Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through the Unusual Door includes 50+ paintings, works on paper, and unpublished archival material which examines the 38-year relationship between painter Beauford Delaney (Knoxville 1901-1979 Paris) and writer James Baldwin (New York 1924-1987 Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France) and the ways their ongoing intellectual exchange shaped one another’s creative output and worldview.
A diverse selection of sculptural works, many small in scale, from the KMA collection. Some were acquired years ago and have been displayed many times, while others have rarely been shown or were recently acquired.
Homegrown is a site-specific outdoor installation by designers Katie MacDonald and Kyle Schumann that examines potential applications for Tennessee’s invasive plant species as productive building materials. Exhibition will be in the KMA South Garden.
This collaborative project with the East Tennessee Art Education Association is designed to gather the best student work grades 6-12 from a 32-county region.
Drawn from the extensive holdings of the Asheville Art Museum, A Lasting Imprint will feature a selection of more than 50 prints, textiles, drawings, paintings and sculptures reflecting time-based themes of movement and music by some of the most adventurous and influential artists associated with Black Mountain College.
More than 20 paintings and works on paper representing the exciting growth in the KMA’s contemporary collection through museum purchases and donations from artists and collectors far and wide.
A View of the City features more than 20 paintings and works on paper of Knoxville and vicinity by artists from East Tennessee and beyond representing the city and outlying areas during and after the 1940s.
Featuring nearly 70 works by more than 30 international artists, Under Construction explores the growth and impact of the collage technique from the 1950s to the present.
This annual exhibition presented by the Knoxville Museum of Art is designed to gather the best student work grades 6-12 from a 32-county region and have their artworks displayed in a professional art museum environment.
Drawn from the multifaceted collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his family foundation, "Global Asias" examines the cosmopolitan, playful and subtly subversive characteristics of contemporary Asian and Asian American art. The exhibition highlights the work of sixteen artists of Asian heritage who draw on a rich array of motifs, techniques, and cultural motivations to construct diverse “Asias” in a modern global context. Among the artists included are Kwang-Yun Chun, Dinq Q. Le, Jun Kaneko, Hung Liu, Takashi Murakami, Do Ho Suh, and Barbara Takenaga.
This exhibition celebrates the creative achievements of contemporary women artists from the U.S. and abroad as represented in the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga.
This exhibition, a special edition of the installation "Currents: Recent Art from East Tennessee and Beyond", celebrates the creative achievements of contemporary women artists from the U.S. and abroad as represented in the Knoxville Museum of Art.
