Gabriel Lester | June 20 – August 30, 2026 In the first of an ongoing series of contemporary art installations at the Eugenia Williams House, the Knoxville Museum of Art has invited Dutch artist Gabriel Lester to present a re-imagined version of his 2011 sculpture Melancholia in Arcadia. This haunting work was first displayed in […]
No-Man’s Land | August 13 – November 8, 2026 Inspired by the visionary work of Kentucky coal-miner-turned-evangelist Harrison Mayes after he experienced a life-changing epiphany, No-Man’s-Land explores genres, beings, and geographies that exceed singular definition. Born in Tennessee in 1898, Mayes’ placed concrete beacons across the country, with plans for them to reach outer space, […]
Hai-Wen Lin | October 2026 through February 2027 In this forthcoming exhibition, Taiwanese-American artist Hai-Wen Lin fashions garments as kites: creating sculptures that move between the body and the environment. Made with the intimacy of clothing and the logic of flight, the works draw on visual traditions from Buddhist jiasha robes to Appalachian quilts, becoming […]
The Appalachian Mountains, which govern the winding highway traveled by artist Kevin Beasley during the development of his recent work, can be described as “fold mountains” – created from two or more of the Earth’s tectonic plates pushing together. At these intersecting shores, rock and debris are compressed into and within each other, shedding individuality […]