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January 4, 2018

A Fresh Look at Picasso and the Art That Inspired Him

It’s finally happened — a blockbuster Picasso show at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Organized by the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, “The Eyes of Picasso” is a rare treat, pairing 60 works by Picasso with sublime examples of the African art that inspired him. Viewed with fresh eyes, that relationship is the show’s driving theme. “If you think you know Picasso there are going to be new discoveries,” said Nelson-Atkins CEO and director Julián Zugazagoitia.
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January 4, 2018

Artist to Watch: Christine Grossman

Christine Grossman, principal violist for the Kansas City Symphony, was reluctant. As a teenager, she wasn’t sure she wanted to switch from violin to viola. As a born and bred New Yorker, she wasn’t sure she wanted to be principal in an orchestra in the middle of America. She’s changed her mind: “What I love about the Kansas City arts scene is an openness and a welcoming spirit among the musicians and artists."
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January 3, 2018

The High Art of the Throw-Away

Six artists make the most of materials found, discarded, avoided or unappreciated in the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art’s “Ephemera” exhibit, which opened in time to be seen by visitors to the 27th International Sculpture Conference, from Oct. 25 through 28, in Kansas City. Presented in pairs in three spacious first floor galleries, the artists source wildly different artistic media from the throw-away world of global capitalism or forgotten elements of nature.
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January 2, 2018

‘As One’ Delves the Complexity of Transgender Life

“As One” is the story of one soul torn between two identities, a story of courage, of truth, of searching and of self-discovery. It is the story of Hannah, in her journey to realize herself as a young transgendered woman. “As One” is a chamber opera composed by Laura Kaminsky, with co-librettists Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed. The opera premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2014.
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January 2, 2018

Open Spaces: Arts Update

Dan Cameron, curator and artistic director of Open Spaces, will select approximately 25 visual artists — regional, national and international — to develop projects for..
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January 2, 2018

Open Spaces: Kansas City’s First Arts Biennial Starts in Swope Park

80 Artists to Present Projects and Performances City Wide Kansas City’s arts scene is anticipating a big shot of steroids from this summer’s debut of..
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January 2, 2018

Honors: Angelica Sandoval

In her porcelain sculptures, Kansas City artist Angelica Sandoval embraces potential problems and relies on wabi-sabi, the Japanese idea of accepting and embracing imperfection.
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January 2, 2018

Kansas City Ballet Celebrates 60 Years of Dance

The Kansas City Ballet, one of the diamonds in Kansas City’s crown, turns 60 this year. Last season, the Kansas City Ballet reached more than 90,000 people through outreach, dance education and training, and performances combined. Last June, the company hosted the annual national DanceUSA Conference, which gathered over 500 industry professionals from across the country to Kansas City.
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January 2, 2018

Bold, Audacious, Artist-Led

By any conventional measure, the theater company run by a committee system should have years ago blown up in a supernova of egos. But it didn’t. And the quality of KCAT’s work is better than ever. As someone who has been reviewing plays in Kansas City for more than two decades, I can say that KCAT has mounted some of the best shows I’ve seen, going all the way back to its very first production in 2005.
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