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All This Beauty and Color: Highlights from the WPA, installation at Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, 2019.
Jun 7, 2019
KAM Plans "Art Since 1948", Summer Programs
(L to R) Outgoing KAM Council President Lisa Kocheril, Museum Director Jon Seydl, Incoming KAM Council President Sharon Williams. Photo by Julia Nucci Kelly, 2019.
May 8, 2019
KAM Council Recognizes Leadership, Service, and Engages the Arts in the Modern University
Page from a Birha poem of separation and longing, showing Radha with her attendants in a grove. India, Rajasthan, possibly Bundi or Kotah School, 17th century. Opaque water color on paper. Gift of George P. Bickford. 1970-10-3
Feb 15, 2019
Exhibition of Indian Paintings Passed "From Hand to Hand" Opens at KAM
Louise Fishman, Blonde Ambition, 1995. Oil on linen, 90 x 65 inches. Museum purchase through the John N. Chester Fund and the Richard M. and Rosann Gelvin Noel Fund 2019-1-1
Jan 31, 2019
KAM to Feature Newly Acquired "Blonde Ambition" by Louise Fishman in American Painting Exhibition
Outreach volunteer Jinhee Lee at Amber Glen Alzheimer's Care Center, 2018. Photo by Julia Nucci Kelly
Jan 24, 2019
Profile: Jinhee Lee and Senior Outreach at KAM
Krannert Art Museum collection care team move works of art in preparation for Spring 2019 accessibility updates in the Bow Gallery.
Dec 19, 2018
Visitors in Mind: Changes to Bow and Trees Galleries
Visitors watch a 360-degree video on an Oculus headset in an installation titled "Real World Harm" at Krannert Art Museum, 2018. Photo by Della Perrone.
Nov 5, 2018
Irish Artists Kennedy Browne Grapple with 'Real World Harm'
Ryan Griffis, A Great Green Desert, Into the Pit, 2018. Digital print. Courtesy of the artist.
Oct 31, 2018
Faculty Artists Engage the Contemporary World with Exhibit at Krannert Art Museum
Featured artwork on the KAM Response Wall: Vernon Fisher, Man Cutting Globe, 1992. Acrylic on paper. Gift of the Ainsley I. Graham Trust 1994-6-2
Aug 15, 2018
KAM Programs Bring Art and Students Together
Bea Nettles, The Skirted Garden, 1969. Gift of the artist. 2017-20-2.
Jul 25, 2018
$10 million campaign helps strengthen Krannert Art Museum collection of works by women artists
Krannert Art Museum, Kinkead Pavilion entrance. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer (2015)
Jun 28, 2018
KAM Focuses on Visitor Experience with Summer Facility Projects
Art Sinsabaugh, Midwest Landscape #74, edition 1 of 3, 20th century. Gelatin silver print on paper. Museum purchase through the Art Acquisition Fund 1979-1-1.
Jun 8, 2018
Krannert Art Museum Summer Exhibition, Events, Sharpen Focus on Photography