Category: Press Releases
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Featured in Nelson-Atkins Exhibition
Kansas City, MO. April 9, 2013 First Area Viewing of Exceptional Private Collection of Jacques and Natasha Gelman Kansas City, MO. April 9, 2013–Fiery…
Brad Kahlhamer’s Bowery Nation Opens at Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. Mar.18, 2013 Contemporary Native American Exhibition Fuses Personal Identities, Mythologies Kansas City, MO. Mar.18, 2013–Contemporary American Indian artist Brad Kahlhamer’s Bowery Nation…
Ancient Chinese Masterworks Pair with Monumental Modern Landscape
Kansas City, MO Jan. 14, 2013 Major Exhibition Fills Four Nelson-Atkins Galleries; Artist Studio Open to Public An exhibition that juxtaposes thousand-year-old Chinese landscape paintings…
Enormous, Shimmering Tapestry to be Hung in Nelson-Atkins Bloch Lobby
Kansas City, MO. Nov. 19, 2012 Thousands of Liquor Bottle Taps Woven Together Form Work of Art One of the largest and most complex tapestry-like…
Nelson-Atkins Provides Personal Glimpse into Picasso’s Life
Kansas City, MO. Sept. 11, 2012 Bonjour Picasso! Opens Sept. 22 in Intimate Project Space Pablo Picasso, heralded as one of the most important artists…
First Retrospective of Photographer Terry Evans Opens at Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. Sept 5, 2012 Sweeping Views of Midwest Prairie and People One of the nation’s finest landscape photographers, Terry Evans, is widely recognized…
The Intersection of Science and Art Explored at Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. Aug. 30, 2012 Cabinet of Curiosities: Photography & Specimens Opens Sept 12 The photography exhibition Cabinet of Curiosities: Photography & Specimens opens…
Dramatic Photographic Sculptures Depict World’s Fair Sites
Kansas City, MO. June 14, 2012 Belgian Artist Ives Maes’ First U.S. Solo Exhibition Opens at Nelson-Atkins Museum For his first solo American exhibition, Belgian…
Timothy O’Sullivan Photography Exhibition Opens at Nelson-Atkins Museum
Kansas City, MO. March 26, 2012 Images “Boldly Straightforward, Deeply Mysterious” The King Survey of the Great Basin, from 1867 to 1872, was the model…
Riveting Bill Viola Video Opens at Nelson-Atkins Museum
Kansas City, MO. Jan 18, 2012 First Time Artist’s Work Has Appeared as an Installation in Kansas City A psychologically powerful video depicting strangers facing…
The Photographs of Brett Weston Opens at the Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. Nov. 15, 2011 Son of Famed Photographer Edward Weston Exemplified Modernist Aesthetic Over his long and prolific career, photographer Brett Weston (1911-1993)…
Op Art by Luis Tomasello to be Installed in Bloch Building
Kansas City, MO. Oct. 21, 2011 672 Geometric Shapes Fabricated at Kansas City Art Studio; Public Can Watch Installation An installation by Argentinean artist Luis…
Category: Press Releases
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…
MuseumBowl23 Continues
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Philadelphia Museum Contingent Brings Second “Super Bowl” Eakins Work to Nelson-Atkins Group Joins Kansas City Chiefs’ Reps, Trustees to see Sailing in…
Super Bowl Wager Painting Goes on View
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Super Bowl Wager Painting Goes on View at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Just Ahead of NFL Draft Kansas City, MO. April…
Fierce Women: Artemisia Gentileschi and the Women Worthies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Extraordinary Women of Myth and History Focus of Nelson-Atkins Exhibition Kansas City, MO. Feb 14, 2022–A focus exhibition at The Nelson-Atkins Museum…
Super Bowl LVII Kicks Off #MUSEUMBOWL23
NEWS RELEASE Philadelphia Museum of Art faces Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum on social media It’s the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection versus the…
Nelson-Atkins Hires New Vice President, Development
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nicolle Ratliff Joins Museum on Eve of Capital Campaign Kansas City, MO. Dec. 13, 2022–The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City…
Alberto Giacometti Exhibition to Open at Nelson-Atkins
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Groundbreaking Alberto Giacometti Exhibition to Open at Nelson-Atkins Modern Sculptor’s First Midwest Exhibition Explores the Essence of the Human Form Kansas City,…