A landmark contemporary art exhibition opens at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields on September 19, and Ice Miller is honored to help bring it to Indianapolis. 

Ice Miller LLP is proud to announce its sponsorship of Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, a monumental contemporary art exhibition opening at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields on September 19, 2026, and remaining on view through February 28, 2027. The firm's support extends to both the exhibition and its official Preview Party on September 18, 2026, welcoming Newfields Members, donors, and community leaders for the first look at one of the most anticipated cultural moments of the year in Indiana. 

Organized by the Brooklyn Museum and presented by JPMorganChase, Giants traces two decades of collecting by musical and cultural icons Kasseem Dean (Swizz Beatz) and Alicia Keys, whose personal collection has become one of the most significant privately held holdings of contemporary art by artists of the Black diaspora. Approximately 130 works from Kehinde Wiley, Amy Sherald, Nick Cave, Barkley Hendricks, Mickalene Thomas, Gordon Parks, Deborah Roberts, Arthur Jafa, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Titus Kaphar, and other canon-shaping artists will be on view across three thematic sections designed to spark what curators call "giant conversations." 

A Monumental Exhibition, Structured in Three Movements 

The exhibition unfolds in three sections. 

"On the Shoulders of Giants" honors artists whose vision made contemporary art history from Gordon Parks and Jamel Shabazz's street photography to Esther Mahlangu's reinterpretations of South African Ndebele traditions. 

"Giant Conversations" brings together works that critique the world and celebrate the beauty, resilience, and joy of Black communities across the globe, including Nick Cave's textured sculptures and Amy Sherald's large-scale diptych of Baltimore's dirt bike culture.

The exhibition closes with "Giant Presence," an installation of monumental works including Arthur Jafa's nearly eight-foot-tall Big Wheel I that use scale itself as an argument. 

Giants is curated by Kimberli Gant, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, and Indira A. Abiskaroon, formerly Curatorial Assistant of Modern and Contemporary Art, both of the Brooklyn Museum. Belinda Tate, The Melvin and Bren Simon Director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, serves as the coordinating curator for the Newfields presentation, which is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue published by Phaidon. 

"Bringing Giants to Indianapolis reflects Newfields' commitment to presenting the most compelling artists and cultural voices of our time," said Le Monte G. Booker, Sr., President & CEO for Newfields, in the exhibition's launch announcement. "We are advancing a bold, new chapter for the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields that deepens our engagement with contemporary art. We are focused on presenting work that sparks dialogue, broadens perspectives and reflects the richness of our communities. Giants embodies that vision. More than a celebration of artistic excellence, this exhibition offers audiences an opportunity to experience the transformative power of art on a truly extraordinary scale." 

Why Ice Miller Is Standing Behind This Exhibition 

For Ice Miller, a firm founded in Indianapolis in 1910 with more than a century of civic roots, supporting Giants is a natural extension of a decades-long commitment to the arts, cultural institutions, and the communities the firm calls home. 

The sponsorship also reflects the firm's ongoing investment in engagement and belonging work led by Myra Selby, Ice Miller's Chief of Engagement & Belonging and Senior Counsel, who partnered with Newfields' philanthropy team.

"Great art has always pushed us to see one another more clearly and to imagine what our communities can be," said Selby. "Giants is a celebration of Black identity, creativity, and cultural legacy that speaks to the heart of who we are and who we aspire to be as a community. We're honored to support Newfields, the Brooklyn Museum, and the artists whose work invites us all into these giant conversations." 

Experiencing Giants at Newfields 

Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys  is on view at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields from September 19, 2026, through February 28, 2027. Newfields is located at 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208. Timed-entry tickets are required and available at discovernewfields.org.