Exhibitions
In 2008, the museum opened Higher Ground: A Century of the Visual Arts in East Tennessee, the KMA's first-ever permanent installation, incorporating works from the museum’s own holdings as well as loans from other institutions and collectors. The exhibition documents the art history of East Tennessee and its many "connections to the larger currents of American art are largely unknown, and certainly underappreciated." Artists include Catherine Wiley, Lloyd Branson, Joseph Delaney, Beauford Delaney, and Bessie Harvey.
The KMA has a commitment to the exhibition of work by modern and contemporary artists. Past exhibitions at the Museum have featured solo exhibitions by contemporary artists such as Anne Wilson, Jun Kaneko, Candida Höfer, Maya Lin, Jim Campbell, Anton Vidokle, Johanna Billing, Eva Zeisel, Chuck Close, and Ai Weiwei.
The museum also has an ongoing interest in the creation of first solo museum shows for promising new artists. As part of this ongoing series, KMA has been host to solo exhibitions by artists such as Liz Collins, Tam Van Tran, Oliver Payne and Nick Relph, Clare Rojas, Sarah Hobbs, Michael Raedecker, Timothy Horn, Seonna Hong, and Tomory Dodge.
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