Visitors in American Paintings Gallery

Every visit to the Nelson-Atkins offers new and exciting discoveries. Our featured exhibitions bring the Museum’s outstanding collection of art together with magnificent works from private collections and world-renowned art institutions.


Featured Exhibitions

Rodin: Sculptures from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
Not on view until February 8
October 1, 2011—June 3, 2012
Landscapes East/Landscapes West: Representing Nature from Mount Fuji to Canyon de Chelly
August 27, 2011—February 26, 2012


Exhibitions

The following exhibitions are FREE.

The Starr Miniature Collection: Individual Representations

January 25—July 29, 2012

The Raft

January 21—April 29, 2012

The Photographs of Brett Weston

November 23, 2011—March 25, 2012

José Guadalupe Posada: Voice of the Mexican Common Man

October 29, 2011—February 12, 2012

Ault on Paper

October 5, 2011—April 29, 2012

Masterworks of the German Renaissance

September 11, 2011—February 12, 2012

Acts of Nature: Contemporary Decorative Arts

May 11, 2011—May 13, 2012


Upcoming Exhibitions

Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851–1939

April 14—August 19, 2012

Timothy H. O’Sullivan: The King Survey Photographs

April 7—August 26, 2012

Electromediascope Winter 2012: Alien Contact and Cultural Imagination

February 10—February 24, 2012