Krannert Art Museum

The Krannert Art Museum is a fine art museum located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, United States. It has 48,000 square feet (4,500 m2) of space devoted to all periods of art, dating from ancient Egypt to contemporary photography. The museum's collection of more than 10,000 objects includes specializations in 20th-century art, Asian art, and pre-Columbian art, particularly works from the Andes.

Krannert Art Museum
Established1961
Location500 East Peabody Drive
Champaign, Illinois
Coordinates40.101973°N 88.231373°W / 40.101973; -88.231373
TypeArt museum
Collection size10,000 objects
ArchitectAmbrose Richardson
Websitewww.kam.illinois.edu

In addition to permanent exhibitions, the museum often features 12 to 15 exhibitions each year from traveling national and international museum collections as well as exhibitions of professional artists, faculty and student work.[1]

History

The museum was designed by architect Ambrose Richardson and opened in 1961.

An addition to the museum was completed in 1988. This addition, the Kinkead Pavilion, was the creation of Larry Booth and Associates. The building incorporates contemporary Egyptian art decorative elements in an overall post-modernist design. The museum is named for benefactors Herman C. Krannert and his wife Ellnora Krannert in recognition of Ellnora's interest in the arts. With over 132,000 visitors annually, the museum supports scholarship through the Fred and Donna Giertz Education Center.[1]

In 2012, the Krannert Art Museum opened a newly redesigned gallery of African art entitled Encounters: The Arts of Africa.[2]

Collections

Major collections of the museum include the Trees Collection of European and American Painting, Moore Collection of European and American Decorative Arts, the Olsen Collection of pre-Columbian Art, and examples of 20th-century art.[3]

The museum is a unit within the University of Illinois College of Fine and Applied Arts.

Sculpture by Tom Otterness at the Krannert Art Museum


References
  1. "Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion: College of Fine and Applied Arts at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign". Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  2. Delinda Collier, "Exhibition Review: Encounters: The Arts of Africa", African Arts, 2013. vol 46, no 4, Winter.
  3. "Krannert Art Museum: About". ARTINFO. 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-28. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)



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