Nelson starts new Third Thursday event
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is launching Third Thursdays beginning this week on Nov. 20.
The evenings will include live music, art activities and free programs with a different theme each month. The inaugural evening, Crafting KC, spotlights ...
Museum acquires painting of Lead Belly
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has acquired a new painting of Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter that once belonged to Harry Belafonte,
Image credit: Charles White, American, (1918–1979). Goodnight Irene, 1952. Oil on canvas, 47 x 24 inches ...
Major exhibition on Plains Indians opens at Nelson-Atkins
Tipis on the lawn of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Photo credit: Kalie Hudson
Tipis on the lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum and other places around Kansas City signal the opening of the big Plains Indian show.
The exhibition features works ...
Nelson-Atkins painting to be used on stamp
Photo courtesy Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Thomas Moran (born England), 1837–1926. Grand Canyon, dated 1912 Oil on pressboard 15-7/8 × 23-7/8 inches (40.3 × 60.6 cm). Bequest of Katherine Harvey.
The U.S. Postal Service is putting a painting ...
Nelson-Atkins director honored by French
Photo courtesy Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
The director of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has received an award from the French Ministry of Culture. Julián Zugazagoitia was awarded the L’ordre des Arts et des Lettres (The Order of Arts ...
Want to be part of the biggest picnic ever?
The front lawn of the Nelson this morning from the museum’s live camera. On Sunday, this lawn will be full of people for what organizers hope will be the biggest picnic the region has ever seen.
Organizers are hoping to bring off the largest ...
Ancient shrine restored, on display at Nelson-Atkins
Photo courtesy James Gleason
It took more than a year, but conservators at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art have carefully stripped away layers of grime to reveal an elaborately-carved Indian shrine.
Now the shrine has been reassembled and is ...
Miniatures on loan to Nelson-Atkins Museum
The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures is closed for renovation, but some of its miniatures are now sprinkled throughout the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Nelson officials said they are supporting their neighbor museum and hope the exhibition ...
Labyrinth opening celebrates outdoor museum exhibits
A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, May 22 opens a permanent installation at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. It also moves the museum closer to a long-term goal that goes back to its early years: to create an outdoor museum for the people ...
Glass labyrinth going up in Nelson-Atkins sculpture park
Photo credit: Josh Ferdinand for the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
At the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, installation of a glass-walled labyrinth designed by Kansas City native Robert Morris, his first permanent labyrinth in the United States, ...
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