Category: Press Releases
New Hires at the Nelson-Atkins
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Two Important Curatorial Hires Announced at Nelson-Atkins Museum Museum Also Announces Appointment of New Chief Marketing Officer Kansas City, MO. April 9,…
Monet Painting to be Sold at Auction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jointly Owned Monet Painting to be Sold at Auction, Proceeds Will Be Used to Support Future Nelson-Atkins Acquisitions Kansas City, MO. April…
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…
Category: Press Releases
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…
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…