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Speed Art Museum Director Raphaela Platow To Step Down Following Four Transformative Years
June 17, 2025
Speed Art Museum to present the first museum survey exhibition dedicated to Iraqi artist Vian Sora
January 5, 2025
Speed Art Museum To Present First Major Museum Exhibition Of The “Dean Of African American Artists In Louisville,” Gloucester Caliman (G. C.) Coxe
November 14, 2024
Speed Art Museum Announces New Gilliam Visiting Artist Program With Inaugural Artists vanessa german And Eric N. Mack
October 21, 2024
Speed Art Museum to present Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900 - 1939
September 25, 2024
Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez Named Inaugural Winner Of The Speed's Adele And Leonard Leight Glass Art Award
September 10, 2024
Speed Art Museum To Present Major Survey Of Local Sculptor, Educator, And Community Leader William M. Duffy
June 16, 2024
The First Solo Exhibition For Haitian-American Artist Kathia St. Hilaire To Open At The Speed In October 2024
May 21, 2024
The Speed Art Museum spotlights culture and tradition in its newest exhibition, "India: South Asian Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art"
February 8, 2024
Speed art museum awarded $1.2m grant for continuation and expansion of free sundays and more
November 28, 2023
Speed Art Museum announces the latest installment of “Current Speed” exhibition series, featuring two rising contemporary artists.
November 27, 2023
The Speed Art Museum To Showcase Highlights From Princeton University Art Museum Collection
September 5, 2023
Speed Art Museum to Transform Grounds into Three-Acre Public Sculpture Park and Community Gathering Space
August 11, 2023
New exhibition series exploring influential yet under-recognized Louisville Art Workshop to debut at the Speed this June
February 1, 2023
Speed Art Museum Hires Chief of Advancement and Director of People Rounding Out its New Senior Leadership Team
December 13, 2022
Speed Art Museum receives monumental gift of more than 170 works of Contemporary Art from the Mary and Alfred Shands Collection.
November 10, 2022
Speed Art Museum reinstalls permanent collection for the first time since 2016; returns to being open five days a week
October 11, 2022
Speed Art Museum Announces Two New Hires to Shape Institutional Strategy and Lead Education Programs
September 28, 2022
The Speed Art Museum announces a highlight of its fall exhibitions: Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Visionary
August 18, 2022
Speed Art Museum Creates New Positions to Address Equity and Inclusion and Increase Academic Engagement
June 30, 2022
Speed Art Museum Announces Establishment of The Adele and Leonard Leight Glass Art Award
May 17, 2022
Speed Art Museum Announces Ashlee Phillips to be Community Connections Artist-in-Residence
February 8, 2022
Speed Art Museum Announces New Exhibition: Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art
September 3, 2021
Speed Art Museum Announces New Exhibition: Ralph Eugene Meatyard’s The Unforeseen Wilderness
July 19, 2021
Speed Art Museum Announces Shauntrice Martin to be Community Connections Artist-in-Residence
March 24, 2021
Speed Art Museum Invites Applicants for the Community Connections Residency Program
November 9, 2020
Speed Art Museum receives NEA Our Town Grant to Fulfill Community Outreach Initiatives in the Russell Neighborhood
June 10, 2020
Speed Art Museum unveils 195-year-old Kentucky Painting on loan from the Archdiocese of Louisville
October 3, 2019
EBONY G. PATTERSON...WHILE THE DEW IS STILL ON THE ROSES... opens at the Speed Art Museum
May 29, 2019
MAKING TIME: THE ART OF THE KENTUCKY TALL CASE CLOCK, 1790-1850 opens at the Speed Art Museum
February 2, 2019
AMERICAN STORYBOOK: THE IMAGINARY TRAVELOGUE OF THOMAS CHAMBERS opens at the Speed Art Museum
July 21, 2018
PICASSO TO POLLOCK: MODERN MASTERWORKS FROM THE ESKENAZI MUSEUM OF ART opens at the Speed Art Museum
June 16, 2018
Major artworks in IU collection head south to Speed Museum
January 18, 2018
Indianapolis Business Journal
‘Southern Accent’ Is a Revolutionary Exploded Diagram of Southern Identity in Contemporary Art
September 24, 2016
Hyperallergic
Why you need to see the Speed’s newly acquired 600-year-old piece of art
June 24, 2016
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