Archived - Shows And Events

April 29 – August 20, 2017 - This is the first contemporary art exhibition to question and explore in-depth the complex and contested space of the American South. One needs to look no further than literature, cuisine and music, to see evidence of the South’s profound influence on American culture, and consequently much of the world. This unprecedented exhibition investigates the many realities, fa...

January 14-15, 2017 - This Louisville gun show is held at Kentucky Fair & Expo and hosted by National Gun Day Promotions of Kentucky. All federal, state and local firearm ordinances and laws must be obeyed. Will be hosted in North Wing. ​Sunday 9:00am – 3:00pm

January 7 – March 26, 2017 - This comprehensive exhibition features highlights from the Speed’s Native American Indian collection, along with paintings, drawings and photographs by Louisville artist and ethnographer Frederick Weygold. Highlights of the exhibition include a dramatic, full-length eagle feather bonnet or headdress, a catlinite pipe bowl and stem purported to have belonged to the reno...

October 15, 2016 – October 15, 2017 - The exhibition is comprised of twelve animals derived from the Chinese astrological calendar of years, weeks, and hours. The design of these heads was inspired by a specific source: an elaborate fountain created in the 1700s for the gardens of Yuanming Yuan, an imperial retreat outside of Beijing, China. The Qianlong Emperor commissioned Giuseppe Castiglione, ...

September 17-18, 2016 - This Louisville gun show is held at Kentucky Fair & Expo and hosted by National Gun Day Promotions of Kentucky. All federal, state and local firearm ordinances and laws must be obeyed. Will be hosted in North Wing. ​Sunday 9:00am – 3:00pm

September 10 – November 27, 2016 - The Rise of Sneaker Culture is the first museum exhibition in the United States to feature the sneaker’s complex and fascinating design history. ​Out of the Box includes nearly 150 sneakers, plus film footage, photographic images and design drawings that richly illustrate the social history, technical innovation, fashion trends and marketing campaigns that have s...

July 30 – November 27, 2016 - The exhibition will highlight Erwin’s practice and demonstrate her relationship to her artistic predecessors. Her upcoming solo exhibition celebrates her meticulous and emotionally impactful work in pastel. The Speed Art Museum has commissioned Erwin to create a series of pastels pieces inspired by the eighteenth-century and twentieth-century pastels from the Speed co...

June 11-12, 2016 - This Louisville gun show is held at Kentucky Fair & Expo and hosted by National Gun Day Promotions of Kentucky. All federal, state and local firearm ordinances and laws must be obeyed. Will be hosted in North Wing. Sunday 9:00am – 3:00pm

April 16-17, 2016 - This Louisville gun show is held at Kentucky Fair & Expo and hosted by National Gun Day Promotions of Kentucky. All federal, state and local firearm ordinances and laws must be obeyed. Will be hosted in North Wing. ​Sunday 9:00am – 3:00pm

We are pleased to announce that we will be at the Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport for the 2016 KAA Annual Convention. The hotel is accepting reservations at this time. The purpose of the KAA was and still remains to promote and advance the auction profession and to foster and encourage a spirit of cooperation and mutual aid and respect among persons engaged in the auction profession. The KAA aims ...