Deep Connections Explored Among Color, Creation, Cosmos Kansas City, MO - The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City is proud to announce the upcoming exhibition, Painted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art, opening Nov. 1, 2025,…

Personal Best Features Local Artist-Athletes Kansas City, MO - Kansas City’s role as a host site for FIFA World Cup 26 inspired a new exhibition at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The fifth exhibition in the museum’s KC Art Now…

Kansas City, MO -- The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation has generously given The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City an exhibition consisting of original artworks and related archival material tied to the 1978 Wrapped Walk Ways project,…

“Mapping the Heavens” explores connections between scholars, scientists, historians and artists Mapping the Heavens: Art, Astronomy, and Exchange between the Islamic Lands and Europe The art and science of astronomy as it evolved in…

Since 1997, the prestigious Charlotte Street Visual Artist Awards and accompanying exhibitions have celebrated the outstanding achievements of local contemporary artists. For the first time, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has the honor of hosting…

Widespread, Enduring Legacy Examined through Lens of Students, Rivals, Colleagues Kansas City, MO - The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City presents a sweeping exhibition that details the enormous impact of Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese,…

Costumed Subjects Transformed into Variety of Characters Kansas City, MO -- Early photography is ripe with creative fictions. Actors, children, aristocrats, models, artists, psychiatric patients, maids, and all manner of the working class posed in…

Acquisition Endowment Created with Proceeds Kansas City, MO - The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City announced that the Claude Monet painting Mill at Limetz, 1888, was sold at auction at Christie’s in New York May 16 for $21,685,000.…

Museum Also Announces Appointment of New Chief Marketing Officer Kansas City, MO – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City has announced two hires in its Curatorial division, as well as a new Chief Marketing Officer. Tahnee…

Final Known Work of Maria Cosway Given to Nelson-Atkins Painting is Second Major European Gift from James and Virginia Moffett Collection Kansas City, MO. March 12, 2024–A major painting by an esteemed 18th-century female artist was gifted…

Artist’s Exuberant, Whimsical Works Delight While Tackling Social Issues Kansas City, MO -- The first full-career U.S. retrospective of French American avant-garde artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) opens April 27 at The…

Self-Portrait Series Illuminates Artist’s Search for Self Kansas City, MO -- A unique and compelling body of work by photographer Melissa Shook opens March 9 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. In a series of approximately…

Venezuelan Artist Elias Crespin to Oversee Installation Kansas City, MO - A dramatic, ever-shifting, hanging sculpture will be installed in Bloch Lobby as The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City continues celebrating its 90th year. Grand…

$4.5 Million Earmarked for Photography Department Over Three-Year Period Kansas City, MO -- The Hall Family Foundation, in its continuing support of the photography program at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, has given a $4.5 million…