The Courier-Journal

New artists program geared toward Black women wants to make sure their voices are heard

The Speed Art Museum is doubling down on its commitment to grow closer to the diverse Louisville community and to represent artists and voices often overlooked by announcing its first Community ...
WHAS11 News

The Speed Art Museum celebrates spooky season with new paranormal exhibition

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — As we approach Halloween, the Speed Art Museum has a new exhibit that will get you in the spooky spirit. Supernatural America started Oct. 7 and explores the paranormal in American ...
Artnet

In a Louisville Museum Show, Artists Reflect on the Legacy of Breonna Taylor and Other Black Lives Lost to Gun Violence—See Images Here

What the museum says: “Promise, Witness, Remembrance at the Speed Art Museum will reflect on the life of Breonna Taylor, her killing in 2020, and the year of protests that followed, in Louisville and ...
WLKY

'Our gift to the city': Speed Art Museum opens new Art Park

ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE CITY. THE BRAND NEW ART PARK AT THE SPEED ART MUSEUM IS NOW OPEN. OUR SAM CARTER GOT AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE THREE ACRE EXPANSION THAT MARRIES THE MUSEUM WITH LOUISVILLE. THE ...
WLKY

Rare bourbons on display at Speed Art Museum to be auctioned off

W-L-K-Y’S SAM CARTER GIVES US A LOOK NEXT TO ME RIGHT NOW THERE ARE FOUR WHAT WE’LL CALL UNICORNS, AND THE SPEED IS GIVING YOU A CHANCE TO OWN ONE. WHILE THESE BOTTLES MIGHT NOT BE CONSIDERED FINE, ...
Hyperallergic

Is Kentucky's Speed Art Museum Haunted?

Gertrude Abercrombie, “Strange Shadows (Shadows and Substance)” (1950), a work in the Speed Art Museum’s Supernatural America exhibition (© the artist, all ...
WDRB

Female artists make an impact at the Speed Art Museum

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) - The Speed Art Museum's "Women Artists in the Age of Impressionism" celebrates the achievements of female artists working in late nineteenth century Paris, a vibrant cultural ...
WDRB

Speed Art Museum plans to reopen Friday after water leak caused Thursday closure

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Speed Art Museum was closed Thursday because of a water leak, but will hold an after hours event on Friday. Officials apologized for the inconvenience on social media and ...
WAVE3

Speed Art Museum opens free Art Park

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Speed Art Museum is celebrating the opening of its new Art Park. The new green space spans three acres and is located outside and around the building. Walking through the ...
The Courier-Journal

From Cincinnati to Louisville, Speed Art Museum names this woman as its new director

The Speed Art Museum has named Raphaela Platow as its new executive director. Platow served as the Alice & Harris Weston Director of the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati since 2007. She will ...
Forbes

Amy Sherald’s Portrait Of Breonna Taylor Going On Public View For First Time At Speed Art Museum In Louisville

Amy Sherald’s portrait of Breonna Taylor may prove to be the most important painting of the 21 st century. A brilliant artist at the top of her game. A beautifully, powerfully, sensitively rendered ...