Krannert Art Museum

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

We're are closed for the holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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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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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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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Scene of faceless women sitting in confined spaces. They are crowded together sitting on the floor, with body language that makes them seem defeated and fatigued.
  1. Feb 11, 2022 to Apr 2, 2022
Reckless Law, Shameless Order: An Intimate Experience of Incarceration
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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
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Krannert Art Museum facade at night
  1. May 7, 2022 to May 15, 2022
2022 School of Art + Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition

Events

Photo of two people holding wine glasses and smiling at one another.
Reception Jan 26, 5-7 pm
Spring 2022 Members' Preview & Reception
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.
Jan 27, 10 am - 8 pm
Spring 2022 Opening Days
A row of triangular clocks mounted on a white wall. They appear from a distance to look like flags that would call attention to a used car lot or that would hang above a swimming pool. They are dark blue with light blue hands and no numbers.
Talk Jan 27, 5:30 pm
Lecture by Lex Lancaster | Queer Abstraction: Dragging Difficult Histories
A white man sits on a sofa facing the camera. His left hand is draped along the back of the couch as he twists toward the viewer. He has short, dark hair and a mild expression. He wears a collared, floral shirt, dark tie, glasses, earrings.
Jan 28, 10 - 11:30 am
Workshop with Lex Lancaster | Abstract Tactics: Queer, Black, and Trans Approaches to the Problem of Visibility
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.
Jan 28, 10 am - 4 pm
Spring 2022 Opening Days
A row of triangular clocks mounted on a white wall. They appear from a distance to look like flags that would call attention to a used car lot or that would hang above a swimming pool. They are dark blue with light blue hands and no numbers.
Reception Jan 28, 12-1 pm
Undergraduate Student Lunch with Lex Lancaster

Stories

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
Several children look at several paintings in the Trees gallery at Krannert Art Museum. They are standing individually or in pairs looking at oil paintings by European artists of the 17th and 18th centuries.
How to Talk About Art
Abstract artist Louise Fishman examines her 1976 oil and wax work on paper, My Pigeon (a geometric drawing in white and grey wax on paper), with her spouse Ingrid Nyeboe
Research Conversation with Amy L. Powell
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

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