Gaylord Torrence

Gaylord Torrence

Gaylord Torrence is Fred and Virginia Merrill Senior Curator of American Indian Art at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. He led the creation of the institution’s galleries, opened in 2010, and curated the celebrated 2014-15 exhibition “The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky.” Most recently, he guest curated the new installation of Native American art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is the author of “The American Indian Parfleche: A Tradition of Abstract Painting.”

In Memoriam: Remembering Morton Sosland

In Memoriam: Remembering Morton Sosland

I had the great pleasure of knowing Morton Sosland, publisher and editor, prominent civic leader, fundraiser and philanthropist, who died April 25 at the age of 93. Among his many endeavors, Morton was the major patron of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s American Indian Department for the past more than twenty years. Through the years, Morton and […]