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Professor guides discussion on Nelson-Atkins exhibit

Written by Muleskinner Staff • November 19, 2015

By BETHANY SHERROW Assistant News Editor (KANSAS CITY, Mo., digitalBURG) — In July 1839, African captives aboard the Spanish vessel Amistad overtook Spanish slave traders who had illegally abducted...

KC museum lauds ties to real Monuments Men

Written by Muleskinner Staff • January 27, 2014

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City employed several of the people portrayed in the new movie, "The Monuments Men," which tells how they worked to save art threatened...

Nelson-Atkins hosts civil rights exhibit

Written by Muleskinner Staff • November 18, 2013

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A new exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City will highlight the role of artists and musicians played in the civil rights movement. The exhibit, called "History...

Maya Lin sculpture headed to KC's Nelson-Atkins

Written by Muleskinner Staff • October 31, 2013

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is preparing to install a Missouri River sculpture by architectural designer Maya Lin. The museum says in a release that the artwork,...

Nelson-Atkins Museum receives Picasso photos

Written by Muleskinner Staff • October 18, 2013

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City has received 161 photos from acclaimed photographer David Douglas Duncan, including 159 of artist Pablo Picasso. Duncan, a Kansas...