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December 4, 2025

Still they rise

Against the odds, Black women painters in Kansas City are forging a historic path and creating artistic communities through love, resilience and courage.

November 3, 2025

Painted Worlds: Color and Culture in Mesoamerican Art

This fall and winter, the vibrant art of Mesoamerica is coming to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

October 30, 2025

Editor’s Letter, November/December 2025

In this issue, Robert Trussell chronicles the climate of fear created by government attacks on DEI.

October 23, 2025

Arts News: Streetcar arrival energizes plan for the Arterie pathway connecting KC’s cultural district

With a planned launch Nov. 2, The Arterie is a newly established winding pathway through an envisioned “cultural district” in Kansas City.

October 10, 2025

John Smart: Virtuoso in Miniatures

Few artists captured the faces—and ambitions—of a rising class as compellingly as John Smart (1741-1811).

September 16, 2025

Fall Visual Arts Exhibition Highlights: Kansas City Metro

This fall, Kansas City's visual arts scene comes alive with standout exhibitions that showcase everything from emerging local artists to celebrated national names.

September 2, 2025

Editor’s Letter, September/October 2025

While the defunding of public media grabbed headlines in late summer, museums too are struggling in the current political and cultural climate.

August 18, 2025

Arts Brief: 2025 Mary Atkins Lecture at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Art historian Richard Spear will deliver this year’s Mary Atkins Lecture, titled “Caravaggio and His ‘Cardsharps’ on Trial,” Sept. 4 in Atkins Auditorium.

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