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…

Artist Explores Difficult, Complicated Lives ‘That Otherwise Would Go Unnoticed’ Kansas City, MO. Nov. 27, 2017–Eugene Richards’s photographs speak to the most profound aspects of…

Updated Lighting and Digital Enhancements Featured Kansas City, MO. Nov. 16, 2017–The Japanese Galleries at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art re-open on Nov. 18 after…

$10 Million Hall Family Foundation Gift Dramatically Increases Nelson-Atkins Internationally Recognized Photography Collection    Spring Exhibition to Coincide with Foundation’s 75th Anniversary Kansas City, MO.…

Insect Links Painting to Travails of the Artist Kansas City, MO Nov. 6, 2017 – A small grasshopper embedded for more than a century in…

Exhibition Through the Eyes of Picasso Draws Large Crowds in First Weeks Kansas City, MO. Nov. 2, 2017–The grandson of artist Pablo Picasso will visit…

         Wide Array of Works Includes Poetry, Bible, Passport Kansas City, MO. Oct 18, 2017–More than Words: The Art of Calligraphy across Asia unveils the…

       Japanese Gallery Re-opens; Calligraphy Exhibition; Contemporary Japanese Ceramics Kansas City, MO. Oct 11, 2017– The Fall of 2017 through Spring 2018 celebrates Asian art…

Monsignor Timothy Verdon of Florence, Italy, to Bless Doors in October Kansas City, MO Sept. 7, 2017 – Following a dramatic, successful installation in Bloch…

      Sonic Sound Sculpture, Light Installation Mark Iconic Building’s First Decade Kansas City, MO. Aug. 18, 2017–A free, one-of-a-kind outdoor event featuring Quixotic, an innovative…