Krannert Art Museum

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The museum is temporarily closed to the public.

Krannert Art Museum (KAM) serves the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the communities of East Central Illinois. All are welcome to enjoy KAM's rich collection of fine art from across the globe, vibrant exhibitions, and engaging programs.

Exhibitions

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Kinkead Pavilion entrance photographed at sunset. Hive, two lighted sculptures, fill the space symmetrically. Each is pink with a conical structure built of stacked inflated orbs with a long braid that reaches ceiling to floor.
  1. Jan 30, 2020 to May 16, 2021
Hive
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Image of a gallery with home furnishings, colored lights, and a painted "Art Studio" sign. Two Black women sit a table beneath the sign to welcome young people to the gallery for studio art days.
  1. Aug 27, 2020 to Jul 3, 2021
Homemade, with Love: More Living Room
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gallery view of entry wall of Art Since 1948 with the exhibition title text and art from the museum's modern and contemporary collection.
  1. Oct 3, 2020 to Aug 26, 2021
Art Since 1948
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Sculptures by Stephen Cartwright containing layers of clear and colored resin are on pedestals in the foreground. Freeform sculpture of foil and fabric by Melissa Pokorny are in the background in this gallery image of the Faculty Exhibition at KAM.
  1. Feb 18, 2021 to Apr 24, 2021
2021 School of Art + Design Faculty Exhibition
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Krannert Art Museum facade at night
  1. Apr 3, 2021 to Apr 24, 2021
2021 School of Art + Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
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Krannert Art Museum facade at night
  1. May 8, 2021 to May 16, 2021
2021 School of Art + Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition

Events

Self-portait of Bea Nettles in a flowered dress standing against a dark background. Her dress is a brightly colored hawaiian print, and she has a flower in her short hair and flowers in her left hand. She smiles slightly at the viewer.
Talk Jan 28, 4-5:30 pm
Gallery Conversation with Bea Nettles
Yoga at Krannert Art Museum
Jan 29, 12 noon
Yoga at KAM: Virtual Edition
Yoga at Krannert Art Museum
Feb 5, 12 noon
Yoga at KAM: Virtual Edition
Yoga at Krannert Art Museum
Feb 12, 12 noon
Yoga at KAM: Virtual Edition
Yoga at Krannert Art Museum
Feb 19, 12 noon
Yoga at KAM: Virtual Edition
Sepia colored photo of a woman looking wide-eyed at the camera. She has on a star crown over her long, flowing hair and a blouse covered in stars. She is the photographer, and this is a self portrait.
Talk Feb 25, 4 pm
Working It Out: A conversation with artist Bea Nettles and curator Mary Statzer

Stories

View of the front of Krannert Art Museum focusing on the gold 1961 brise soleil across the front facade of the building.
Tier 3 Mitigations, Temporary Closure Nov 20, 2020
Image of art installed in a gallery, with emphasis on the new LED lights at the ceiling. The artwork is by Bea Nettles, and the gallery is KAM's recently renovated East Gallery
Student Sustainability Committee Funds LED Lighting Upgrade at KAM
Image of a museum display case filled with intricately painted Japanese ceramics along with a few pieces of Chinese export porcelain. Vases and plates are pictured.
New Installation of Asian Ceramics in the Moore Gallery of Decorative Arts
Image of Bolivian skyline with new skyscraper that contains Native imagery in its architecture. The view is looking up from the courtyard of a much more traditional building.
Lives in Fragments: Reassessing the KAM Andean Collection
Image of a dark-haired woman leaning close to examine a textile that lays flat on a table. The woman is Andean researcher Rosa Varillas Palacios
Weaving Object Histories: Andean Textile Research at KAM
View of the front of Krannert Art Museum focusing on the gold 1961 brise soleil across the front facade of the building.
Campus-connected Resources on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Collection Highlights

Cylindrical oyster jar with a narrow neck, made of grey glazed ceramic. It stands 6-8 in tall and has writing stamped on it, highlighted with cobalt blue glaze. "T. Downings Pickeld Oysters, No. 5 Broad St. New York"
Unknown artist, Oyster Jar (from the oyster house of Thomas Downing), ca. 1840
Small brown tea bowl that could fit in a person's hand. Glaze is grey in the middle and deeper brown at edges, with silver on the rim. Surface is smooth. This bowl is around 700 years old.
Chinese artisan, Jianyao (Hare's Fur Glaze) Tea Bowl, 12th - 13th century
Kozangrodek III by Frank Stella is a large relief collage that is taller than an average man and about as wide. It contains panels of vibrantly colored, smooth material that stand out at angles from each other, forming an abstract citiscape.
Frank Stella, Kozangrodek III, 1973
Unknown artist (Active in Edgefield, South Carolina). Face Jug, ca. 1850–1865. Alkaline-glazed stoneware. Museum purchase through the Theresa E. and Harlan E. Moore Charitable Trust Fund 2018-15-1
Unknown artist (active in Edgefield, South Carolina), Face Jug, ca. 1850–1865
Attic black-figure kylix, ca. 530 BCE. Earthenware, slip. Gift of Theresa E. and Harlan E. Moore, 1970-8-1
Follower of Exekias (Greece, active ca. 550–525 BCE), Attic black-figure kylix, ca. 530 BCE
Winslow Homer, Cerney-La-Ville-French Farm, 1867. Oil on panel. Gift of Merle J. and Emily N. Trees 1940-1-3
Winslow Homer, Cerney-la-Ville–French Farm, 1867
Ceremonial drum, ca. 100 BCE, Peru, Nasca. Terracotta, polychrome slip. Gift of Fred Olsen and the Art Acquisition Fund 1967-29-110
Nasca, Peru, Ceremonial Drum, ca. 100 BCE
Attributed to Areogun of Osi Ilorin, Bowl for Divination Implements (Opon Igede Ifa), early 20th century. Wood. Gift of Richard J. Faletti Family Collection 2001-16-24/a
Attributed to Areogun of Osi Ilorin, Bowl for Divination Implements (Opon Igede Ifa), 20th Century
"Singer" dance mask, early 20th century Ivory Coast (We) Wood, bells, fiber, chalk 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches Gift of Richard J. Faletti Family Collection 2000-5-1
Ivory Coast (We), "Singer" dance mask, 20th Century
Camille Pissarro, Statue d'Henri IV, matin, soleil d'hiver (Statue of Henri-IV, Morning, Winter Sunlight), 1900. Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 3/4 inches. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Merle J. Trees 1951-1-2
Camille Pissarro, Statue d'Henri IV, matin, soleil d'hiver (Statue of Henri-IV, Morning, Winter Sunlight), 1900