Krannert Art Museum (KAM) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is the second-largest general fine arts museum in the state of Illinois.
KAM’s collection contains more than 11,000 works of art from around the globe, spanning six millenia, from 4,000 BCE to the present, and nine collection galleries, including our ongoing installation of modern and contemporary art.
During the 2024 season, Krannert Art Museum is undergoing construction to enhance the accessibility and sustainability of our facilities. As a result, some galleries will be closed. All main floor collection galleries in the original building will be open.
Our 2024 special exhibition opens February 1: Artist and educator Jen Everett remixes images of herself in conversation with materials she collects to talk about Black life, kinship, and collective gathering. Could you dim the lights? at Krannert Art Museum is her first solo museum presentation.
For more information and a full calendar of events, please visit the museum website. KAM is open five days per week, and admission is always free. Free group tours are available by request.
• Spring 2024 Opening Night Reception, Feb 1, 5-8 pm
Image: Art Since 1948, installation at Krannert Art Museum, 2023. Photo by Julia Nucci Kelly
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\r\n\r\nOrganized by the graduate students of ARTH 546, a practicum in curatorial methods: Alyssa Bralower, Yue Dai, Evin Dubois, Maria Garth, Michael Hurley, Cory Imig, Lilah Leopold, Jenny Peruski, Luis Gonzalo Pinilla, and Allison Rowe
\r\nThe course was led by Terri Weissman, Associate Professor of Art History, and Amy L. Powell, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
The year 2017 marks the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of the founding of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
\r\n\r\nLand Grant draws from libraries, archives, and collections across campus to propose an expanded field for considering the university—its founding and history, land use practices, and questions of indigeneity—all while assessing the current status of public higher education in the United States. Recognizing the ability of images to both legitimize and contest power, and experimenting with curatorial methods of evidence and inquiry, this exhibition takes stock of where we, as university students, stand today in relation to such questions.
\r\n\r\nIn addition to individual lenders, Land Grant works with materials from Krannert Art Museum, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, University Archives, the Illinois History and Lincoln Collections, Ricker Library of Architecture and Art, the Geological Samples Library, the President’s Office, the College of Engineering, and the Champaign County Historical Archives at The Urbana Free Library.
\r\n\r\nSponsored in part by Fox Development Corporation
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