Category: In the News
Great American Mural Series Travels to Kansas City on National Tour
Kansas City, MO. Sept. 15, 2015 Nelson-Atkins to Display Woodruff Murals Before Their Return to Talladega Recently restored murals by acclaimed artist Hale Aspacio Woodruff…
Nelson-Atkins Director of Curatorial Affairs Antonia Boström Headed to London’s Victoria and Albert Museum
Kansas City, MO. Sept. 15, 2015 Antonia Boström has accepted the position of Keeper of Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics & Glass at The Victoria and Albert…
Thomas Hart Benton Exhibition at Nelson-Atkins Explores Cinematic Themes
Kansas City, MO. Sept. 9, 2015 First Major Benton Show in More than 25 Years The first major exhibition dedicated to Thomas Hart Benton…
Nelson-Atkins Officially Accessions Bloch Impressionist Masterpieces
Kansas City, MO, July 24, 2015 Committee Views Entire Collection in Museum’s Conservation Lab The Committee on Collections routinely meets at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of…
Flowers to Frost: Four Seasons in East Asian Art Opens at Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. July 21, 2015 Exhibition Explores Seasons from East Asian Perspective A celebration of art of the seasons by Chinese, Japanese, and Korean…
Emmet Gowin: Photographs on View at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, MO. June 23, 2015 Exhibition Explores Wonder of Everyday, Majesty of Nature The first exhibition in the region to outline the full scope…
Colossal Contemporary Philip Haas Sculptures Installed on Nelson-Atkins Lawn
Kansas City, MO. April 13, 2015 The Four Seasons Recreates Portrait Series by Italian Renaissance Painter Philip Haas, a contemporary artist and filmmaker, has…
World-Class Bloch Art Collection Will Be on Permanent View in Renovated Galleries at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City
Kansas City, MO, April 8, 2015 Impressionist, Post-Impressionist Masterpieces Collected by Marion, Henry Bloch over 20-year Period An $11.7 million renovation of The Nelson-Atkins Museum…
Personal, Cultural Identity Explored in Folk Art Exhibition at Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. March 18, 2015 A Shared Legacy Features Wide Variety of Paintings, Objects from Barbara Gordon Collection A stunning presentation of American folk…
Interactive Exhibition Creates New Dynamic at the Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. March 4, 2015 Visitors Invited to Touch, Interact with Exhibition Elements Jump In! Architecture Workshop, the first self-generated architecture exhibition organized by…
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…
Category: In the News
Nelson-Atkins Museum Can Move Forward with Expansion Plans, KC Council Committee Votes
JULY 12, 2017 2:48 PM BY DIANE STAFFORD stafford@kcstar.com A Kansas City Council committee on Wednesday approved a zoning change that permits the Nelson-Atkins Museum…
Pollock/Motherwell Exhibition Opens at Nelson-Atkins
Art Daily July 8, 2017 KANSAS CITY, MO.- Two famed American artists are featured in the focus exhibition Pollock and Motherwell: Legends of Abstract Expressionism,…
The Changing Face of Buddhist Art
July 9, 2017 Sri Lanka Sunday Times Chandani Kirinde stands in awe of a chance discovery of a collection of Buddha statues dating from the…
Rare Bosch Painting, Just One of Five in U.S., Finally on Display at the Nelson
BY DAVID FRESE The Kansas City Star dfrese@kcstar.com JUNE 28, 2017 1:25 PM When you’re about to display a rare 500-year-old painting recently confirmed as…
Jackson Pollock’s ‘Mural’ Returns to U.S. After Years Abroad
Painting won’t return to Iowa City until at least 2019 Iowa City Press Citizen Jeff Charis-Carlson , jcharisc@press-citizen.com Published 11:40 a.m. CT June 14, 2017…
‘Eugene Richards: The Run-On of Time’ Review: Keeping His Eyes Wide Open
On display at the George Eastman Museum, Eugene Richards’s raw and wrenching images are not for the faint of heart. The Wall Street Journal June…
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CompanyBy Andrew Webster June 15, 2017 Fine Art Connoisseur Hieronymus Bosch, “The Temptation of St. Anthony,” circa 1500-1510, oil on panel, 15 3/16 x 9…
Guest Commentary: A Decade of the Bloch Building, a Kansas City Arts Milestone
JUNE 15, 2017 8:30 PM BY STEVE MCDOWELL Special to The Star This year marks 10 years since a unique moment of international attention was…
Newly Attributed Bosch Painting Goes On View At Nelson-Atkins
Antiques and the Arts Weekly JUNE 13, 2017 KANSAS CITY, MO. — For the first time since its reattribution, Hieronymus Bosch’s “The Temptation of St…
“Dignity vs. Despair” Opens at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Fine Books & Collections JUNE 8, 2017 9:29 AM Kansas City, MO. June 7, 2017- A new exhibition featuring works by some of the most…