KANSAS CITY, MO.- For the first time in more than 30 years, all three panels of a remarkable water lily triptych by the preeminent Impressionist Claude Monet will be on view together, from April 9 to Aug. 7, at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The exhi…
Cultural Identity and Pattern Collide in Exhibition at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art examines the concept of artists using pattern and dress to express their cultural identities in the exhibition Pattern ID, on view January 28–May 8, 2011 at the Kemper Museum. The fifteen fea…
Roxy Paine’s Steel Sculpture Ferment to be Installed in Kansas City Sculpture Park
KANSAS CITY, MO.- A 56-foot stainless steel sculpture of a tree by internationally acclaimed artist Roxy Paine will be permanently installed in the Kansas City Sculpture Park at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, beginning in early April. The tree was co…
Roxy Paine’s Steel Sculpture Ferment to be Installed in Kansas City Sculpture Park
KANSAS CITY, MO.- A 56-foot stainless steel sculpture of a tree by internationally acclaimed artist Roxy Paine will be permanently installed in the Kansas City Sculpture Park at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, beginning in early April. The tree was co…
The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker Opens at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Works by Ray K. Metzker, one of the most original and influential photographers of the last half century, will be on view from Jan. 15 to June 5, 2011, at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker will reveal …
Museum Offers Tactile Tours for People Who Are Visually Impaired
KANSAS CITY, MO.- A new program at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art offers monthly tours through 2011 for people who are blind or visually impaired. Inspired by the 100th anniversary celebration of Alphapointe Association for the Blind, as many as nine …
Monet’s Water Lilies to Reunite in Missouri
CLEVELAND (AP).- The Cleveland Museum of Art is lending a painting of water lilies by Claude Monet to museums in Missouri, where it will join two companion paintings for the first time in 30 years. The painting will be loaned for a year to the St. Lou…
Contemporary Works in Clay from Kansas City Collection Featured in Exhibition at The Nelson-Atkins
KANSAS CITY, MO- Contemporary works in clay from the outstanding collection of Lennie and Jerry Berkowitz are on view at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in an exhibition that opened today, Dec. 15, in the Bloch Building. Collecting with Passion: Contem…
Contemporary Works in Clay from Kansas City Collection Featured in Exhibition at The Nelson-Atkins
KANSAS CITY, MO- Contemporary works in clay from the outstanding collection of Lennie and Jerry Berkowitz are on view at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in an exhibition that opened today, Dec. 15, in the Bloch Building. Collecting with Passion: Contem…
German Architects Get Creative with Portable Storage, Transform a Subway Stop into a Mini Opera House
KANSAS CITY, MO.- If you’ve ever taken a subway ride, you’re familiar with what goes on at the underground stops. It’s no different in Germany—unless you get off in the Ruhr District between Mülheim and Essen. That’s where German architecture fi…