Open year round, the Galleries at Herron showcase the artwork of emerging and established contemporary artists and designers.
Discover upcoming events, gallery talks, or past exhibitions.
Current exhibitions
Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology
NOVEMBER 6, 2025 – JANUARY 17, 2026
Berkshire, Reese, and Paul Galleries
Marsh Gallery
Eskenazi Hall
Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology is a traveling exhibition that considers kinship, healing, and restorative interventions as artistic practices and strategies to foster a deeper consciousness of our interconnectedness with the earth.
Local and traveling artists and collectives: Ackroyd and Harvey, Lhola Amira, Arahmaiani, Stephanie Barlow, Sayan Chanda, Hylozoic/Desires (Himali Singh Soin & David Soin Tappeser), lololol, Ana Mendieta, Zarina Muhammad, Patrina Mununggurr, Pauline Oliveros, Yoko Ono, Eric-Paul Riege, Tabita Rezaire, Cecilia Vicuña, Katie West, Shamira Wilson, and Zheng Bo
Join us for the opening reception on Thursday, November 6, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Actions for the Earth: Art, Care & Ecology is a traveling exhibition curated by Sharmila Wood and produced by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York. It is the result of a series of programs, pioneered with the support of the Hartfield Foundation, aimed at providing opportunities to alumni of ICI’s Curatorial Intensive as they move through the stages of their career, and reflecting ICI’s commitment to fostering and championing new curatorial voices who will shape the future of the field. Actions for the Earth is made possible with the generous support of ICI’s Board of Trustees and International Forum. Exhibition graphics by Untitled Agency, Marrakech.
Juan Arango Palacios: Tierra Caliente
NOVEMBER 6 – DECEMBER 6, 2025
Basile Gallery
Eskenazi Hall
Tierra Caliente—“hot land”—references the tropical lowlands near Colombia’s coffee axis, where Juan Arango Palacios was born. This exhibition features recent painting, drawing, and ceramic that explores queerness, migration, and cultural identity.
Arango Palacios reflects on longing and the unfulfilled experiences of queer immigrants in the United States. Shifting between intimate depictions of daily life and expansive mythic scenes, his work captures moments that feel both deeply personal and universally queer.
While Tierra Caliente denotes the climate and geography of the artist’s homeland, Arango Palacios also uses it to examine perceptions of Latinx bodies—how they are sexualized, consumed, and policed through media. His figures confront and deflect prejudice, transforming desire into a site of resistance and power.
Join us on Thursday, November 6, from 5 to 6 p.m., when Juan Arango Palacios will deliver the Michael A. and Laurie Burns McRobbie Emerging Artist Series artist talk and share insights into his exploration of queerness, migration, and cultural identity through his vibrant visual work in painting, drawing, and ceramics.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Juan Arango Palacios was born in Pereira, Colombia in 1997. He holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Chicago. Juan participated in the Yale Norfolk Artist Residency (2019), Bed Stuy Art Residency (Brooklyn, 2021), Macedonia Institute Residency (Chatham, 2022), and Flower Residency (Los Angeles, 2025). He has exhibited in solo exhibitions at New Image Art Gallery (Los Angeles, 2021), Tala Gallery (Chicago, 2022), Rusha & Co (Los Angeles, 2023), Spinello Projects (Miami, 2023), and Gaa Gallery (New York City, 2024). His work is a part of private collections around the world, including the collection of Beth Rudin Dewoody at The Bunker in West Palm Beach, FL.
Upcoming exhibitions
Allen Whitehill Clowes Collaborative
MARCH 7 – APRIL 4, 2026
Berkshire, Reese, and Paul Galleries
Eskenazi Hall
The Allen Whitehill Clowes Collaborative exhibition is an annual, invitational showcase featuring Indiana’s top Hoosier Art Salon awardees. Selected works by 26 distinguished artists highlight the connection between artistic innovation and community engagement, presented in partnership with the Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation, The Hoosier Art Salon, and the Herron Galleries.
Cities in Transition: Transatlantic Persepctive on Urban Space
MARCH 5 – APRIL 4, 2026
Marsh Gallery
Eskenazi Hall
Cities in Transition: Transatlantic Persepctive on Urban Space is a celebration and demonstration of Virtual Global Learning Exchanges (VGLE) and how these impactful experiences help develop global mindset in our community. VGLE projects create equitable, high-impact learning scenarios that help students and faculty deepen their understanding of communication and appreciation of other cultures without the burden of monetary cost, time for travel, and added emissions to the atmosphere, making it a sustainable practice. Evidence of these projects is displayed in forms of collaborative artwork, design, and artifacts created by Herron students and their international partners.
Making Books Across the Big Pond
MARCH 5 – APRIL 4, 2026
Basile Gallery
Eskenazi Hall
Making Books Across the Big Pond showcases the creative outcomes of Herron’s Virtual Global Learning Exchanges (VGLE), highlighting how these sustainable, collaborative experiences foster global awareness and cross-cultural communication. Through design, artwork, and shared artifacts, Herron students and their international partners demonstrate the impact of virtual collaboration—without the barriers of travel cost, time, or environmental impact.
Thank you
Virtual tours of Herron's exhibitions are produced in partnership with the University Information Technology Services (UITS) Research Technologies IU3D Initiative at Indiana University and made possible by an anonymous donor.
Parking is free in the Sports Complex Garage adjacent to Eskenazi Hall or on levels 5 and 6 of the Riverwalk Garage, courtesy of The Great Frame Up, with validation from the galleries.
Accommodations for Herron's visiting artists are made possible with support through Aloft Indianapolis Downtown.
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