Sculpture Park is grounds for celebration
Bird song and sparkling water.</p> <p/>Curving pathways with a surprise at every turn.</p> <p/>The metal glint of sculptural works from every sight line.</p>
View ArticleMask of the Bewitched
Specially designed cases in the African galleries in the Bloch Building will feature rotating displays of work from the collection.
View ArticleQuotable: Architect Holl on the Nelson
Architect Steven Holl is known for his philosophical ideas about the blending of space, light and bodily movement in making buildings. His plan for the Nelson is different, he says, from other...
View ArticleA tiny Renoir began impressive obsession Bloch collection gets its first...
When national art magazines do their roundups of top collectors, Marion and Henry Bloch regularly appear on their lists. Beginning in the 1970s, the couple carefully put together a choice group of...
View ArticleExpansion gives original building breathing room
While the opening of the Bloch Building next weekend seems like the main event, it's really just one of the new things to see at the Nelson-Atkins.
View ArticleAbout the special section
Steve Paul, senior writer and editor, has been on the staff since 1975. His three-part series in 2004, Glass & Glory: Building Art, reported on the design and construction of the glass lenses of...
View ArticleNew books mark museum opening
No fewer than four new books mark the opening of the Bloch Building and highlight the work of architect Steven Holl.
View ArticleBuilding on art for the future
As an institution, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will turn 75 next year. Looking back at 1933, you have to marvel over what Kansas City was able to produce in the midst of the Depression.
View ArticleRare images echo a distant time About 300 19th-century photographs from...
The Nelson's Hallmark Photographic Collection gets star billing with the opening of the Bloch Building.
View ArticleSpotlight
Henry Bloch once visited the spot in Paris where Camille Pissarro painted the Rue Saint-Honoré in 1898. He was accompanied by the artist's great grandson, Joachim Pissarro.
View ArticleNoguchi Court bridges gallery and garden
As Bloch Building visitors make their way toward the south end of the addition, they'll find an opportunity to linger in a meditative oasis.
View ArticleUser's guide to opening weekend
OPENING EVENTS Saturday, June 9 10 a.m. Brief building dedication followed by museum opening. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Jazz on the Nichols Plaza and Noguchi Court Terrace.
View ArticleFive new things to see
Exposure #9: N.Y.C., Grand Central Station, 12.18.01, 1:21 p.m. (detail; 2001), by Barbara Probst
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