Steve Paul

September 30, 2026

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | Architect Tom Nelson’s vision shaped skylines and careers

For the late Tom Nelson, architecture was a means to imagine a better life, not only for his clients but for the community and the civic realm at large.

September 4, 2026

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | Crystal Bridges and its arts collection keep on growing

In the vast and newly reinstalled collection of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, it’s instructive and enlightening to be greeted right away in a gallery walk-through with two major pieces that help define its mission.

June 30, 2026

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | The design wheels are turning for Nelson-Atkins expansion

The architectural team had just walked the grounds of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art when they sat for a debriefing.

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May 14, 2026

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | Disruption, discovery and cultural despair as AI collides with art

Some months ago, I found myself mesmerized in a room full of pulsing blue waves. It was an immersive, multimedia installation by the Turkish artist Refik Anadol in Istanbul’s Museum of Modern Art.

March 16, 2026

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | Remembering James Grauerholz, who nurtured a Lawrence scene

William S. Burroughs, the avuncular and sardonic Beat sage and crusty cultural lightning rod, became, in his later years, the literary beacon of Lawrence, Kansas.

January 8, 2026

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | In praise and gratitude for Tomi Ungerer, picture-book artist, rebel spirit

A two-day symposium in November celebrated the life and work of a fascinating creator, Tomi Ungerer (1931-2019).

October 6, 2025

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | A rare and powerful artwork puts on a new face at UMKC

At a time when a reckless, small-minded assault spreads like a virus over the arts and humanities, we must remain grateful for small pleasures and achievements.

September 23, 2025

See Hear: Steve Paul on Rambling Around the Arts | 100 Years Later, ‘Gatsby’ Still Reveals Lasting Lessons

Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, years before their complicated friendship began in Paris, spent months in the Kansas City area at the very same time.

August 28, 2025

Arts News | New public artwork taking shape for Barney Allis Plaza

The Belgian art and engineering team proposing a large-scale installation around the rebuilt Barney Allis Plaza came up with a brilliant plan.

Author: Steve Paul