Category: In the News
Nelson-Atkins Mourns Loss of Henry Bloch
Bloch’s Vision, Leadership and Commitment Integral to Museum’s Success Kansas City, MO. April 23, 2019–The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art joins the Bloch family and…
Nelson-Atkins Offers Array of New Summer Activities
Museum Open Every Monday…
Anthony Hernandez: L.A. Landscapes Opens at Nelson-Atkins April 19
Exhibition Highlights Artist’s Contemporary Views of Urban Environment Kansas City, MO. April 3, 2019–For nearly 50 years, photographer Anthony Hernandez has used his camera to…
The Nelson-Atkins Grieves Thornton Cooke II
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art joins the family of Thornton Cooke II in grieving the loss of our beloved friend and former trustee, who died…
Art Course Comes to Nelson-Atkins in Summer 2019
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 27, 2019 – In celebration of the masterpieces within The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, this summer the museum will debut a…
Fantastical Environment in Immersive Multimedia Installation at Nelson-Atkins
World Premiere of Artist Saya Woolfalk Creation Opens March 1 Kansas City, MO. Feb. 20, 2019–Visitors to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City…
30 Americans opens June 1 at Nelson-Atkins
Exhibition Explores Complex Dialogues Surrounding Identity and History Kansas City, MO Feb. 1, 2019– The exhibition 30 Americans, showcasing works by many of the most…
Andy Goldsworthy to Create Walking Wall on Nelson-Atkins Campus
Installation Honors Morton and Estelle Sosland; Commissioned by Hall Family Foundation Kansas City, MO. Jan 24, 2019– Acclaimed artist Andy Goldsworthy, who works with…
Discriminating Thieves: Nazi-Looted Art and Restitution Opens at Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. Jan 16, 2019– Discriminating Thieves: Nazi-Looted Art and Restitution follows the journey of four works of art that were once in the…
The Nelson-Atkins Mourns Robert Morris
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art joins Kansas City and the arts community in mourning the death of Robert Morris. The 87-year-old native of Kansas City…
Ralston Crawford Exhibition Opens at Nelson-Atkins Oct. 26
Vitality, Energy, Precision Celebrated in Photographs Kansas City, MO. Oct. 9, 2018–Ralston Crawford, who celebrated the modern American industrial landscape in a precisionist style…
Napoleon: Power and Splendor Opens Oct. 26 at Nelson-Atkins
Ambience and Spirit of French Court Revealed through Rarely Seen Selection of Works Kansas City, MO. Sept. 5, 2018– Napoleon: Power and Splendor marks the…
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…