Columnists

Longtime American curator to leave Nelson for Texas

For two decades, Margi Conrads put American art front and center at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, through big shows of American greats, stellar acquisitions and a comprehensive reinstallation of the museum’s American galleries.

Previous Columns

Rebellion, identity underpin three Nerman shows

May 17, 3:04 PM

Bravura and vulnerability, role-playing and rebellion ricochet this spring through three one-person shows at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.

An egg, a guard — much is in flux at the Nelson

May 17, 3:01 PM

Boundaries between collections are a thing of the past at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Lawsuits aren’t the only answer when an artwork’s origin is questionable

May 13, 12:36 AM

When artworks in a collection turn out to be lost, stolen or fake, there are ways other than lawsuits to resolve the matter.

Sting of recession fades for Kansas City’s art museums

May 13, 12:41 AM

The recession took a toll on Kansas City’s art museums, prompting some to mount fewer shows and others to cut staff or refrain from hiring as their endowments, investments and earned income dropped. Today’s brighter economic picture finds the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and many other museums, locally and around the country, in much better shape.