Category: Press Releases
Final Known Work of Maria Cosway Given to Nelson-Atkins
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Painting is Second Major European Gift from James and Virginia Moffett Collection Kansas City, MO. March 12, 2024–A major painting by an…
Retrospective of Niki de Saint Phalle to Open at Nelson-Atkins
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Artist’s Exuberant Works Delight While Tackling Social Issues Kansas City, MO. March 6, 2024–The first full-career U.S. retrospective of French American avant-garde…
Melissa Shook Photography Exhibition to Open at Nelson-Atkins
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Self-Portrait Series Illuminates Artist’s Search for Self Kansas City, MO. February 28, 2024–A unique and compelling body of work by photographer Melissa…
Soaring Sculpture Melding Art, Science Celebrates Nelson-Atkins Anniversary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Venezuelan Artist Elias Crespin to Oversee Installation Kansas City, MO. Feb. 7, 2024– A dramatic, ever-shifting, hanging sculpture will be installed in…
Nelson-Atkins Receives Generous Grant from Hall Family Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE $4.5 Million Earmarked for Photography Department Over Three-Year Period Kansas City, MO. Feb. 1, 2024–The Hall Family Foundation, in its continuing support…
Dia de los Muertos at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Visiting Artist Creates Fantastical Creatures for Dia de los Muertos at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, MO. Oct. 20, 2023–Mexican…
Artist Installing Powerful Sculpture at Nelson-Atkins
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE My Father’s Death Evokes Memory, Loss Kansas City, MO. Oct.4, 2023–An intimate exhibition that showcases a recent contemporary art acquisition rooted in…
Enduring Legacy of Monet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Enduring Legacy of Claude Monet Celebrated in Featured Exhibition at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Arts Kansas City, MO. Oct. 3, 2023– In…
A Layered Presence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Local Artists with Latin American Ties featured in Nelson-Atkins Exhibition A Layered Presence / Una presencia estratificada Addresses Wide Range of Issues…
Evelyn Hofer Exhibition to Open at Nelson-Atkins
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Acclaimed Photographer’s City Photographs Featured Kansas City, MO. Sept 6, 2023–The first major museum exhibition in the United States in over 50…
Khalif Tahir Thompson Painting Promised Gift
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Khalif Tahir Thompson Painting Promised Gift to Nelson-Atkins Thompson Acclaimed as Rising Star Among Emerging Black Artists Kansas City, MO. Aug. 10,…
Dr. Stephanie Fox Knappe Promoted to Senior Curator
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dr. Stephanie Fox Knappe Named Sanders Sosland Senior Curator, Global Modern and Contemporary Art and Head, American Art at The Nelson-Atkins Museum…
Category: Press Releases
Make Room for Color Field Opens at Nelson-Atkins
Gifts, Loans Combine to Place Pivotal Art Movement in Spotlight Kansas City, MO. Dec. 11, 2015–A single act of generosity by a collector and supporter…
Catherine Futter Named Director of Curatorial Affairs
Kansas City, MO. Nov. 16, 2015–The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City announced the appointment today of Catherine Futter as Director of Curatorial Affairs,…
Photography Exhibition Highlights African American Experience
Kansas City, MO. Nov 10, 2015 Through the Lens Explores Issues Still Relevant Today More than 60 photographs made during the civil rights era will…
Transformative Gift of Native American Masterworks Welcomed by Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. Nov 3, 2015 Joanne and Lee Lyon Collection brings Depth, Richness, Scholarship A singular and important gift of Native American art has…
The Nelson-Atkins Mourns the Loss of Fred Merrill
Kansas City, MO. Oct 21, 2015 Steadfast, Generous Supporter of American Indian Art The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art joins the Kansas City community in mourning…
Acclaimed Photographer Matthew Pillsbury to Give Photography Society Lecture at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, MO. Oct. 15, 2015 Membership in Society Promotes Photography Program Photographer Matthew Pillsbury will speak at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Atkins…
Popular Four Seasons Sculptures Call Nelson-Atkins Home till Spring
Kansas City, MO. Oct 7, 2015 Exhibition Extended to Span All Four Seasons The enormous popularity of the majestic contemporary homage to Arcimboldo by Philip…
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Adds Associate Curator
Kansas City, MO. Sept. 29, 2015 Rima Girnius Joins European Painting and Sculpture Department After a lengthy national search, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in…
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Names Education Director
Kansas City, MO. Sept. 22, 2015 Anne Manning Embraces Meaningful Programming After an extensive search spanning many months, a new Director of Education and Interpretive…
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…