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May 1, 2022 · Museum Admission. Daily admission is reservable up to two weeks in advance. If you are unable to reserve your tickets, your date is not within the two-week period OR we are closed for another reason such as weather or national holidays. If you have questions, please contact 1art@nelson-atkins.org or call 816.751.1278.
Guanyin is a Buddhist deity who offers protection. In the Lotus Sutra, Guanyin has 33 forms, including both female and male. In China, Guanyin’s forms are particularly boundless as the deity promises salvation regardless of the person’s upbringing or beliefs. This form, Guanyin of the Southern Sea, embodies Guanyin’s transformation of ...
Michel Monet bequest, 1966. Evelyn Hofer, American, born Germany (1922–2009). Phoenix Park on a Sunday, Dublin, 1966. Dye transfer print, 13 5/16 × 16 7/16 inches. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Gift of the Hall Family Foundation, 2019.39.14. ©Estate of Evelyn Hofer. BODY: Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926).
The power of art and the spirit of community are the heart of The Nelson-Atkins. With more than 42,000 art objects as part of the encyclopedic collection and free admission, you can take your time explore masterworks ranging from Ancient times to today, including one of the top three Asian art collections worldwide, commissioned Contemporary ...
May 9, 2009 · Today, Shuttlecocks is a beloved icon for The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and for Kansas City, but it wasn’t always so. When the husband-and-wife artist team, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, installed it in the museum’s Kansas City Sculpture Park in 1994, Shuttlecocks created quite a stir. Letters from those who loved its bright ...
Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise. The 17-foot-tall gilded doors, weighing 4 1/2 tons, are casts of the original doors created in the 15th-century workshop of sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti for the east facade of the Baptistery of the Duomo (cathedral) in Florence, Italy. Explore More.
Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (73 x 92.1 cm). Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust, 32-2. For the best experience, the catalogue should be viewed in the most recent versions of Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. The French Paintings Catalogue is generously supported by The Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation, The National Endowment ...
