Krannert Art Museum opens 'Ink Shower' exhibit of 12 Taiwanese artists Thursday, with artist talks this week

CHAMPAIGN - Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois opens "Ink Shower: Contemporary Taiwanese Artists Reimagine Tradition" on Thursday, Nov. 5, with a free public reception from 5 to 7 p.m., according to the museum. The show runs through Feb. 27, 2027, in the Main Level East Gallery.

The exhibition brings together 12 Taiwanese artists who carry the tradition of ink painting into sculpture, video, sound, installation and other media. It was curated by Kai-Ching Hsiao of Tainan National University of the Arts and Maureen Warren, the museum's curator of European and American art, the museum says.

Taipei artist Yao Jui-Chung gives a MillerComm lecture with critic and curator Kao Chien-Hui on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 5 p.m. in Room 210 of the Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana, after a 4 p.m. reception, according to the Center for Advanced Study. On Friday, Nov. 6, from 2 to 3:30 p.m., artists Chen Chun-Hao, Wu Chi-Tsung and Yao join a panel moderated by Kao in Temple Buell Hall's Plym Auditorium, 611 E. Lorado Taft Dr., Champaign, the museum says.

Source: Krannert Art Museum: Ink Shower exhibition, opening reception and artists panel discussion; Center for Advanced Study: MillerComm lecture; U. of I. News Bureau, Oct. 27, 2026 (all read Nov. 2, 2026).