Why not? Vacant and blighted houses as art

Abandoned houses litter the Prospect corridor but seven will soon look better, artistic even. That’s because door-sized painted art panels unveiled Saturday will soon go up on them. Then painted art boards will also go on two windows in each ...

Career of important photographer coming to Nelson-Atkins

Image captions: Emmet Gowin, American (b. 1941). Edith, Danville, Virginia, 1971. Gelatin silver print (printed 1979), 8 x 9 15/16 inches. Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.1400. Visitors to the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art have a chance ...

Missouri Rep to stage play about artist at Nelson-Atkins

A Sunday on La Grand Jatte by Georges Seurat. The Missouri Rep is heading over to the Neson-Atkins Museum of Art  for a musical about neo-Impressionist painter Georges Seurat. A joint production of the Stephen Sondhem classical musical Sunday ...

Large “portrait busts” being assembled on Nelson-Atkins lawn

Courtesy Nelson-Atkins. Artist’s rendering. At the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art this week, tractor trailers will be pulling up and assembling four large “portrait busts” using a crane, forklift and cherry picker. Workers will then put ...

Photographer to speak of experiences in and since Iraq War

Ashley Gilbertson, Australian (b. 1978). Marine Cpl. Christopher G. Scherer 21, Was Killed by a Sniper on July 21, 2007, in Karmah, Iraq., 2009 (printed 2011). Inkjet print, 22 3/16 x 59 13/16 inches. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas ...

Museum to feature folk art starting March 28

  Grandma (Anna Mary Robertson) Moses, American , 1860-1961. The Old Checkered House, 1853, 1945-1946 . Gouache on Masonite. Unframed: 14 1/8 x 21 1/8 inches (35.88 x 53.66 cm) Framed: 21 11/16 x 28 9/16 inches (55.09 x 72.55 cm). Gift ...

Interactive museum exhibit explores art of architecture

Courtesy Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Local architects have helped the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art put together its first architectural exhibit. The Nelson-Atkins says an advisory task force from Barkley, BNIM, the City of Kansas City, el dorado ...

Nelson-Atkins kicks off Chinese Year of the Sheep Feb. 13

Photo courtesy Nelson-Atkins by Mark McDonald On Feb. 13, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art begins its annual celebration of the Chinese New Year. The museum has been hosting the celebration for 18 years and uses the family celebration to encourage ...

Nelson to exhibit pictures of soldiers

  Judith Joy Ross, American (b. 1946). P.F.C. Maria I. Leon, U.S. Army Reserve, On Red Alert, Gulf War, 1990. Gelatin silver print (printed 2006), 9 11/16 x 7 11/16 inches. Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, 2012.28.5.An exhibition of ...

Nelson-Atkins hires its first Chief Information Officer

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has taken another step toward using digital technology to bring art and people together, it says, through the hiring of its first chief information officer. The museum has hired Doug Allen, owner of an Overland ...