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Current Exhibitions

Higher Ground: A Century of the Visual Arts in East Tennessee Ongoing | Free Learn More
Currents: Recent Art from East Tennessee and Beyond Ongoing | Free Learn More
Cycle of Life: Within the Power of Dreams and the Wonder of Infinity Ongoing | Free Learn More
Facets of Modern and Contemporary Glass Ongoing | Free Learn More
Thorne Rooms Ongoing | Free Learn More

Upcoming Exhibitions

Eco Tone: Courtney Egan Featuring Collaborations with Natori Green June 15, 2023 - August 27, 2023 | Free Learn More
Jane Cassidy September 01, 2023 - November 12, 2023 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2023 November 24, 2023 - January 07, 2024 | Free Learn More

Past Exhibitions

Tennessee Triennial: RE-PAIR January 27, 2023 - May 07, 2023 | Free Learn More
Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking December 16, 2022 - April 30, 2023 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2022 November 25, 2022 - January 08, 2023 | Free Learn More
Radcliffe Bailey: Passages August 12, 2022 - November 06, 2022 | Free Learn More
Currents: Women Artists from the KMA Collection May 13, 2022 - August 14, 2022 | Free Learn More
Women Artists: Highlights from the Hunter Museum of American Art April 21, 2022 - July 24, 2022 | Free Learn More
Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation January 28, 2022 - April 24, 2022 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2021 November 26, 2021 - January 09, 2022 | Free Learn More
Under Construction: Collage from The Mint Museum August 20, 2021 - November 07, 2021 | Free Learn More
A View of the City: Knoxville May 21, 2021 - August 01, 2021 | Free Learn More
Undercurrents: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art May 21, 2021 - August 01, 2021 | Free Learn More
A Lasting Imprint: Rendering Rhythm and Motion in the Art of Black Mountain College January 29, 2021 - May 02, 2021 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2020 November 27, 2020 - January 10, 2021 | Free Learn More
Homegrown October 23, 2020 - November 29, 2020 | Free Learn More
Sculptural Objects from the KMA Collection July 01, 2020 - February 01, 2021 | Free Learn More
Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through the Unusual Door February 07, 2020 - October 25, 2020 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2019 November 29, 2019 - January 12, 2020 | Free Learn More
Whistler & Company: The Etching Revival August 23, 2019 - November 10, 2019 | Free Learn More
Design By Time May 10, 2019 - August 04, 2019 | Free Learn More
Lure of the Object: Art from the June and Rob Heller Collection February 08, 2019 - April 21, 2019 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2018 November 23, 2018 - January 13, 2019 | Free Learn More
Joseph Delaney: On The Move August 17, 2018 - November 04, 2018 | Free Learn More
Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection May 04, 2018 - July 29, 2018 | Free Learn More
Press Ahead: Contemporary Prints Gifted by Helen and Russell Novak February 02, 2018 - April 15, 2018 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2017 November 24, 2017 - January 14, 2018 | Free Learn More
American Impressionism: The Lure of the Artists' Colony August 11, 2017 - November 12, 2017 | Free Learn More
Gathering Light: Works by Beauford Delaney from the KMA Collection May 05, 2017 - July 23, 2017 | Free Learn More
Virtual Views: Digital Art from the Thoma Foundation February 03, 2017 - July 16, 2017 | Free Learn More
Jered Sprecher: Outside In January 27, 2017 - April 16, 2017 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2016 November 25, 2016 - January 08, 2017 | Free Learn More
Romantic Spirits: Nineteenth Century Paintings of the South from the Johnson Collection August 26, 2016 - November 06, 2016 | Free Learn More
Contemporary Focus 2016: John Douglas Powers May 06, 2016 - August 07, 2016 | Free Learn More
FULL STOP: Tom Burckhardt May 06, 2016 - August 07, 2016 | Free Learn More
Knoxville Seven January 29, 2016 - April 17, 2016 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2015 November 27, 2015 - January 10, 2016 | Free Learn More
The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms from the F. Scott Hess Family Foundation August 21, 2015 - November 08, 2015 | Free Learn More
Evan Roth: Intellectual Property Donor May 08, 2015 - August 02, 2015 | Free Learn More
Contemporary Focus 2015 January 30, 2015 - April 19, 2015 | Free Learn More
LIFT: Contemporary Printmaking in the Third Dimension January 30, 2015 - April 19, 2015 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2014 November 28, 2014 - January 11, 2015 | Free Learn More
This World Is Not My Home August 15, 2014 - November 09, 2014 | Free Learn More
Leonardo Silaghi: 3 Paintings May 16, 2014 - July 27, 2014 | Free Learn More
Facets of Modern and Contemporary Glass April 25, 2014 - July 27, 2014 | Free Learn More
Contemporary Focus 2014 January 31, 2014 - April 06, 2014 | Free Learn More
Sight and Feeling: Photographs by Ansel Adams January 31, 2014 - May 04, 2014 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2013 November 29, 2013 - January 12, 2014 | Free Learn More
Thornton Dial: Thoughts on Paper July 12, 2013 - August 25, 2013 | Free Learn More
Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art March 22, 2013 - June 16, 2013 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2012 November 23, 2012 - January 13, 2013 | Free Learn More
Contemporary Focus 2012 August 23, 2012 - November 10, 2012 | Free Learn More
Fischli and Weiss: The Way Things Go August 23, 2012 - November 04, 2012 | Free Learn More
Beverly Semmes: Starcraft June 08, 2012 - September 09, 2012 | Free Learn More
Streetwise: Masters of 60's Photography May 04, 2012 - August 05, 2012 | Free Learn More
Several Silences March 16, 2012 - May 20, 2012 | Free Learn More
Horizons February 25, 2012 - February 28, 2013 | Free Learn More
Liquid Light: Watercolors from the KMA Collection January 27, 2012 - April 15, 2012 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2011 November 25, 2011 - January 08, 2012 | Free Learn More
After the Fall November 04, 2011 - February 19, 2012 | Free Learn More
Contemporary Focus 2011 John Bissonette, Brian Jobe, and Greg Pond August 26, 2011 - November 06, 2011 | Free Learn More
FAX August 26, 2011 - November 06, 2011 | Free Learn More
Kwang-Young Chun Aggregations, New Work June 09, 2011 - September 04, 2011 | Free Learn More
Anne Wilson: Local Industry May 13, 2011 - August 07, 2011 | Free Learn More
Ai Weiwei Dropping the Urn (Ceramic Works, 5000 BCE – 2010 CE) May 13, 2011 - August 07, 2011 | Free Learn More
Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments March 11, 2011 - May 15, 2011 | Free Learn More
Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996 – 2008 February 11, 2011 - April 24, 2011 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2010 November 26, 2010 - January 09, 2011 | Free Learn More
David Bates: The Katrina Paintings October 29, 2010 - February 13, 2011 | Free Learn More
Contemporary Focus 2010: Emily Ward Bevins, Nick DeFord, Evan Meaney August 27, 2010 - November 07, 2010 | Free Learn More
Jane South: Shifting Structures August 27, 2010 - November 07, 2010 | Free Learn More
Vision, Language, and Influence: Photographs of the South May 14, 2010 - August 01, 2010 | Free Learn More
Uncertain Terrain: Selections from the KMA Collection April 16, 2010 - August 29, 2010 | Free Learn More
BLOOM: Brown + Scofield April 01, 2010 - August 01, 2010 | Free Learn More
Anne Wilson: Wind/Rewind/Weave January 22, 2010 - April 25, 2010 | Free Learn More
Bill FitzGibbons: Knoxville Colorline January 01, 2010 - December 31, 2010 | Free Learn More
East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2009 November 27, 2009 - January 03, 2010 | Free Learn More
Threads of Perception: Devorah Sperber October 30, 2009 - March 14, 2010 | Free Learn More
Contemporary Focus 2009: Hunt Clark, Patricia Tinajero, David Wolff September 04, 2009 - November 08, 2009 | Free Learn More
Anton Vidokle: Exhibition as School September 04, 2009 - November 08, 2009 | Free Learn More
Arms, Legs, Feet, Heart & Soul: The Cumberland Furniture Guild May 21, 2009 - August 09, 2009 | Free Learn More
Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation May 08, 2009 - September 06, 2009 | Free Learn More
Josh Simpson: A Visionary Journey in Glass February 06, 2009 - April 19, 2009 | Free Learn More
On a Mission: KMA Collectors Circle Acquisitions January 22, 2009 - April 05, 2009 | Free Learn More
Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft & Traditional Art October 04, 2008 - January 18, 2009 | Free Learn More
Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts and Beyond July 10, 2008 - September 21, 2008 | Free Learn More