Krannert Art Museum

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Krannert Art 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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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

A musician plays an electric guitar in front of a painting. She is playing to a crowd seated on the floor.
Performance May 28, 11:00 am
Art Remastered from Home: Mermaid Heaven
Yoga at Krannert Art Museum
May 29, 12 pm
Yoga at KAM: Virtual Edition
Acquired Taste Celebration, 2019. Photo by Della Perrone
Reception May 30, 5:30 – 9 pm
(Postponed) 2020 Acquired Taste Celebration
Yoga at Krannert Art Museum
Jun 5, 12 pm
Yoga at KAM: Virtual Edition
Yoga at Krannert Art Museum
Jun 12, 12 pm
Yoga at KAM: Virtual Edition
Yoga at Krannert Art Museum
Jun 19, 12 pm
Yoga at KAM: Virtual Edition

Stories

Image of a young black woman with a t-shirt, shorts, and beanie hat standing in the African Gallery at Krannert Art Museum. Behind her are script-based paintings by Yelimane Fall and Wosene Worke Kosroff.
Celebrating Black Girlhood: DRIVE Postdoctoral Fellow Blair Smith Focuses on Community Engagement
Krannert Art Museum Temporarily Closes to 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
Lesson Plan: Frank Stella and Polish Wooden Synagogues
In this painting, the ground is snow covered and the trees are bare, except for a few dry leaves fluttering in the wind. The stream looks icy, and the distant landscape cold. There are only mild shadows because of the dimmer sun of a winter day.
Lost in the Landscape: Curatorial Research and Emily Groom’s Winter Stream
line drawing of paintings and sculptures with Krannert Art Museum written in all caps. The drawing is black lines on white paper, designed to be colored in by the user.
Collection Coloring Activity #4

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