Nick Cave, American (b. 1959). Property, 2014. Mixed media including found and fabricated objects: iron shoeshine chair, vintage molds, thistle seed, concrete figure, ceramic birds, perfume-bottle birds, metal flowers, and strung beads, 92 × ...

Courtesy Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Offering Bowl with Bacchus, Hercules, and Coins, ”Patera of Rennes,” Roman, 208-209. Gold, 1 9/16 x 9 13/16 inches, weight: 2.9 pounds. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des monnaies, médailles ...

Unknown maker, American. Double Exposure: Girls with dolls and father, ca. 1945. Gelatin silver print, 3 3⁄4 x 2 1⁄2inches. Gift of Peter J. Cohen, 2015.9.111. Long before Instagram, people were taking amateur photographs. A new exhibit ...

Tom Sachs, American (born 1966). NASA Chawan, 2012. Porcelain with engobe inlay, 2.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 inches. Courtesy of Baldwin Gallery. Clay is an ancient art form, but artists are also finding innovative new uses for it today. The Nelson-Atkins ...

Hieronymus Bosch, Netherlandish (ca. 1450–1516). The Temptation of St. Anthony, ca. 1510-1520. Oil on panel (oak), 15 3/16 x 9 7/8 inches (38.6 x 25.1 cm). The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Purchase: William Rockhill ...

  Johannes Vermeer, Dutch (1632–1675). A Lady Writing, about 1665. Oil on canvas, Overall: 17 11/16 x 15 11/16 inches. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Harry Waldron Havemeyer and Horace Havemeyer, Jr., in memory of their ...

Photo courtesy Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art by Don Ipock. The annual Day of the Dead celebration is coming again to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art beginning Oct. 28. The museum is collaborating with local artists affiliated with Mattie Rhodes ...

Hale Aspacio Woodruff (American, 1900–1980), The Mutiny on the Amistad, 1939, oil on canvas, 72 x 120 inches. Collection of Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama.© Talladega College. Photo: Peter Harholdt Recently restored murals symbolizing ...