Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017.
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017.
Krannert Art Museum, Kinkead Pavilion entrance. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer
Encounters: The Arts of Africa, installation view at Krannert Art Museum, 2012. Photo by Chris Brown
Krannert Art MuseumUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion (KAM) connects people and the arts at the University of Illinois. The second-largest general fine arts museum in the state, KAM has a rich collection of fine art from across the globe, from the fourth millennium BCE to the present day.
By highlighting KAM’s strong holdings of work from artists practicing in Chicago during the 1930s through the 1980s, this exhibition considers the problematic nature of art historical categories and explores what other stories are missed by perpetuating a single narrative.
