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December 13, 2018

“The Art of Ross Eugene Braught: Man of Imagination,” Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art

Fired by their shared admiration for the artist, collector Roland Sabates, M.D., and Albrecht-Kemper Museum director Dr. Brett Knappe teamed up to organize a major exhibition of Ross Braught.
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December 3, 2018

“NUANCE: Recent Paintings by Sherry Cromwell-Lacy,” Leedy-Voulkos Art Center

Are curators really just frustrated artists?  One senses the pent-up energy coursing through “NUANCE: Recent Paintings by Sherry Cromwell-Lacy” now at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center...
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November 26, 2018

Artist to Watch: Baldemar Rivas

One world might not be big enough for Baldemar Rivas. He’s a Kansas City transplant with California roots. The son of immigrants, he celebrates his Mexican heritage but doesn’t want to be known for it. And his art . . . he’s not tethering it to one realm or another, either.
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November 23, 2018

The Job: Douglas Drake

Veteran art dealer Doug Drake no longer maintains a brick-and-mortar gallery space, but he is still very much in the art game. Following 20 years running Douglas Drake Gallery and subsequent stints in development and fundraising, Drake, 74, has spent the last 10 years working as an independent art consultant, operating Drake Fine Art out of his home in Prairie Village, Kansas.
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November 22, 2018

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..
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November 20, 2018

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..
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November 20, 2018

Napoleon: Power and Splendor

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..
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November 19, 2018

Eager Artists, Twin Gallerys, Record Crowds: The Library Emerges an Art Destination

Some of the wishes were neatly spelled out. Others spilled out in a scrawl. Most all were warm and wistful, and from the heart. I..
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November 15, 2018

“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..
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