Nan Chisholm

Nan Chisholm is an art consultant and appraiser of 19th- and 20th-century paintings. After a long association with Sotheby’s, she founded her own business in 2003. She has appeared as a fine art appraiser on “Antiques Roadshow” since its inception in 1995.

Arts News: Troost Transformation Continues with Fire Station Restoration

Kansas City’s Troost Avenue has a long and colorful history. Its name is derived from a Dutch immigrant and the city’s first resident doctor, Dr. Benoist Troost. Prior to settling in Missouri in 1845, Dr. Troost served in the Napoleonic wars. His contributions to his adopted hometown were not limited to medicine; he also published […]

February 26, 2020
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“Summer Wheat: Blood, Sweat, and Tears,” Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

I can’t remember ever having left an exhibition of paintings and subsequently thinking much about how they were created. The “Summer Wheat: Blood, Sweat, and Tears” exhibit of 17 paintings and drawings from 2017- 2019 at Kemper Museum of Contemporary has changed all that. Wheat considers her work to be “an intersection of painting, drawing […]

February 24, 2020
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“Lest We Forget,” World War I Museum and Memorial courtyard

“We are the last Mohicans,” observed Sonia Warshawski as she stood near her magnified likeness installed on the courtyard of the National World War I Museum and Memorial. Warshawski is one of 70 Holocaust survivors represented in “Lest We Forget,” an exhibition of photographic portraits by Luigi Toscano, which opened Sept. 20 and runs through […]

September 26, 2019
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Arts News: Charlotte Street Announces Capsule Performance Space Events

Charlotte Street Foundation never rests. The organization has begun construction on its new headquarters at 3333 Wyoming St. in the Roanoke neighborhood and announced the 32 artists for its 2019-20 Studio Residency Program in the Town Pavilion building downtown. Fall brings a full roster of events at the foundation’s new Capsule performance space at 1664 […]

September 6, 2019
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Arts News: Thomas Hart Benton Lithographs Inspire a New Book of Stories

Most of us have experienced the distinct pleasure of scrutinizing a work of art in person or studying a printed version in a book. We wonder, perhaps, what kind of relationship exists between the man and woman in the painting, or what might be going on in that house in the distance. Award-winning author and […]

May 10, 2019
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Garden of Eden

When congested airports, excess baggage and long lines at security all get to be too much, perhaps it’s time to consider a “staycation,” an excursion close to home that may alleviate some of the headaches of travel. Lucas, Kansas, (population around 400) is one such possible destination, located approximately 250 miles from Kansas City. It […]

April 10, 2019
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