This week on Wednesday and Thursday at the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster William Shaub and his colleagues will be opening the 2024-25 Concertmaster Series with the spirit of early autumn evocatively infused into its programming—an evening…
Knoxville Museum of Art Acquires Two Yigal Ozeri Paintings
The Knoxville Museum of Art has announced its recent acquisition of two oil paintings by Yigal Ozeri, the photorealist painter currently enjoying an exhibition at the Lilienthal Gallery in Knoxville. The works, entitled “James Baldwin” and “Untitled; Sonia” are additions…
Knoxville Museum of Art Announces Steven Matijcio as New Executive Director
The Knoxville Museum of Art has announced the appointment of Steven Matijcio as the museum’s new executive director. Currently director and chief curator at the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston since 2019, Matijcio is succeeding David Butler,…
Knoxville Museum of Art Launches Re-Named Concert Series — ‘Soundscapes at the KMA’
By any other name… The Knoxville Museum of Art is launching a newly re-designed Friday evening concert series, Soundscapes at the KMA, beginning this Friday evening, December 8, and continuing monthly through August. Formerly known as “Alive After Five,” the…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: Openings and Re-Openings
Knoxville Museum of Art Opens Reimagined Higher Ground After months of enjoying a re-imagining and re-installation process, Higher Ground: A Century of the Visual Arts in East Tennessee, the permanent exhibition of the Knoxville Museum of Art, will reopen to…
Preview: KSO’s Concertmaster Series – Beethoven’s Final String Quartet: The Answered Question
BY DIANA SALESKY Most of us who study the violin dream of one day playing the late Beethoven string quartets. Most of us never will. Why? They are excruciatingly difficult. Due to the incredible technical requirements, as well as…
Wednesday Arts Miscellany: February 8 – 12
Knoxville Museum of Art: Current Exhibitions • Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art: RE-PAIR January 27, 2023 – May 07, 2023 • Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking December 16, 2022 – April 30, 2023 [Above: Barrettes no. 2, Althea Murphy-Price…
Just what is the Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art?
Just what is the Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art? Every three years, participating Tennessee museums, arts venues, and arts organizations curate and present exhibitions under a common theme designed to connect the exhibitions and promote the state’s existing visual contemporary…
First Friday Kicks Off January Arts and Music Scene
Having made it through the cold December rituals of logs and grogs, the January of 2023 politely suggests we turn our attention to it and venture out to exhibition openings and shows. This Friday is FIRST FRIDAY, and since the…
On the Wall…Off the Wall: Art, Music, and Theatre This Week
Last Week for… • Adaptive Radiation by Hannah Benitez at Clarence Brown Theatre’s Lab Theatre – Ends Sunday, November 6 — Tickets and Information Read the Arts Knoxville review • Radcliffe Bailey: Passages at Knoxville Museum of Art – Ends Sunday,…