Tag: acquisitions
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…
Tag: acquisitions
Nelson-Atkins Acquires Armenian Masterwork
Elevates Museum’s Holdings in Medieval Manuscripts, Art Kansas City, MO. Nov.15, 2016–A manuscript internationally recognized as one of the greatest Armenian illuminated…