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Senior Curator and Curator of Global African Art Allyson Purpura, 2018. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois News Bureau
Apr 7, 2018
Senior Curator Allyson Purpura Awarded Highest Campus Honor
Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme: And yet my mask is powerful, installation at Krannert Art Museum, 2018.
Apr 3, 2018
Artists at Krannert Art Museum want you to use your ears as well as your eyes
World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean. Prita Meier and Allyson Purpura, eds., 2018. © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois on behalf of Krannert Art Museum
Feb 27, 2018
Krannert Art Museum publishes World on the Horizon catalogue
Allan deSouza, Borough Boogie Woogie, 2016. Digital print on Hahnemuhle paper. 24 x 36 in. © Allan deSouza
Jan 22, 2018
University of Illinois Art Exhibitions Rethink Colonial Narratives, Cultural Heritage
Jon Seydl, director of Krannert Art Museum
Dec 11, 2017
Curator and Art Historian Jon Seydl Named Director of Krannert Art Museum
Christ Carrying the Cross (1512) by Albrecht Dürer
Nov 30, 2017
Krannert Art Museum Wins Prestigious Award, Adds 16th-century Print to Collection
Mykki Blanco, STONES & WATER WEIGHT, 2017. Video still courtesy of the artist.
Nov 27, 2017
Krannert Art Museum to screen short films on World AIDS Day
Christine Saniat and Allyson Purpura in World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean, installation at Krannert Art Museum, 2017.
Nov 16, 2017
Art of the Matter
World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean, installation at Krannert Art Museum, 2017.
Oct 15, 2017
Curator's Notes: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Ocean
Nancy Karrels speaks in the old masters gallery at the Gemäldegalerie at the Provenance Research Exchange Program conference in Berlin, September 27, 2017.
Oct 4, 2017
Nancy Karrels Speaks on Provenance in Berlin
Krannert Art Museum facade at night
Sep 26, 2017
Elevator Maintenance Scheduled to Begin October 9
Museum Director Kathleen Harleman, Kenyan Ambassador Robinson Njeru Githae, U of I Chancellor Robert Jones, Director General of the National Museums of Kenya Mzalendo Kibunjia give opening remarks at World on the Horizon: Swahili Arts Across the Indian Oc
Aug 31, 2017
U of I Chancellor, Kenyan Ambassador Welcome Visitors to World on the Horizon