Krannert Art Museum

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

We are open 10 am to 4 pm.

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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Paul Kelpe, Man and Machines (Abstraction #5), 1934. Oil, canvas. Commissioned through the New Deal art projects 1943-4-209
  1. Jun 5, 2021 to Dec 23, 2021
Modernist Strategies: Highlights from the WPA
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Grid-based abstract oil painting with bright colors amid finely-drawn black squares by abstract artist Louise Fishman
  1. Aug 26, 2021 to Feb 26, 2022
A Question of Emphasis: Louise Fishman Drawing
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photograph of a man seated in a leather straightjacket and leather hood. text on the photo, titled 'Submission' describes the type of bondage practice being pictured. The man is wearing no pants, only underwear.
  1. Aug 26, 2021 to Dec 22, 2021
Hal Fischer Photographs: Seriality, Sexuality, Semiotics
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black and white print that shows an old man with a beard and glasses seated and writing next to a tree with a large, gnarled, scarred trunk and only one or two live upper branches. A lion scowls on the opposite side. Background is only lightly sketched.
  1. Jan 27, 2022 to May 15, 2022
Sacred/Supernatural: Religion, Myth, and Magic in European Prints, 1450-1900
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Round, buff-colored ceramic jar with fine hatching patterns in black over much of its surface. The circular opening has red pigment that swoops down into the strongly geometric design
  1. Jan 27, 2022 to Sep 3, 2022
To Know the Fire: Pueblo Women Potters and the Shaping of History
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Krannert Art Museum facade at night
  1. Apr 2, 2022 to Apr 23, 2022
2022 School of Art + Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition

Events

Yoga at Krannert Art Museum
Dec 10, 12-1 pm
Move with Art

Stories

Television with a black and white image of a Black mother smiling. Her baby is seated on her hip, looking up at her. In the background is patterned cloth and a vintage stereo speaker. The snapshot appears to be from the mid to late 20th c. US.
Research Conversations: Blair Ebony Smith and Jen Everett
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
Bea Nettles: Harvest of Memory Reopens for Final Month at KAM
Graphic with text that says Pandemics as a Portal to Change, call for artwork.It is decorated with fluid fields of color on a white background and a stylized imprint of a human fingerprint.
Call for Art | Pandemics as a Portal to Change: A Community Exhibition
KAM Downloads: Gallery Backgrounds for Zoom
Color photograph of the view looking upward between buildings in New York City around dusk or dawn, when the buildings are silhouettes and the sky is a medium blue. The square buildings divide the image in fourths, with lights visible in just one window.
New in the Galleries: Art Since 1948
Eight meeting participants are shown in a grid that would appear on a zoom call or teleconference. There is a caption at the bottom that shows what one participant is saying, "to be able to predict like whether a galaxy is or isn't without looking at it
Building Accessibility Partnerships at KAM

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