Shortly before Christmas, a friend and I met at the Nelson Atkins Museum for lunch in Rozelle Court and to tour a new exhibition called “Monet and His Modern Legacy.” The Nelson Atkins Museum describes this as an exhibition “exploring Claude Monet’s transformative impact on a later generation of American […]
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Another Trip to the Nelson-Atkins: California Gold Rush Daguerreotypes
I’ve written before about viewing exhibits at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. I was there again shortly before Christmas, this time to see a temporary exhibit of daguerreotypes taken of miners and locations associated with the California Gold Rush. Since this was the subject of my novel, […]
Continue readingNapoleon Exhibit at the Nelson-Adkins Museum: Propaganda at Its Best
Last month my husband and I spent an hour or so at the Nelson-Adkins Museum in Kansas City viewing the special exhibit entitled “Napoleon: Power and Splendor.” The exhibit was a little unusual for an art museum, I thought, but very effective. Most of the artworks on display were not […]
Continue readingBloch Galleries at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
A few weeks ago I did something I’ve been wanting to do since March—I went to the new Bloch Galleries at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Actually, the Bloch Galleries are in an older part of the museum, but they have been newly renovated and new works displayed. Henry Bloch […]
Continue readingQuestions of History Raised by Roman Empire Treasures
A few weeks ago my husband and I went to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City to see the exhibit of Roman Empire luxuries—gold jewelry, silver platters, bronze statuettes, and other artifacts. I was most impressed with the jewelry. I don’t wear much jewelry other than earrings, but […]
Continue readingDepicting History in Images and Words (Thomas Hart Benton, Hollywood, and me)
Over the Christmas break, I went to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City to see a special exhibit called American Epics: Thomas Hart Benton and Hollywood. I’ve always liked Benton’s artwork. Each piece tells its own story, and his murals show aspects of an era or of our […]
Continue readingSeeking Inspiration at the Plains Indians Exhibit (Nelson Atkins Museum of Art)
As soon as I heard about it, I wanted to see the Plains Indians special exhibit at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. After all, I’m writing novels about travel across the plains in the 1840s—my visit to the museum would be research. So my husband and […]
Continue readingChinese Landscapes – Ancient and Modern – and the Search for Spiritual Order
One of my favorite oases in Kansas City is the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. I go there when I have a spare hour or two. Last week I went to the Nelson’s special exhibit entitled “Journey through Mountains and Rivers: Chinese Landscapes Ancient and Modern,” and came away with a new […]
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