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Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art
Inventing
the Modern World
Decorative Arts at the
World's Fairs 1851-1939
April
14 to August 19
Charles
Duron, French, 1814–1872. Coupe, ca. 1867.
Agate with gilded and enameled brass. 5 x 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in.
(12.7 x 18.4 x 12.1 cm). Carnegie Museum of Art,
Pittsburgh, Women’s Committee Acquisition Fund,
Gift of Baroness Cassel Van Doorn, by exchange,
and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2008.76.
A
groundbreaking exhibition of extraordinary decorative arts and design
shown at world’s fairs from 1851 to 1939, representing the
pinnacle of artistic and industrial ingenuity, opens at The Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art in Kansas City April 14, and runs through August 19.
Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s
Fairs, 1851–1939, co-organized by the Nelson-Atkins and
Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, includes dozens of international
loans of furniture, metalwork, ceramics, glass, textiles, and jewelry,
many never before seen in the United States.
J.
Klotz, France (Paris), act. ca. 1867. Pair of Vases, 1867.
Glazed porcelain with chromolithography and gilding.
Each: 19 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (49.5 x 20.8 cm).
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Walter R. Bollinger Fund, 97.107.1–2.
Spanning
the most dynamic period in craftsmanship and manufacturing history,
Inventing the Modern World is organized chronologically and thematically,
with the overarching premise of innovation. Works exemplify technological
and scientific invention, cross-cultural influence, national pride,
modernism and historicism.
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Nelson-Atkins
Museum of Art
Timothy
H. O’Sullivan: The King Survey Photographs
April
7 to September 2
Timothy O'Sullivan, American, 1842-1882, b. Ireland.
Camp at Shoshone Falls, Idaho, 1868. Albumen print, 7 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches
(19.69 x 26.99 cm). Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.3316.
The photographs made by Timothy H. O’Sullivan
as part of the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel,
or King Survey, comprise an iconic and richly varied body of work.
The
first of the great post-Civil War Western expeditions, the King Survey
was organized under the authority of the U.S. Army Topographical Engineers.
Between 1867 and 1872, Clarence King, the geologist in charge, and his
party studied a vast swath of terrain, approximately 100 by 800 miles,
encompassing the path of the soon-to-be-completed transcontinental railroad,
from the border of California eastward to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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Brush
Creek Corridor Cultural Trail Map
What's
New In The Brush Creek Corridor?
www.bccp.org
Rockhurst
University's Greenlease Gallery
Unearthed
February
10 to March 10
Marcus Cain, Gathering, 2011, 20" x 16",
Acrylic, ink, watercolor on panel
Artwork courtesy Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art
Photography courtesy E.G. Schempf
From
prehistoric cave painting, to guardian figures on African reliquaries,
to countless statues of saints and angels, to the pop culture superheroes
and heroines, artwork has depicted how humans have sought help from
spirit guides. The exhibition brings together paintings, works on paper,
sculpture and videos by contemporary artists who deal with the complex
subject of supernatural intermediaries.
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