Krannert Art Museum

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Krannert Art Museum is temporarily closed and will reopen to the public on August 19.

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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gallery view of entry wall of Art Since 1948 with text and a row of paintings from the museum's modern and contemporary collection. Wall angles toward the viewer to guide their eye down the line of paintings to the next gallery beyond.
  1. Aug 29, 2019 to Dec 23, 2020
Art Since 1948
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Illuminated inflatable sculpture inside the temple-like structure of the Kinkead Pavilion entrance of Krannert Art Museum. Sculpture by Nancy Davidson is conical with the point down, constructed of inflated orbs. A large braid cascades down the side.
  1. Jan 30, 2020 to May 16, 2021
Hive
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black and white image of the front of the school of art and design at Illinois with red type that says MFA exhibition. the typography is artistically presented and broken into several lines
  1. May 16, 2020 to Aug 15, 2020
2020 School of Art + Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
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black and white image of the front of the school of art and design at Illinois with green type that says BFA exhibition. the typography is artistically presented and broken into several lines
  1. May 16, 2020 to Aug 15, 2020
2020 School of Art + Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
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Image of girls talking in a circle during Black Girl Genius Week Champaign 2019 (Urbana Middle School, Urbana, IL), October 2019. Photo by Jen Everett
  1. Aug 27, 2020 to Jul 3, 2021
Homemade, with Love: More Living Room
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Florence Kent, Jewish Refugees, 1935–1943. Lithograph. Allocated by the US Government, Commissioned through the New Deal art projects, 1943-4-210.
  1. Oct 3, 2020 to Dec 23, 2020
Pressing Issues: Printmaking as Social Justice in 1930s United States

Events

Brightly colored Afrofuturist landscape with a man in a space helmet and arms crossed at left, a disembodied, winged black woman's hand punching in the center, clouds, stars, nebula, and the continent of Africa at right
Talk Aug 13, 7 pm
We Got Next: Conversations with Black Faculty, Artists, and Alumni
Yoga at Krannert Art Museum
Aug 14, 12 noon
Yoga at KAM: Virtual Edition
Brightly colored Afrofuturist landscape with a man in a space helmet and arms crossed at left, a disembodied, winged black woman's hand punching in the center, clouds, stars, nebula, and the continent of Africa at right
Talk Aug 20, 7 pm
We Got Next: Conversations with Black Faculty, Artists, and Alumni
Yoga at Krannert Art Museum
Aug 21, 12 noon
Yoga at KAM: Virtual Edition
Yoga at Krannert Art Museum
Aug 28, 12 noon
Yoga at KAM: Virtual Edition
Yoga at Krannert Art Museum
Sep 4, 12 noon
Yoga at KAM: Virtual Edition

Stories

A musician holding a microphone performs in the galleries of Krannert Art Museum in front of a crowd.
KAM Spotlights Local Music Scene with Art Remastered from Home
Image of art supplies on a brightly colored background. Text says Art in a Time of Quarantine: Student Showcase in Champaign County
Art in a Time of Quarantine Virtual Youth Arts Exhibit
Color print of the american flag with a brown face in the center and white faces and skulls in the upper left.
Message from the Director: May 31, 2020
Image of a woman seated in front of a wall covered entirely with drawings. The woman is artist Liza Sylvestre. She has a placid expression and is wearing blue. The drawings are her expressions of auditory experiences of music.
KAM Welcomes Liza Sylvestre as Curator of Academic Programs
Photo of the temple entrance to Krannert Art Museum at sunset. Two illuminated inflatable sculptures fill the space inside the glass-enclosed entrance to the museum.
KAM Prepares to Reopen to the Public
Gallery view of Encounters the Arts of Africa at KAM, featuring fabric panels with arabic script in bright colors by Yelimane Fall (right) and an earth-toned painting by Wosene Worke Kosrof.(left)
KAM Downloads: Gallery Backgrounds for Zoom

Collection Highlights

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
Barbara Kruger. Untitled (You Rule by Pathetic Display), 1982. Photo offset lithograph, serigraph. 73 x 49 inches. Art Acquisition Fund 1986-36-1.
Barbara Kruger, Untitled (You Rule by Pathetic Display), 1982
Charles Burchfield. The Four Seasons, 1949–1960. Watercolor. Festival of Arts Purchase Fund 1961-2-1
Charles Burchfield, The Four Seasons, 1949–1960
Ban Chiang Vessel, 4000 - 3000 BCE. Ceramic. Class of 1908 Fund 1979-9-1
Ban Chiang Vessel, 4th – 3rd millennium BCE
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