Author: Kathleen Leighton
Visual Feast Created by Legendary Chef Opens at Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. Feb. 10, 2015 Ferran Adrià to Visit Kansas City During Exhibition The first major museum exhibition to focus on the visualization and…
American Soldier Opens at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, MO. Jan. 13, 2015 Photography Exhibition Explores Emotional, Psychological Impact of War Past and present connect in a selection of photographs of American…
World War I Examined Through Paintings, Sculptures, Photographs at Nelson Atkins
Kansas City, MO. Dec.16, 2014 Exhibition Coincides with Centennial Celebration World War I, also called The Great War, was the first total war of the…
Centuries of Grime Removed to Uncover Brilliant Jain Shrine at Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. June 20, 2014 Never-Before-Seen Shrine Opening this Weekend A large, elaborately carved Jain shrine covered in centuries of grime has been restored…
Artist Tom Price Unveils New Body of Work at Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. June 10, 2014 Presence and Absence Explores Untapped Potential of Familiar Materials In his first solo U.S. exhibition, London-based artist Tom Price…
Major Plains Indian Exhibition Opens in Paris, Propels Nelson-Atkins Into International Arena
Kansas City, MO. March 25, 2014 Travels to Kansas City for Fall Opening, then to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York A groundbreaking exhibition…
Mysteries of Saudi Arabia Revealed in Traveling Exhibition
Kansas City, MO. March 18, 2014 Nelson-Atkins One of Five North American Venues for Roads of Arabia Recent excavations in Saudi Arabia have uncovered amazing…
Glass-Walled Labyrinth to be Installed in the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, MO. March 11, 2014 Robert Morris Sculpture Marks 25th Anniversary of Park, Begins Six-Month Celebration A triangular-shaped, glass-walled labyrinth designed by acclaimed artist…
El Greco Masterpiece at Nelson-Atkins to be Restored as Part of Bank of America 2013 Art Conservation Project
Kansas City, MO. Jan. 29, 2014 Global Program Connects People and Communities to Culture and History Bank of America has announced that it will provide…
Nelson-Atkins Highlights Daguerreotype Acquisitions
Kansas City, MO. Jan 23, 2014 Museum has one of Top U.S. Collections An exhibition featuring more than 50 daguerreotypes acquired by The Nelson-Atkins Museum…
Major Plains Indian Exhibition to Open in Paris, Travel to Kansas City and New York City
Sept. 3, 2013 Exhibition to Offer In-Depth View of Plains Indian Artistic Masterworks The beauty, power and spiritual resonance of Plains Indian art will be…
Tradition Meets Modern at Nelson-Atkins Islamic Exhibition
Kansas City, MO. Aug. 5, 2013 Pakistani Cargo Truck by Local Artist Included The genesis of an exhibition of Islamic art at The Nelson-Atkins Museum…
Author: Kathleen Leighton
River Market’s Quay Coffee Opens at Nelson-Atkins Museum
Kansas City, MO. Dec. 18, 2017–Quay Coffee, a coffee shop which debuted in Kansas City’s River Market in June 2012, has opened a second location…
Jade and Gold Burial Suit Featured in Nelson-Atkins Exhibition
Jade and Gold Burial Suit, Finest to Survive Ancient China, Featured in Nelson-Atkins Exhibition Kansas City, MO. Nov. 29, 2017–In ancient China, death was believed…
First Museum Retrospective of Photographer Eugene Richards Opens at Nelson-Atkins
Artist Explores Difficult, Complicated Lives ‘That Otherwise Would Go Unnoticed’ Kansas City, MO. Nov. 27, 2017–Eugene Richards’s photographs speak to the most profound aspects of…
Japanese Galleries Re-Open at Nelson-Atkins
Updated Lighting and Digital Enhancements Featured Kansas City, MO. Nov. 16, 2017–The Japanese Galleries at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art re-open on Nov. 18 after…
$10 Million Hall Family Foundation Gift Increases Photography Collection
$10 Million Hall Family Foundation Gift Dramatically Increases Nelson-Atkins Internationally Recognized Photography Collection Spring Exhibition to Coincide with Foundation’s 75th Anniversary Kansas City, MO.…
Grasshopper Found Embedded in van Gogh Masterpiece
Insect Links Painting to Travails of the Artist Kansas City, MO Nov. 6, 2017 – A small grasshopper embedded for more than a century in…
Picasso Grandson to Visit Nelson-Atkins
Exhibition Through the Eyes of Picasso Draws Large Crowds in First Weeks Kansas City, MO. Nov. 2, 2017–The grandson of artist Pablo Picasso will visit…
From Buffalo to San Antonio and Beyond, Museums Woo Members
By GERALDINE FABRIKANT OCT. 25, 2017 The New York Times When the financier Jeffrey Gundlach showered $42.5 million on the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo,…
Calligraphy Exhibition Elegant Illustration of Written Word
Wide Array of Works Includes Poetry, Bible, Passport Kansas City, MO. Oct 18, 2017–More than Words: The Art of Calligraphy across Asia unveils the…
At the Nelson’s Picasso Show, You’ll Get a Rare Glimpse of This Art — and a KC Touch
The Kansas City Star October 15, 2017 9:00 AM By Matt Campbell mcampbell@kcstar.com The ceremonial mask looks like a work by Picasso. Or is that…