Yaddo, 1950 by Beauford Delaney (Knoxville Museum of Art).
Join Knoxville Museum of Art curator Stephen Wicks and our own Jack Neely for a discussion of the diverse and often-surprising story of visual art in Knoxville, as interpreted in the KMA’s impressive and recently expanded “Higher Ground” exhibition. Stephen and Jack have collaborated on a nearly 300-page narrative catalog of the KMA’s ever-growing collection, outlining Knoxville’s artists as well as the venues where they exhibited, beginning before the Civil War and extending to the present day, spanning early plein-air landscapes, photography, impressionism, abstract expressionism, surrealism, and some other approaches that are harder to name. Included will be discussions of Lloyd Branson, Catherine Wiley, Beauford Delaney, and the sometimes-startling Knoxville 7. The free presentation will take place in the KMA’s Ann & Steve Bailey Hall.
