Kansas City Star: Visual Arts http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/visual_arts/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013Kansas City Star Visual Arts 60 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:24:16 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) Summer visual arts: A lively mix of artists and ideas http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4248141/summer-fun-visual-arts-the-shows.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4248141/summer-fun-visual-arts-the-shows.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00 CDT Modern Mexican art, contemporary New York abstraction and probing photographs of the American West head up the summer's offerings at Kansas City's art museums. Meanwhile, It's a big summer for art in St. Louis, where the St. Louis Art Museum will open a 211,431-square-foot wing designed by David Chipperfield. Epsten Gallery exhibit solidifies Lester Goldman's legacy http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4247992/exhibit-at-epsten-gallery-solidifies.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4247992/exhibit-at-epsten-gallery-solidifies.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 19:46 CDT "Tale of the Eye: The Art of Lester Goldman," which closes Sunday at Village Shalom's Epsten Gallery, touches on various points in the late Kansas City artist's career and his vast exploration of subjects and media. Long lost art is found wearing a price tag http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243439/long-lost-art-is-found-wearing.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4243439/long-lost-art-is-found-wearing.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 19:27 CDT A 1918 work by Edwin Blashfield, "The Call of Missouri," was displayed for years at the Kansas City Public Library. It disappeared in 1983. A six-year search found it online -- on sale for $650,000. Spencer Museum's collection inspires two artists to take different paths http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4239808/the-spencer-museums-collection.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/18/4239808/the-spencer-museums-collection.html#storylink=rss Sat, 18 May 2013 23:36 CDT Ann Hamilton and her former teacher, Cynthia Schira, have teamed up for a joint exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas. "An Errant Line" derives its most compelling moments from the human drama of the presepio. 'An innate taste for art' defined collector and dealer Byron Cohen http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4239513/byron-c-cohen-an-innate-taste.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4239513/byron-c-cohen-an-innate-taste.html#storylink=rss Thu, 16 May 2013 12:09 CDT The local art world will remember Byron Cohen, who died May 10 at the age of 72, as a dealer who loved his work and was also good at it. Cohen was an avid art collector before retiring from real estate development to become a dealer. Art review | 'Srimary Ptructures' at Dolphin tells a story through trash http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/08/4223485/art-review-srimary-ptructures.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/08/4223485/art-review-srimary-ptructures.html#storylink=rss Wed, 08 May 2013 13:00 CDT Bleak minimalist sculptures and paintings feature unstretched canvas, thick paints, trash bags, rags, scrap wood, art magazines and cardboard, carefully stacked and glued into compositions that refer to both piles of trash and the aesthetics of early abstract art movements. Art museums get new chairwomen of their boards http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4212062/shirley-bush-helzberg-named-chair.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4212062/shirley-bush-helzberg-named-chair.html#storylink=rss Wed, 01 May 2013 19:02 CDT Shirley Helzberg adds Nelson-Atkins to her long list of leadership posts, and a Kemper daughter steps into her father's shoes at museum. Celluloid meltdown inspired painter Nicole Mauser's works http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4210613/may-first-friday-guide.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4210613/may-first-friday-guide.html#storylink=rss Wed, 01 May 2013 13:00 CDT New abstractions by Nicole Mauser at The Beggars Table Church and Gallery top the list of May First Fridays attractions. Mauser's Crossroads exhibit, "Lacuna," includes a series of collages inspired by a malfunctioning film projector. At Brookside Art Annual, fine art deserves fine manners http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4210626/the-28th-brookside-art-annual.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4210626/the-28th-brookside-art-annual.html#storylink=rss Wed, 01 May 2013 20:00 CDT With a new festival season upon us -- the 28th Brookside Art Annual runs Friday through Sunday -- we're going to review the etiquette of art shows, with tips from artist/writer Rice Freeman-Zachery's blog. 'Tender Shreds' feminist renderings bring together threads of Israeli life http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/29/4208647/tender-shreds-feminist-renderings.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/29/4208647/tender-shreds-feminist-renderings.html#storylink=rss Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:02 CDT The piece by Andi LaVine Arnovitz is titled "Wearing Our Worries" or "Dress of the Jewish Mother." The Kansas City-born artist draws appreciative laughs from her Jewish Community Center audience when she tells how women with their own fears come up to her to exclaim: "I have two or three of those in my closet!" An artist's film takes satiric look at KC and its creative core http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/27/4202268/an-artists-film-takes-satiric.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/27/4202268/an-artists-film-takes-satiric.html#storylink=rss Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:57 CDT In her new film, "NV in KC," artist Judith Levy presents a send-up of a fictional conceptual art project that involves ranking Kansas City artists and institutions. New York's Museum of Modern Art set to raze its stark folk art neighbor http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/27/4202457/heres-an-idea-use-dont-lose-new.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/27/4202457/heres-an-idea-use-dont-lose-new.html#storylink=rss Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:00 CDT In a flabbergasting act of cultural vandalism, New York's Museum of Modern Art is set to destroy the building next door, the former American Folk Art Museum, because it doesn't look right. Plug Projects' blend of art and design backfires http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/24/4198189/plug-projects-blend-of-art-and.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/24/4198189/plug-projects-blend-of-art-and.html#storylink=rss Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:00 CDT The group show "Floor Plan," on display through May 5 at Plug Projects, opens old debates about art and design. The show features works by Kate Faler, Michael Fujita, Dan Funderburgh, Brian Giniewski, Gary Katchadourian, Tom Lauerman and the creative team of Rie Egawa and Burgess Zbryk Hey, that nude at the Nelson just ran off! http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/22/4196390/hey-that-nude-at-the-nelson-just.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/22/4196390/hey-that-nude-at-the-nelson-just.html#storylink=rss Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:09 CDT If you're interested in the nude form, the Nelson-Atkins Museum is an excellent venue. Inside's not so bad, either. Turns out the iconic Shuttlecocks have been an unauthorized prop for posing young ladies, sans clothing.