KANSAS CITY, MO.- A specially commissioned installation, Forever, by the acclaimed British artist Clare Twomey will focus on ceramics as an ephemeral and temporary medium. The exhibition at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will feature 1,345 vessels, au…
Exhibition Celebrates Alumni from The Kansas City Institute of Art
KANSAS CITY, MO.- In honor of The Kansas City Art Institute’s 125th anniversary, the achievements of select alumni are celebrated in Thinking Photography: Five Decades at the Kansas City Art Institute at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The exhibi…
Hitting a Home Run on Stamps for Pioneering Baseball League
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The baseball league that helped spark integration of American professional sports is being honored today on a 44-cent U.S. postage stamp being issued at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. The Negro Leagues Baseball stamps pay tribute…
Bloch Building Featured in Several Books on Key Architecture Achievements
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The architectural achievement of the Bloch Building at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is featured in three books–two currently on sale and one available in the fall. In addition, an article on the Vanity Fair website (vf.com) li…
Rare Opportunity to View Seminal Event in the History of Chinese Painting
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Art lovers have a rare and limited opportunity to view a scroll considered a seminal work in the history of Chinese painting, Illustration to the Second Prose Poem on the Red cliff Red Cliff. After August 1, the scroll will be taken o…
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will exhibit "Art in the Age of Steam "
KANSAS CITY, MO – A major international exhibition opening this fall at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Art in the Age of Steam: Europe, America and the Railway, 1830-1960, will capture the excitement and range of emotions that steam-powered train…
Nelson-Atkins Museum presents ‘The Photographs of Homer Page ~ New York, 1949-50’
KANSAS CITY, MO – Homer Page, a brilliant but nearly forgotten photographic talent, is reintroduced to the public when The Photographs of Homer Page: The Guggenheim Year, New York, 1949-50 opened Feb. 14 at The Nelson-Atkins…
Nelson-Atkins Museum Announces Exhibition by Alfred Jacob Miller
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Vibrant and masterful mixed media works on
paper by the artist Alfred Jacob Miller, depicting the American West inspired by
a six-month expedition in 1837, will be on view in Romancing the West: Alfred
Jacob Miller in the Bank …
Nelson-Atkins Announces Exhibition of Vibrant Watercolors by Alfred Jacob Miller
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Vibrant and masterful mixed media works on paper by the artist Alfred Jacob Miller, depicting the American West inspired by a six-month expedition in 1837, will be on view in Romancing the West: Alfred Jacob Miller in the Bank of Amer…
Visitors will Observe Conservators Investigating Monet’s "Water Lilies"
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Visitors to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on June 24 and 25 and July 1 and 2 will be able to observe Museum conservation specialists as they perform various scientific examinations on Claude Monet’s Water Lilies. The examinatio…