Category: Press Releases
Chillida Sculptures Enliven Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park and Theis Park
Installation Underscores Cultural District Initiative Kansas City, MO. April 10, 2017–Seven monumental sculptures by acclaimed Basque artist Eduardo Chillida will be installed by The Nelson-Atkins…
Nelson-Atkins to Unveil Bloch Galleries of European Art
Galleries to feature Marion and Henry Bloch Collection, with Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art on view for first time in a decade…
Henry Bloch on his paintings’ new home…
The Kansas City Star BY DAVID FRESE dfrese@kcstar.com Feb 24, 2017 Henry Bloch on his paintings’ new home at Nelson-Atkins: ‘They look fabulous’ Critics and…
Richard Learoyd Photography Exhibition Opens
Luminous, Seductive Images Captivate Viewers; Learoyd in Conversation in Atkins Auditorium Kansas City, MO. Jan 26, 2017–Contemporary English photographer Richard Learoyd, using…
Exhibition Explores Tastemakers of Imperial China
Visitors Offered Rare Opportunity; Luxurious Objects Seldom on View Kansas City, MO. Dec. 8, 2016–A new exhibition offers visitors a rare chance to view fragile…
Nelson-Atkins Acquires Armenian Masterwork
Elevates Museum’s Holdings in Medieval Manuscripts, Art Kansas City, MO. Nov.15, 2016–A manuscript internationally recognized as one of the greatest Armenian illuminated…
Janet Cardiff: Forty-Part Motet Opens at Nelson-Atkins
“Transformative, Moving” Sound Sculpture First of its Kind in Kansas City Kansas City, Mo., Nov.1, 2016–The pure, ethereal sound of a choir singing a 16th-century…
Nelson-Atkins Hires Senior Curator of European Art
Aimee Marcereau DeGalan to Oversee Bloch Collection, French Catalogue Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 25, 2016–The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City has hired Dr.…
Nelson-Atkins Celebrates Generosity of Henry Bloch with New Acquisition
Mondrian Painting to be Integrated into New Bloch Galleries Kansas City, MO. Oct 17, 2016–There is perhaps no more fitting tribute to a longtime museum…
Drone Photographer Tomas van Houtryve to Give Photography Society Talk at Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, Mo. Oct. 3, 2016– Photographer Tomas van Houtryve will speak at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on October 6th at 6 pm.…
Are You Being Watched? Chances Are, Yes
Nelson-Atkins Surveillance Exhibition Explores Sneaky Side of Photography Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 23, 2016–Surveillance cameras in the 21st century are practically everywhere–on street corners,…
Cuban Photographer Jesse A. Fernández Celebrated in Three KC Locations
Nelson-Atkins, KC Public Library, American Jazz Museum Exhibits Offer Career Highlights Kansas City, Mo.…
Category: Press Releases
Cutting-Edge 3D Technology Enhances Video Dance Experience After Ghostcatching
Kansas City, MO. Sept. 7, 2011 Sweeping Lines of Light Seem to Reach Toward Viewers After Ghostcatching, a 13-minute video at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of…
Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851–1939
Kansas City, MO and Pittsburgh, PA Aug. 12, 2011 Co-organized by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City and Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh Inventing…
Artist Produces Poetry on Demand for Nelson-Atkins Museum
Kansas City, MO. June 20, 2011 zach houston:poemstore Uses Visitors’ Ideas to Create Poems How does it feel to be inside a poem? Visitors to…
Heavens: Photographs of the Sky & Cosmos Opens at Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. June 9, 2011 Exhibition Explores Fascination with Sun, Clouds, Moon and Stars Humankind has long been fascinated with the realms above us.…
Sculptures Created in Bloch Lobby in Full View of Visitors
Kansas City, MO, April 26, 2011 First Lobby Installation Since 2007 Opening Visitors to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will get a rare look at…
American Debut of RMB City Opera Opens Feb. 4 at the Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO, Jan. 14, 2011 Work by Cao Fei Builds on Virtual Second Life RMB City Opera, an innovative video by contemporary Beijing artist…
Monet’s Water Lilies Offers Rare Opportunity to Experience Great Impressionist’s Work as Intended
Kansas City, MO, Jan. 14, 2011 Nelson-Atkins Exhibition Reunites Three Panels for the First Time in a Generation For the first time in more than…
Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851–1939
Kansas City, MO., Jan. 5, 2011 Exquisite Objects Highlight Innovation and Creativity A groundbreaking exhibition of extraordinary decorative arts and design shown at world’s fairs…
The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker
Kansas City, MO, Dec. 21, 2010 Opens Jan. 15 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Works by Ray K. Metzker, one of the most…
To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America Opens at Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. Sept. 15, 2011 Clarity, Composure of Art Offsets World in Crisis During the turbulent 1940s, artist George Ault (1891-1948) created eerie and…