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Kentucky Women: Enid Yandell
July 17, 2019 – January 12, 2020
To celebrate her 150th birthday, the Speed is presenting a fresh look at Enid Yandell’s career, contextualizing the world in which she lived, as a young woman living and working in turn-of-the-century Louisville, Paris, and New York City.
Gonzo! The Illustrated Guide to Hunter S. Thompson
July 12 – November 10, 2019
An exhibition highlighting the professional collaborations (and personal relationships) that Thompson enjoyed with the artists and photographers tasked with illustrating his work, and even more importantly, articulating his vision through visual means.
Ebony G. Patterson...while the dew is still on the roses...
June 21, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Organized by the Perez Art Museum in Miami, this exhibition is the single largest solo exhibition in the Speed Art Museum's history and the most significant presentation of Ebony G. Patterson’s work to date, including work produced over the last five years embedded within an immersive environment that references a night garden.
Yinka Shonibare CBE: The American Library
March 29 – September 15, 2019
Comprised of over six thousand books wrapped in the artist's signature Dutch wax fabric and bearing the names of Americans with significant ties to immigration, this exhibition is a celebration of the diversity of the American population and acts as an instigator of discovery and debate.
A Celebration of the Speed Collection
Opened March 12, 2016
Extending the legacy of its founder Mrs. Hattie Bishop Speed, the museum’s grand reopening turned a new light on the Speed’s wide-ranging collections. With freshly renovated galleries and new, expansive spaces devoted to contemporary art and the art of Kentucky, visitors have the opportunity to see familiar favorites in novel ways and new acquisitions in new spaces. Supplemented by important loans, the extensive collection highlights more than 6,000 years of human creativity.