Announcements
Memento # 5 Travels to New York
Our prominent Kerry James Marshall painting was deinstalled for a trip to New York’s New Museum for the exhibition Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America, Jan. 27- June 13. Nelson-Atkins Director & CEO Julián Zugazagoitia talks about the importance of the exhibition — and our beloved painting.
Press Releases
Nelson-Atkins Begins Serial Release of French Paintings Catalogue
A 12-year scholarly project involving curators, conservators, scientists, and independent scholars at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City culminates with the launch of a digital catalogue of the museum’s French paintings and pastels.
Water Lilies Painting Focus of Immersive Experience at Nelson-Atkins
The beloved painting that has been the centerpiece for the Bloch Galleries at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Claude Monet’s Water Lilies, will be moved to a dedicated gallery for an exciting, immersive exhibition, Monet Water Lilies: From Dawn to Dusk, opening Feb. 12.
Nelson-Atkins Statement Regarding Reduction in Force
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art this week took measures to reduce the size of its staff, the result of the debilitating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ideals of Beauty, Female Figure Explored in Nelson-Atkins Exhibition
The exhibition Perfectly Imperfect: Cranach, Dürer and the Renaissance Nude compares and contrasts the female nudes of the two most important artists of the German Renaissance.
Trailers
Among Friends
They were more than famous Impressionist artists- they were the best of friends.
French Paintings Catalogue:
For the first time, the museum is releasing a digital catalogue offering free and open access to everyone.
Gordon Parks X Muhammad Ali
Organized in collaboration with The Gordon Parks Foundation, this exhibition features approximately 55 photographs, many never before published.
Monet Water Lilies:
Come see Water Lilies as you’ve never seen it before in an exciting new exhibition.
