Visitors in American Paintings Gallery

Every visit to the Nelson-Atkins offers new and exciting discoveries. Our featured exhibitions bring the Museum’s outstanding collection of art together with magnificent works from private collections and world-renowned art institutions.


Featured Exhibitions

Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Masterpieces of Modern Mexico from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection
June 1—August 18, 2013


Exhibitions

The following exhibitions are FREE.

Mythological Subjects

June 12—December 15, 2013

Impressions of the Southwest and Mexico

May 15—November 17, 2013

Early American Silver from the Cahn Collection

April 20—November 3, 2013

Brad Kahlhamer: Bowery Nation

March 22—July 21, 2013

The Starr Miniature Collection: The Feminine Mystique

March 13—August 11, 2013

Two Female Martyred Saints

March 1—June 30, 2013

Invented Worlds: Photographs by Ruth Thorne-Thomsen

February 20—July 28, 2013

Revealing, Reversible and Resplendent: 15th-17th-Century Italian and Spanish Textiles

February 13—August 18, 2013

The Feminine Mystique: Portraits of and by Women

February 9—August 11, 2013

Rodin: Sculptures from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

December 22, 2012—December 8, 2013

Subodh Gupta Egg

March 1, 2012—July 31, 2013


Upcoming Exhibitions

Echoes: Islamic Art and Contemporary Artists

August 31, 2013—March 30, 2014

About Face: Contemporary Portraiture

August 9, 2013—January 19, 2014

Fauno rosso

June 22—September 29, 2013

Secret Messages: Symbolic Meaning in Chinese Art

June 22, 2013—January 12, 2014

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Plan Your Visit

Admission is FREE
Open Wednesday-Sunday
4525 Oak St, Kansas City, MO 64111
Program Tickets: 816.751.1278

Hours

Wed, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Thurs/Fri, 10 a.m.–9 p.m.
Sat, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sun, Noon–5 p.m.

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