Installation View, Stan Douglas (b. 1960, Vancouver, Canada) Hors-Champs, 1992, two-channel video installation, 1320 min (loop), black-and-white, sound, Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro, and David Zwirner © Stan Douglas. Stan Douglas: Metronome, March 28, 2025 – October 12, 2025, Charlotte Crosby Kemper Gallery, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri. (photo by E.G. Schempf, 2025)
This fall, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (Kansas City, Missouri) invites you to explore two thought-provoking exhibitions that consider how geographic and cultural landscapes are shaped. Stan Douglas: Metronome charts global music influences and how they bridge contexts between cultures; Andrea Carlson: Shimmer on Horizons confronts the ongoing histories of Indigenous erasure and dispossession, while proposing that what appears to be lost can be remade, reimagined, or otherwise regained. Each exhibition offers richly detailed compositions ranging from painting, video, and photography that challenge viewers to examine how history is constructed, and ultimately, reimagined.
Stan Douglas: Metronome
On view through October 12, 2025
In a stunning exhibition featuring three major video works, Stan Douglas: Metronome investigates the intersection of technology, image-making, and collective memory through the mediums of film and photography. As an audiophile and former DJ, Douglas uses music as a metaphor for social and political conditions and a means for global cultural exchange. By intertwining historical moments with the present, his work highlights themes of memory, social unity, conflict, and the complexities of cultural interaction.
Andrea Carlson: Shimmer on Horizons
On view through February 15, 2026
Andrea Carlson (Grand Portage Ojibwe/European descent, b.1979; based in northern Minnesota and Chicago, Illinois) considers how landscapes are shaped by history, relationships, and power. Her artworks imagine places that are “everywhere and nowhere,” visualizing these shifting yet ever-present dynamics. Grounded in Anishinaabe understandings of space and time, the works in this exhibition reflect on how land carries memories of colonial expansion and violence, as well as Indigenous presence and resistance.
Kemper Museum’s exhibitions represent an ongoing commitment to connect audiences to global contemporary voices while producing programs that resonate with Kansas City’s local ecosystem. Home to a growing collection of nearly 1,500 works, the museum showcases both established and rising artists, with a strong emphasis on those from historically underrepresented communities. In addition to being Kansas City’s prime destination for contemporary art, Kemper Museum is a place for families and visitors to engage. From hands-on family activities and artist talks to community partnerships and thought-provoking exhibitions, the museum’s public programs invite people of all ages and backgrounds to connect, create, and be inspired.
Admission and parking are FREE. Learn more about Kemper Museum’s upcoming programs and
exhibitions at kemperart.org.
