Category: Press Releases
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…
Nelson-Atkins Organizes Timothy O’Sullivan Photography Exhibition Debuting at Art Institute of Chicago
Kansas City, MO. Oct.11, 2011 Exhibition Travels to Kansas City in April 2012 The King Survey of the Great Basin and Rocky Mountains, from 1867…
Rodin Sculptures Illustrate Power of Human Emotion
Kansas City, MO. Sept. 26, 2011 Exhibition is Second to be Featured in Bloch Lobby Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) was arguably the most celebrated sculptor of…
Impressions & Improvisations: The Prints of Romare Bearden Opens at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, MO. Sept. 20, 2011 Exhibition Offers In-Depth Look at Artist, Printmaking Artist Romare Bearden‟s life and art are marked by a broad range…
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…
Category: Press Releases
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,…
City Barrel Brewing Partnership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nelson-Atkins Partners with City Barrel Brewing to Create Exclusive Pale Ale Kansas City, MO. Oct. 20, 2022–The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has…
Evelyn Hofer’s City Photographs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nelson-Atkins and High Museum Present First Major Exhibition of Evelyn Hofer’s City Photographs Kansas City, MO. Sept. 26, 2022– Premiering at the…
Jan Hendrix
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan Hendrix Sculpture Installed at Nelson-Atkins Mirror Pavilion Addresses Nature’s Fragility Kansas City, MO. Sept. 14, 2022–An arresting sculpture by Jan Hendrix,…
Found in Translation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Exhibition by Regional Asian American Artists Opens Oct. 8 at Nelson-Atkins Found in Translation: Explorations by 8 Contemporary Artists Examines Complex Topics…
National Docent Symposium Hosted at Nelson-Atkins
Kansas City, MO. Sept. 6, 2022–The 2022 National Docent Symposium will be held in Kansas City at the Intercontinental Hotel Sept. 16-19 and hosted by…
Starlight Brings Monet + Friends Alive to Life
Starlight Brings Monet & Friends Alive to Life November 1 – December 31 Sponsored by Country Club Bank, Monet & Friends Alive Life, Light &…
Five Leonard Pryor Paintings Gifted to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Acquisition Deepens Holdings of Artists of Color Kansas City, MO. July 14, 2022–The two heirs of Kansas City artist and educator Leonard Pryor (1924-2015) have…
Between Myth and Reality: Ancient Greek Vases from Joslyn Art Museum
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ancient Greek Vases on View at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, MO. May 24, 2022– A new installation featuring nearly 40…