Bank helps the Nelson restore El Greco painting
Restoration is under way in Kansas City on one of El Greco’s great paintings, thanks to a grant from Bank of America.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art this week announced the grant from the bank’s global Art Conservation Project.
The painting ...
Nelson-Atkins puts its important daguerreotype collection on display
Pierre Victor Plumier, French (active 1840s–1850s). Lady in costume, ca. 1850. Daguerreotype, half plate, image size: 5 ½ x 4 ½ inches. Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, 2007.17.28. © Nelson Gallery Foundation.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum ...
Crosby Kemper, contributor to Midtown art museums, has died
Local banker R. Crosby Kemper, a major philanthropist in Kansas City, has died.
The Kansas City Star reports Kemper died Thursday night in California.
Kemper headed the UMB Financial Corporation and was a leading contributor to many civic causes ...
At gallery, silver objects can transport us to the past
Jeremiah Dummer, Boston, ca. 1690. Two-handled cup –“The Tufts Cup”, Silver 3 5/8 x 6 3/8 x 3 ¾ in. (9.2 x 16.2 x 9.5 cm). The Cahn Collection, St. Louis, Missouri
Works by American silversmiths go on display this month at the Nelson-Atkins ...
Nelson thanks Donald Hall by renaming sculpture park
The 22-acre sculpture garden at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art has a new name.
It’s now called The Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park.
“Hall and his late wife, Adele, have been strong and generous supporters of the Nelson-Atkins for many years,” ...
Nelson-Atkins to feature Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886–1957). Retrato de la Señora Natasha Gelman (Portrait of Mrs. Natasha Gelman), 1943. Oil on canvas, 45 ¼ x 60 ¼ inches. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art. The Vergel Foundation. ...
Creators of Nelson’s Electromediascope plan finale
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Patrick Clancy and Gwen Widmer brought the works of filmmakers, video artists and much more to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art for two decades. Their final program will run in April. Photo credit ...
Nelson-Atkins exhibit fuses American Indian culture with New York found objects
Photo courtesy Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
An exhibit opening Saturday at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art mixes American Indian culture with New York City’s lower east side.
Indian artist Brad Kahlhamer’s exhibit called “Bowery Nation” ...
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