Past Exhibitions - Knoxville Museum of Art

CLOSED November 1, November 15, November 27, November 29

Past Exhibitions

Electricity for All

Electricity for All

May 16, 2025 - August 17, 2025

States of Becoming

States of Becoming

January 31, 2025 - April 27, 2025

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2024

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2024

November 29, 2024 - January 12, 2025

Jo Sandman / TRACES

Jo Sandman / TRACES

August 23, 2024 - November 10, 2024

Tools As Art: Work & Play

Tools As Art: Work & Play

May 3, 2024 - August 4, 2024

Carmen Winant A Brand New End: Survival and its Pictures

Carmen Winant A Brand New End: Survival and its Pictures

January 26, 2024 - April 14, 2024

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2023

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2023

November 24, 2023 - January 7, 2024

Jane Cassidy Drink Up the Moon

Jane Cassidy Drink Up the Moon

September 1, 2023 - November 12, 2023

Courtney Egan: Eco Tone with Natori Green

Courtney Egan: Eco Tone with Natori Green

June 16, 2023 - August 27, 2023

Tennessee Triennial: RE-PAIR

Tennessee Triennial: RE-PAIR

January 27, 2023 - May 7, 2023

Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking

Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking

December 16, 2022 - April 30, 2023

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2022

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2022

November 25, 2022 - January 8, 2023

Radcliffe Bailey: Passages

Radcliffe Bailey: Passages

August 12, 2022 - November 6, 2022

Currents: Women Artists from the KMA Collection

Currents: Women Artists from the KMA Collection

May 13, 2022 - August 14, 2023

Women Artists: Highlights from the Hunter Museum of American Art

Women Artists: Highlights from the Hunter Museum of American Art

April 21, 2022 - July 24, 2022

Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

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

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2021

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2021

November 26, 2021 - January 9, 2022

Under Construction: Collage from The Mint Museum

Under Construction: Collage from The Mint Museum

August 20, 2021 - November 7, 2021

A View of the City: Knoxville

A View of the City: Knoxville

May 21, 2021 - August 1, 2021

Undercurrents: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art

Undercurrents: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Art

May 21, 2021 - August 1, 2021

A Lasting Imprint: Rendering Rhythm and Motion in the Art of Black Mountain College

A Lasting Imprint: Rendering Rhythm and Motion in the Art of Black Mountain College

January 29, 2021 - May 2, 2021

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2020

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2020

November 27, 2020 - January 10, 2021

Homegrown

Homegrown

October 23, 2020 - November 29, 2020

Sculptural Objects from the KMA Collection

Sculptural Objects from the KMA Collection

July 1, 2020 - February 1, 2021

Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through the Unusual Door

Beauford Delaney and James Baldwin: Through the Unusual Door

February 7, 2020 - October 25, 2020

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2019

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2019

November 29, 2019 - January 12, 2020

Whistler & Company: The Etching Revival

Whistler & Company: The Etching Revival

August 23, 2019 - November 10, 2019

Design By Time

Design By Time

May 10, 2019 - August 4, 2019

Lure of the Object: Art from the June and Rob Heller Collection

Lure of the Object: Art from the June and Rob Heller Collection

February 8, 2019 - April 21, 2019

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2018

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2018

November 23, 2018 - January 13, 2019

Joseph Delaney: On The Move

Joseph Delaney: On The Move

August 17, 2018 - November 4, 2018

Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection

Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection

May 4, 2018 - July 29, 2018

Press Ahead: Contemporary Prints Gifted by Helen and Russell Novak

Press Ahead: Contemporary Prints Gifted by Helen and Russell Novak

February 2, 2018 - April 15, 2018

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2017

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2017

November 24, 2017 - January 14, 2018

American Impressionism: The Lure of the Artists’ Colony

American Impressionism: The Lure of the Artists' Colony

August 11, 2017 - November 12, 2017

Gathering Light: Works by Beauford Delaney from the KMA Collection

Gathering Light: Works by Beauford Delaney from the KMA Collection

May 5, 2017 - July 23, 2017

Virtual Views: Digital Art from the Thoma Foundation

Virtual Views: Digital Art from the Thoma Foundation

February 3, 2017 - July 16, 2017

Jered Sprecher: Outside In

Jered Sprecher: Outside In

January 27, 2017 - April 16, 2017

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2016

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2016

November 25, 2016 - January 8, 2017

Romantic Spirits: Nineteenth Century Paintings of the South from the Johnson Collection

Romantic Spirits: Nineteenth Century Paintings of the South from the Johnson Collection

August 26, 2016 - November 6, 2016

Contemporary Focus 2016: John Douglas Powers

Contemporary Focus 2016: John Douglas Powers

May 6, 2016 - August 7, 2016

FULL STOP: Tom Burckhardt

FULL STOP: Tom Burckhardt

May 6, 2016 - August 7, 2016

Knoxville Seven

Knoxville Seven

January 29, 2016 - April 17, 2016

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2015

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2015

November 27, 2015 - January 10, 2016

The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms from the F. Scott Hess Family Foundation

The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms from the F. Scott Hess Family Foundation

August 21, 2015 - November 8, 2015

Evan Roth: Intellectual Property Donor

Evan Roth: Intellectual Property Donor

May 8, 2015 - August 2, 2023

Contemporary Focus 2015

Contemporary Focus 2015

January 30, 2015 - April 19, 2015

LIFT: Contemporary Printmaking in the Third Dimension

LIFT: Contemporary Printmaking in the Third Dimension

January 30, 2015 - April 19, 2015

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2014

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2014

November 28, 2014 - January 11, 2015

This World Is Not My Home

This World Is Not My Home

August 15, 2014 - November 9, 2014

Leonardo Silaghi: 3 Paintings

Leonardo Silaghi: 3 Paintings

May 16, 2014 - July 27, 2014

Facets of Modern and Contemporary Glass

Facets of Modern and Contemporary Glass

April 25, 2014 - July 27, 2014

Sight and Feeling: Photographs by Ansel Adams

Sight and Feeling: Photographs by Ansel Adams

January 31, 2014 - May 4, 2014

Contemporary Focus 2014

Contemporary Focus 2014

January 31, 2014 - April 6, 2014

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2013

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2013

November 29, 2013 - January 12, 2014

Thornton Dial: Thoughts on Paper

Thornton Dial: Thoughts on Paper

July 12, 2013 - August 25, 2013

Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art

Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art

March 22, 2013 - June 16, 2013

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2012

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2012

November 23, 2012 - January 13, 2013

Contemporary Focus 2012

Contemporary Focus 2012

August 23, 2012 - November 10, 2012

Fischli and Weiss: The Way Things Go

Fischli and Weiss: The Way Things Go

August 23, 2012 - November 4, 2012

Beverly Semmes: Starcraft

Beverly Semmes: Starcraft

June 8, 2012 - September 9, 2012

Streetwise: Masters of 60’s Photography

Streetwise: Masters of 60's Photography

May 4, 2012 - August 5, 2012

Several Silences

Several Silences

March 16, 2012 - May 20, 2012

Horizons

Horizons

February 25, 2012 - February 28, 2013

Liquid Light: Watercolors from the KMA Collection

Liquid Light: Watercolors from the KMA Collection

January 27, 2012 - April 15, 2012

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2011

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2011

November 25, 2011 - January 8, 2012

After the Fall

After the Fall

November 4, 2011 - February 19, 2012

FAX

FAX

August 26, 2011 - November 6, 2011

Contemporary Focus 2011 John Bissonette, Brian Jobe, and Greg Pond

Contemporary Focus 2011 John Bissonette, Brian Jobe, and Greg Pond

August 26, 2011 - November 6, 2011

Kwang-Young Chun Aggregations, New Work

Kwang-Young Chun Aggregations, New Work

June 9, 2011 - September 4, 2011

Anne Wilson: Local Industry

Anne Wilson: Local Industry

May 13, 2011 - August 7, 2011

Ai Weiwei Dropping the Urn (Ceramic Works, 5000 BCE – 2010 CE)

Ai Weiwei Dropping the Urn (Ceramic Works, 5000 BCE – 2010 CE)

May 13, 2011 - August 7, 2011

Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments

Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments

March 11, 2011 - May 15, 2011

Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996 – 2008

Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996 – 2008

February 11, 2011 - April 24, 2011

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2010

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2010

November 26, 2010 - January 9, 2011

David Bates: The Katrina Paintings

David Bates: The Katrina Paintings

October 29, 2010 - February 13, 2011

Contemporary Focus 2010: Emily Ward Bevins, Nick DeFord, Evan Meaney

Contemporary Focus 2010: Emily Ward Bevins, Nick DeFord, Evan Meaney

August 27, 2010 - November 7, 2010

Jane South: Shifting Structures

Jane South: Shifting Structures

August 27, 2010 - November 7, 2010

Vision, Language, and Influence: Photographs of the South

Vision, Language, and Influence: Photographs of the South

May 14, 2010 - August 1, 2010

Uncertain Terrain: Selections from the KMA Collection

Uncertain Terrain: Selections from the KMA Collection

April 16, 2010 - August 29, 2010

BLOOM: Brown + Scofield

BLOOM: Brown + Scofield

April 1, 2010 - August 1, 2010

Anne Wilson: Wind/Rewind/Weave

Anne Wilson: Wind/Rewind/Weave

January 22, 2010 - April 25, 2010

Bill FitzGibbons: Knoxville Colorline

Bill FitzGibbons: Knoxville Colorline

January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2009

East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 2009

November 27, 2009 - November 27, 2010

Threads of Perception: Devorah Sperber

Threads of Perception: Devorah Sperber

October 30, 2009 - March 14, 2010

Anton Vidokle: Exhibition as School

Anton Vidokle: Exhibition as School

September 4, 2009 - November 8, 2009

Contemporary Focus 2009: Hunt Clark, Patricia Tinajero, David Wolff

Contemporary Focus 2009: Hunt Clark, Patricia Tinajero, David Wolff

September 4, 2009 - November 8, 2009

Arms, Legs, Feet, Heart & Soul: The Cumberland Furniture Guild

Arms, Legs, Feet, Heart & Soul: The Cumberland Furniture Guild

May 21, 2009 - August 9, 2009

Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation

Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation

May 8, 2009 - September 6, 2009

Josh Simpson: A Visionary Journey in Glass

Josh Simpson: A Visionary Journey in Glass

February 6, 2009 - April 19, 2009

On a Mission: KMA Collectors Circle Acquisitions

On a Mission: KMA Collectors Circle Acquisitions

January 22, 2009 - April 5, 2009

Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft & Traditional Art

Tradition/Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft & Traditional Art

October 4, 2008 - January 18, 2009

Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee’s Bend Quilts and Beyond

Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts and Beyond

July 10, 2008 - September 21, 2008