NELSON-ATKINS OPENING GALA PHOTOS
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Architects Steven Holl (left) and Chris McVoy, principal designers of the new Bloch Building, got much attention during a gala preview opening Saturday night, which attracted more than 2,800 benefactors and patrons.
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More than 2,800 patrons and benefactors of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art were wined and dined Saturday night at a preview opening of the new Bloch Building (right).
ARCHIVED STORIES
- Rare images echo a distant time About 300 19th-century photographs from Hallmark Collection included in special exhibition.
- About the special section
- User’s guide to opening weekend
- Noguchi Court bridges gallery and garden
- Expansion gives original building breathing room
- Building on art for the future
- New books mark museum opening
- A tiny Renoir began impressive obsession Bloch collection gets its first public exhibition
- Quotable: Architect Holl on the Nelson
- Mask of the Bewitched
- Five new things to see
- Spotlight
- Sculpture Park is grounds for celebration
SPECIAL SECTION
THE NEW Museum | More than brick, mortar and glass
Building on art for the future
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BUILDING THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM EXPANSION: GLASS AND GLORY
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 | Part One: A shimmering vision Architect's vision materializes in the morning sun. » Part Two: The magic is in the 'lenses.' » Part Three: Art glistens in the sun » See photos of the Nelson-Atkins expansion |
NELSON-ATKINS SCULPTURE PARK
| Park is grounds for celebration The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is reopening its Sculpture Park to the public. The park will reveal new pathways, plantings, paintings, and locations for many sculptures. |
| » View a slideshow of the Nelson-Atkins Sculpture Park » Download a .pdf map of all the sculpture in the garden (6.08mb) » Sculpture Park video of a sculpture installation | |
