Three centuries ago, porcelain was the focus of intense competition about European superpowers, all who raced to discover how to make this “white gold” for themselves, after falling in love with imported Asian wares.
Traveling Giacometti exhibit coming to Nelson-Atkins in 2023
If you happen to be visiting the Seattle Art Museum before Oct. 9, 2022, you will have a chance to preview “Alberto Giacometti: Toward the Ultimate Figure” before it lands at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in March 2023.
Many new shows open in conjunction with start of new semester. And another blowout show of fashion & adornments puts garments and diverse makers at the fore.
Nelson-Atkins Begins Charging for Docent-Led Adult Tours
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, in a move reflecting changing museum economics, has begun charging for docent-led adult tours that had been free since the museum’s earliest days.
Strange and Beautiful: The Artistic Fruits of Spanish Colonialism in the Americas
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is currently hosting a rare exhibition of 15 fascinating paintings spanning the 17th and 18th centuries of Spanish colonial rule in South America.
American Art Deco: Designing for the People, 1918-1939
The tumultuous 20-year period between World War I and the beginning of World War II featured many significant social, political and economic changes throughout the world.
