Name: Curator Talk | Luis A. Muro Ynoñán | Krannert Art Museum
Start: 2026-04-16T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-16T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Krannert Art Museum

$Curator Talk | Luis A. Muro Yno\u00f1\u00e1n | Krannert Art Museum$

"Moche and the Archaeology of Death: Connecting Narratives of a Fragmented History"
Join us for a talk by Peruvian archaeologist and curator Luis A. Muro Ynoñán, as part of the Living Legacies series, presented in conjunction with the "Fragmented Histories; Andean Art Before 1600" exhibition.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Luis A. Muro Ynoñán (PhD, Stanford University) is a Peruvian archaeologist specializing in the archaeology and heritage of the North Coast of Peru. He is currently Assistant Curator of South American Anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History and a Lecturer in Archaeology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru in Lima. Before joining the Field Museum as a curator, he was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), a Postdoctoral Scientist at the Field Museum, and a Pre-Columbian Junior Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks. His broad theoretical interests include the study of ancient Moche religion, performance, and politics, as well as heritage ethics, cultural rights, and decoloniality in archaeology. Over the past 15 years, he has led multiple archaeological programs in North Coast of Peru. He is currently the director of the Zaña Cultural Landscape Archaeological Program in Lambayeque, Peru, a multidisciplinary project the study the emergence of pre-Hispanic religious monumental architecture in relationships to changes in the environment and ecology.
Co-presented with the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS).
**Parking nearby is free after 5 pm and on weekends.**
About the exhibition:
kam.illinois.edu/fragmented-histories
The Fragmented Histories project was made possible with support from the University of Illinois Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Arts and Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom, the Helen Frankenthaler Climate Initiative of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, the National Resource Center for the US Department of Education, the Rosann Gelvin Noel Krannert Art Museum Fund, and M.H. Carragher Memorial Fund.
Krannert Art Museum acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
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KRANNERT ART MUSEUM
SPRING 2026 EVENTS HIGHLIGHTS
MARCH
• Mar 5, Visiting Curator Talk: Michelle Joan Wilkinson | Telling Stories with Exhibitions, 5:30 pm · Auditorium (KAM 62)
• Mar 5, SPEAK Café, 6–7:30 pm
• Mar 12, Improvisers Exchange: Sudden Sound Concert, 6 pm
• Mar 17–21, Spring Break at Krannert Art Museum – We’re open!
• Mar 28, Knit & Sit! 1–3 pm
• Mar 30–Apr 3, Weeklong Residency with the Women’s Collective from Lota, Chile
APRIL
• Apr 2, SPEAK Café, 6–7:30 pm
• Apr 2, FOREST: Stories in Progress, 5:30 pm · Auditorium (KAM 62) · Part of Deke Weaver's "The Unreliable Bestiary" series.
• Apr 3, Noontime Panel | Memorias de la Mujer Lotina: Arpilleras, Women, and Coal in Chile, 12–1 pm · Auditorium (KAM 62) · Reception to follow. En español e inglés.
• Apr 9, Teen Takeover & ArtSpeak Teen Art Showcase, 5–7:30 pm
• Apr 10–11, Boneyard Arts Festival & Mom’s Weekend visitors during open hours
• Apr 11, Improvisers Exchange: Sonic Location, 1–3 pm
• Apr 11, MFA Exhibition Opening Reception, 4–6 pm
• Apr 16, Curator Talk | Luis A. Muro Ynoñan, 5:30 pm · Auditorium (KAM 62) · Part of the Living Legacies of "Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600" series.
MAY
• May 7, FAA Finals Fest, 12–3:30 pm · For U of I students
• May 9, BFA Exhibition Opening Reception, 4–6 pm
• May 30, Acquired Taste Celebration! Benefit Partyt, 5:30–8:30 pm · Ticket sales benefit museum.
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kam.illinois.edu/events
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