel. The various modes of home confound and arouse us. Hours – wed/thurs/fri 12-5 sat 10-5 sun 12-4

The Mathers Museum exhibition hall and Museum Store are open Tuesdays through Fridays, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and closed all major holidays.

Free visitor parking is available by the Indiana Avenue lobby entrance. Metered parking is available at the McCalla School parking lot on the corner of Ninth Street and Indiana Avenue. The parking lot also has spaces designated for Indiana University C and E permits. During the weekends free parking is available on the surrounding streets.

“Açaí From Local to Global”
“Açaí From Local to Global” examines the transition of the açaí berry from a local Brazilian commodity to a global superfood. The exhibition is curated by Eduardo Brondizio and Andrea Siqueria, and sponsored by Themester 2014’s “Eat, Drink, Think: Food from Art to Science,” an initiative of the IU College of Arts and Sciences.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

“Food is Work: Tools and Traditions”
“Food is Work: Tools and Traditions” explores the tools and traditions used in the production of food. The exhibition is also sponsored by Themester 2014’s “Eat, Drink, Think: Food from Art to Science,” an initiative of the IU College of Arts and Sciences.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

“Instruments of Culture”
“Instruments of Culture” provides an overview of how musical instruments around the globe are classified and studied, and why.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

“In Their Own Words: Native Americans in World War I”
“In Their Own Words: Native Americans in World War I” illustrates WWI experiences using photographs and veterans’ stories.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

“The People of the Coffee Highlands of Nicaragua”
“The People of the Coffee Highlands of Nicaragua” traces coffee’s journey from the fields to our cups in a photo essay by Claudia Gordillo, funded by IU’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Office of Global Educational Programs, and the US Department of State.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

“Thoughts, Things, and Theories…What Is Culture?”
“Thoughts, Things, and Theories…What Is Culture?” explores the nature of culture.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

“State of an Art: Women’s Wall Painting in Ghana”
“State of an Art: Women’s Wall Painting in Ghana” will show tradition and innovation in wall paintings by women in Ghana’s Upper East Region, as documented by photographer and curator Brittany Sheldon.
This exhibit runs until December 21.

This program is presented in conjunction with IU Cinema and is sponsored in part by Marsha R. Bradford and Harold A. Dumes. The talk and film are free and open to the public.

Utamaro in Focus
Sunday, November 2, 2:00–2:30 p.m.
Gallery of the Arts of Asia and the Ancient Western World, second floor

Judy Stubbs, IU Art Museum’s Pamela Buell Curator of Asian Art, will present a talk on several of Utamaro’s woodblock prints depicting beautiful women.

Utamaro and His Five Women (Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna) (1946), Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Sunday, November 2, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
IU Cinema

This classic Japanese biopic is based on the life of the eighteenth-century Edo artist Kitagawa Utamaro. It tells the story of the artist and the women around him, but it goes beyond historical biography to explore issues of humanity, beauty, and freedom. In Japanese with English subtitles. (35 mm, 106 min., not rated.)

Art and a Movie
This classic Japanese biopic is based on the life of the 18th-century Udo artist Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1753–1806). It tells the story of the artist and the women around him, but goes beyond historical biography to explore issues of humanity, beauty, and freedom. In Japanese with English subtitles.
(35mm presentation)

Gallery Talk
Utamaro in Focus
Nov. 2 – Sunday – 2:00–2:30 p.m.
Gallery of the Art of Asia and the Ancient Western World, second floor. Judy Stubbs, IU Art Museum’s Pamela Buell Curator Asian Art, will present a talk on Utamaro’s woodblock prints depicting beautiful women.

These programs are presented in partnership with the IU Art Museum and the IU Cinema and are sponsored by Marsha R. Bradford and Harold A. Dumes. The talks and films are free and open to the public.

Weekly jazz jam. Host band begins and musicians invited to join from sign up.

Focusing on orphaned children, their social marginalization, and their hopes and disappointments, Tomorrow Will Be Better (Jutro będzie lepiej) is the story of three boys who try to escape from Ukraine to a better tomorrow in Poland. Their journey allows director Dorota Kędzierzawska (A Time to Die, 2007; Crows, 1994) to show the encounter of two neighboring cultures, mainly from the provincial and rural perspective. Includes brief nudity, as well as alcohol and tobacco use by minors. (2K DCP presentation)

Polish Interiors
Most of the attention in Polish cinema goes to the greats of the older generations (Wajda, Skolimowski, Kieślowski, Holland) or to the bold, flashy cinema of younger directors like Wojciech Smarzowski and Władysław Pasikowski. The Polish Interiors film series presents the work of a generation of filmmakers who came of age during the communist period, but whose directing careers took off in the post-communist Poland of the 1990s. In the period of transition in the 1990s, when most Polish filmmakers were torn between populist and commercial demands and desire to fulfill one’s artistic vision, these directors turned to close examination of social problems and tight portraits of individuals. Their unique visual styles established them as the main voices of post-communist authorial cinema. This series is sponsored by the Polish Studies Center and co-sponsored by Russian and East European Institute and the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures.

It’s that time of the year again for the Ike & Julie Arnove PlayOffs. The time of year when we separate the contenders from the pretenders, the pros from the joes, the heroes from the zeros. Yes, that’s right, the baseball playoffs are just around the corner. In celebration, the BPP is presenting its most electrifying, action-packed, and anticipated fundraising event of the year, the Ike & Julie Arnove PlayOffs.
Just what are The PlayOffs, you ask? On November 1-2, 9 playwrights, 9 directors, and 27 actors will have 24 hours to write, direct, and produce a full production based on a surprise theme, prop, and line of dialogue.
Sound cool? It is.

The Balhinch Quarterly is an independent americana/folk band from the great state of Indiana. Their namesake, Balhinch, is a spot near where the members of the band live, where the Irish ancestors of songwriter Joel David Weir settled, not because it was the best farmland or showed the most commercial promise, but because it reminded them of their home in the rolling hills of Ireland. Locals say that Balhinch is haunted. You could say the songs of TBQ are haunted, too.

DJ ENGLISH & Misfit Toy Karaoke. Come to sing. Come to dance. DJ English & Misfit Toy Karaoke present no cover karaoke and dancing every Sunday. Sometimes if you ask nicely we are known to get the furry costumes out. Could be the bear. Could be the bumble bee. $2 drink specials.