by The Indianapolis Museum of Art is part of a campus called Newfields that also includes the Lily House, a 100-acre nature park, and 26-acres of grounds and gardens to explore, all of which we did, of course.
We started with the art museum, which has a permanent collection of more than 54,000 works. Its founding goes back to 1883, though it’s been renamed and moved facilities several times since then. In 1966 the Lilly family (of the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical company) donated the family estate to the art association, and by 1970 new space was up and running. Several expansions followed over the years, bringing the exhibition space to more than 143,000 square feet.
The cover photo features Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture from 1970. It’s part of a series of paintings, sculptures and prints on the topic, and this is the first sculptural version of LOVE that he created. The colorful wall behind it is Wall Drawing No. 652 by Sol LeWitt, 1990.
