Arts News: New Book Looks at the Spiritual in Contemporary Art
For decades the subject of spirituality and/or religion in contemporary art has either been denied or repressed. The academy, art museums and galleries have dealt..
The Hidden Humanity of Ceramics: Two Recent Works by Kahlil Robert Irving
Our penchant for immediate gratification is part of what makes two of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art’s recent acquisitions so tantalizing and bedeviling. Kahlil..
Napoleon was many things: a skilled general, a cunning strategist and politician, husband, father and a charismatic leader. He was also a master of managing..
“Maja Godlewska: On the Basis of Encounters,” Greenlease Gallery, Rockhurst University
It’s a tangled, twisting tale Maja Godlewska tells in the paintings of her exhibition at Rockhurst University’s Greenlease Gallery. Punctuated with bursts of tropical heat..
“Our focus is on artists as artists, not artists with disabilities,” says Kansas City artist Jillian Youngbird, community outreach and media coordinator for Imagine That! a creative home for nearly 60 area artists with developmental disabilities.
Arts News: American Indian Artists Reflect on Identity in New Exhibit
Life in America is inherently political. Especially so if your heritage is indigenous to this land. The upcoming Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art exhibit “(RE)CLAIM” features..