http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/columnists/alice_thorson/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2012Kansas City Star Alice Thorson 60 Sat, 26 May 2012 02:29:10 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/25/3626056/longtime-american-curator-to-leave.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/25/3626056/longtime-american-curator-to-leave.html#storylink=rss Fri, 25 May 2012 08:00 CDT 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. 1377776 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/18/3615643/rebellion-identity-underpin-three.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/18/3615643/rebellion-identity-underpin-three.html#storylink=rss Fri, 18 May 2012 13:00 CDT Bravura and vulnerability, role-playing and rebellion ricochet this spring through three one-person shows at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. 1377777 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/18/3615708/an-egg-a-guard-much-is-in-flux.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/18/3615708/an-egg-a-guard-much-is-in-flux.html#storylink=rss Fri, 18 May 2012 08:00 CDT Boundaries between collections are a thing of the past at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. 1377778 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/11/3605049/lawsuits-arent-the-only-answer.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/11/3605049/lawsuits-arent-the-only-answer.html#storylink=rss Fri, 11 May 2012 13:00 CDT When artworks in a collection turn out to be lost, stolen or fake, there are ways other than lawsuits to resolve the matter. 1377778 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/11/3605047/kc-art-museums-recover-from-recessions.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/11/3605047/kc-art-museums-recover-from-recessions.html#storylink=rss Fri, 11 May 2012 13:00 CDT 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. 1377779 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/27/3578475/nelson-shares-a-curator-to-enhance.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/27/3578475/nelson-shares-a-curator-to-enhance.html#storylink=rss Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:00 CDT The African galleries at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will be undergoing a transformation in coming months. The department has a new curator, Nii Quarcoopome, whose mission is to bring new energy to the room and exhibit cases. 1377779