Knoxville Museum of Art

The Knoxville Museum of Art celebrates the art and artists of East Tennessee, presents new art and new ideas, educates and serves a diverse community, enhances Knoxville’s quality of life and economic development, and operates ethically, responsibly, and transparently as a public trust.

The Knoxville Museum of Art is located in downtown Knoxville, TN near World's Fair Park and the famous Sunsphere. The museum's permanent collection shares the story of East Tennessee artists in the exhibition High Ground: A Century of Visual Arts in East Tennessee, featuring historical artists who lived and worked in the area. Currents: Art from East Tennessee and Beyond extends the story into national and international contemporary art. The story continues with Facets of Modern and Contemporary Glass, the Thorne Miniature Rooms Collection, and the monumental 7 ton glass and steel installation Cycle of Life: Within the Power of Dreams and the Wonder of Infinity by local glass artist Richard Jolley. Enjoy our sculpture gardens while admiring the "pink" Tennessee marble clad building designed by American Architect, Edward Larrabee Barns. The KMA is open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 1pm-5pm. Admission is free.

Exhibits

Radcliffe Bailey: Passages
August 12 - November 6, 2022

Working primarily between the mediums of sculpture and painting, noted contemporary artist Radcliffe Bailey (born 1968) incorporates found objects and photographs into richly layered and textured compositions that address history, ancestry, migration, and collective memory. The artist incorporates a multitude of mediums in a variety of works inspired by his interest in diasporic histories and notions of identity and displacement. Several works reference turbulent voyages at sea, recalling the lives lost in Middle Passage, while others celebrate the unifying power of music and the legendary jazz musicians who pushed the limitations of western tradition through their radical compositions.

The exhibition is organized by the Knoxville Museum of Art in conjunction with Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

This project (was/is) supported, in whole or in part, by the federal award number SLFRP5534 awarded to the State of Tennessee by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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