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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

In the Studio Spans 70 Year Commitment to Visual Truth Kansas City, MO. July 31, 2018–Wilbur Niewald’s decades-long career as an artist is celebrated at…

Airstream Trailer Installed Outside Bloch Building; Appointments Taken July 19 Kansas City, MO. July 17, 2018– StoryCorps, a renowned nonprofit organization celebrating the stories of…

Kansas City, MO. June 28, 2018–Shirley Bush Helzberg, who served two consecutive terms as Chair of the Nelson-Atkins Board of Trustees, has stepped down as…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                Sculptures Installed Inside and Outside Museum Kansas City, MO. June 12, 2018– Wendell Castle: Shifting Vocabularies,…

Summer Show to Shed Light on Inner Workings of Museum KANSAS CITY, May 2, 2018 – This summer, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will present…

IMLS Grant Provides New Position, Funding for Three Years Kansas City, MO. April 17, 2018–A groundbreaking initiative to provide high quality, accessible, and inclusive programming…

Exhibition Celebrates $10 Million Hall Family Foundation Gift Kansas City, MO. March 20, 2018–The Big Picture: A Transformative Gift from the Hall Family Foundation opens…

Kansas City, MO. Feb. 13, 2018–Following an extensive, nationwide search, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City has hired Hathaway Maranda as Vice President,…

Kansas City, MO. Jan 17, 2018– The groundbreaking exhibition Through the Eyes of Picasso, which explores Pablo Picasso’s life-long fascination with art of Africa, Oceania…

Kansas City, MO. Dec. 18, 2017–Quay Coffee, a coffee shop which debuted in Kansas City’s River Market in June 2012, has opened a second location…