Speed Art Museum

06/07/2026

Us sitting and watching the Can Opener eat the semis. "She's been fed again" 🚛

Klara Borter (Swiss, 1888-1948), A Swiss Soldier, 1918, oil on canvas. Gift of Charter Collectors 2018.5

06/06/2026

🏳️‍🌈✨ Happy Pride Month from the Speed! This June, we're celebrating in the galleries. Join us on June 21, 12pm to 1 pm, for Coming Out (of the Collection): Q***r & Trans Art at the Speed Art Museum — a guided tour exploring the vital contributions q***r and trans artists have made to art history. 🎨🏳️‍⚧️
Free with general admission.

06/06/2026

Abstract Expressionism is more than just throwing paint on a canvas. It's a true adventure into making thoughts a reality. These women artists captured that feeling and now you can see it.

https://storystudio.wlky.com/the-women-who-invented-abstract-expressionism/

On view through August 30, 2026

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06/05/2026

There are spots available for this Saturday's adult workshop with local artist, Liz Richter, . Explore "tactile art" as Liz guides you through creating a mosaic relief painting. Reserve your seat today!

https://www.speedmuseum.org/event/june-adult-workshop/

06/04/2026

I-65 is closing, but we're not.

Construction runs June 1–August 1, here's how to find us:
Take 3rd street from the north or south. We are on UofL's campus. Watch out for that can opener!

👉 Further information,
https://www.speedmuseum.org/i-65-closure-information/

Same hours. Same Art. Same Speed!

06/03/2026

THIS WEEKEND AT SPEED CINEMA 🎬

TRAINSPOTTING (4K DCP) — Danny Boyle's genre-defining masterpiece is back. Funny, harrowing, and completely unforgettable. Catch it Friday June 5 @ 6pm, Saturday June 6 @ 3 & 6pm, or Sunday June 7 @ 3pm. Tickets $12 | $8 Speed members

LAMPLIGHTINGS: MASTERS OF ABSTRACT ANIMATION — A FREE 16mm program of experimental shorts spanning 1952–1980. Celluloid collage, hand-drawn film, pure visual chaos. Sunday June 7 @ 1pm. No ticket needed, just show up early.

06/02/2026

Art. Stories. A cash bar. Your kind of Thursday. 🌈 Speed Social is back — and this month we're celebrating Pride with an evening that's equal parts creative and connective. Admission to our newest special exhibition, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, is included in your ticket.

Draw alongside strangers-turned-friends, tour Abstract Expressionists: The Women, and settle in for something special: Grown-up Storytime502 brings true LGBTQ+ stories — about love, identity, family, and becoming — told live by members of the Louisville community. Funny, honest, and genuinely moving.

🎨 Drawing session · 5 pm (all materials provided, no experience needed)
🖼 Docent tour · 5:30 & 6 pm
📖 Pride storytelling pop-up · 6 pm
💬 Chat Spots in the gallery · 6:30 pm
🍹 Cash bar all evening
18+ · Ticket includes exhibition access

06/01/2026

Coming to the Speed Cinema this June! 📽️⁠

A new restoration of a hallucinatory 90s classic, the latest Lamplightings featuring auteurs of abstraction, a restoration of Alejandro G. Iñárritu's breakout film, a Speed Family screening of an American classic, Lucrecia Martel's understated exploration of guilt newly restored, a powerful documentary exploring Black maternal health, a portrait of a southern rock hero screening for one night only, photographer William Klein's blistering document of Louisville's boxing icon, a restoration of Claire Denis's hypnotic masterwork, two essential films from Rainer Werner Fassbinder's expansive oeuvre, and a striking consideration of the history of segregated cinemas in Frankfort, Kentucky. See you at the Cinema! 📽️⁠

TRAINSPOTTING (dir. Danny Boyle), June 5-7
Lamplightings: MASTERS OF ABSTRACT ANIMATION (various dir.), June 7
AMORES PERROS (dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu), June 12-13
Speed Family: THE WIZARD OF OZ (dir. Victor Fleming), June 13
THE HEADLESS WOMAN (dir. Lucrecia Martel), June 13-14
LISTEN TO ME (dir. Kanika Harris & Stephanie Etienne), June 14 CINEMA +
GREGG ALLMAN: THE MUSIC OF MY SOUL (dir. James Keach), June 17
MUHAMMAD ALI, THE GREATEST (dir. William Klein), June 19-20
BEAU TRAVAIL (dir. Claire Denis), June 20-21
FOX AND HIS FRIENDS (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder), June 26-27
QUERELLE (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder), June 27-28
STORIES FROM THE BALCONY (dir. Joanna Hay), June 28 CINEMA +

05/31/2026

Elaine de Kooning, the Belle of Abstract Expressionism. She painted, she flirted, she wrote, she held the focus of the movement. See Elaine's works in Abstract Expressionists: The Women now through August 30.

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05/30/2026

Our Gheens Court has been reimagined! RARE ESSENCE by Eric N. Mack is now on view through November 29.

Learn more - https://www.speedmuseum.org/exhibitions/eric-n-mack-rare-essence/