Indiana University Art Museum

More than 60 years after it disappeared from a Berlin museum in the chaotic aftermath of World War II, a painting depicting the flagellation of Christ will return home. The Indiana University Art Museum will return the painting to the Jagdschloss Grunewald in a ceremony Nov. 21 at Charlottenburg Palace in Germany.
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Middle East relations expert Juan Cole will present a free lecture, "Iran and the Challenge of the Arab Spring," at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Indiana University Art Museum. Cole's lecture is being held in conjunction with the IU Art Museum's special exhibition, "The Graphics of Revolution and War: Iranian Poster Arts," on view through Dec. 18.
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Everything's coming up Warhol this spring at Indiana University, with films, events and an IU Art Museum exhibition devoted to contemporary art and pop culture icon Andy Warhol. More than 150 photographs by Warhol (1928-1987) will be displayed in "Shot By Warhol," opening March 5 at the IU Art Museum in the Special Exhibitions Gallery on the first floor. The exhibition will remain on display through May 8.
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Two of the greatest innovators in modern art and music will be celebrated with a concert this Sunday, Feb. 13, at the Indiana University Art Museum. Faculty and students from IU's Jacobs School of Music will present the concert in honor of the 100th anniversary of the meeting of Vassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) and Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951).
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Indiana University Bloomington holds more than 560,000 audio and video recordings and film reels, many of which are historically significant, all of which are actively deteriorating. And the window of time to save these materials is closing fast.
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The Indiana University Art Museum is offering a glimpse into the world of painting conservation this summer. On Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from now through the end of September, the public is invited to observe the ongoing conservation of two panels from Thomas Hart Benton's famous Indiana murals at the IU Art Museum's painting conservation laboratory.
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