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Art Historian Discusses One Of The Oldest Fountains In America

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Curator Robert Cohen talks about the Roman fountain in the Rozzelle Court Restaurant at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

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Fri April 6, 2012

Innovation The Key To World's Fair Exhibition

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The Crystal Palace from the northeast from Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851, published 1854.

Credit Castellani, Italy (Rome), 1814–1927. Diadem, ca. 1860. Gold. 1 x 5 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (2.5 x 14 x 11 cm) / Private Collection.

Similar designs of this diadem were shown at the London International Exhibition of 1862.

Credit Fukagawa Yeizaemon, Japanese, 1833–1889. Vase, ca. 1875. Glazed and enameled porcelain. 30 x 13 in. (76.3 x 32.9 cm). / Philadelphia Museum of Art: The General Hector Tyndale Memorial Collection, 1897, 1897-352a.

Japanese vase shown at the Centennial International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876.

Credit John La Farge, American, 1831–1910. Lunette, ca. 1880–82. Stained glass. Framed: 34 3/4 x 68 7/8 x 2 in. (88.3 x 174.9 x 5.1 cm). / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. Otto Heinigke, 1916, 16.153.1.

This lunette was shown at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889.

Credit Louis Majorelle, French, 1859–1926. Cabinet, ca. 1900. Kingwood, mahogany, amaranth with various woods, gilded bronze, and replacement textile. 71 5/8 x 23 1/4 x 18 1/8 in. (181.9 x 59.1 x 46 cm). / Indianapolis Museum of Art, Purchased in memory of Josephine Cowgill Jameson (Mrs. Booth Tarkington Jameson) by the Alliance of the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the Josephine Cowgill Jameson Fund, 1991.42.

A model of this cabinet was shown at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900.

Moving sidewalk, Pont des Invalides. Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900. Courtesy of Brown University Library.

Credit Raymond Ruys, designer, Belgian, 1885–1956. Delheid Frères, manufacturer, Belgium (Brussels), 1828–1981. Zaire Centerpiece Bowl, 1930. Silver. 5 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (13.3 x 27.3 cm) / The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Purchase: the Charlotte and Perry Faeth Fund, 2002.4.

Zaire Centerpiece bowl, shown at the Exposition Internationale Coloniale, Maritime et d'Art Flamand, Antwerp, 1930.

Credit Gilbert Rohde, American, 1894–1944. Herman Miller Clock Company, United States (Zeeland, MI), 1927–1937. Z-Clock, 1933. Glass, enamel and chromium-plated steel. 11 3/4 x 12 x 3 in. (29.9 x 30.5 x 7.6 cm). / Dallas Museum of Art, anonymous gift, 2006.19.

A model of this Z-Clock was shown at A Century of Progress International Exposition, 1933.

Credit Westinghouse Manufacturing and Electric Company, United States (Pittsburgh, PA), 1886–present. Radio Broadcasting Panel, 1933. Micarta with aluminum, steel and wood. 49 1/2 x 97 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (125.7 x 247.7 x 3.2 cm). / The Wolfsonian-Flordia International University, Miami Beach, Flordia, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection, XX1989.190a-c.

Radio broadcasting panel shown at A Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago, 1933.

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View of the 1964 New York World's Fair from the observation towers of the New York State Pavilion; the Unisphere is in the center, Shea Stadium background left.

Credit Eberhard von Nellenburg / Wikipedia Commons

Habitat 67, a housing complex designed by architect Moshe Safdie, built for Expo 67 in Montreal.

With a limited budget and 81 days, Generator Studio constructed an interactive space in conjunction with Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs 1851–1939 on the grounds of The Nelson.

By Laura Spencer

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The first World’s Fair was held in London in 1851. It's a tradition that continues today; Expo 2012 takes place May 12 - August 12 in South Korea.

12:04 pm

Thu February 2, 2012

MLS Prospects Try Their Feet At Art

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Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR

Back row (left to right): Casey Townsend, Luis Silva, and Sam Garza; Front row (left to right): Nick DeLeon, Chandler Hoffman, Tony Cascio

By Laura Spencer

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Major League Soccer has tried new ways in recent years to generate publicity for the SuperDraft – when college graduates and others are signed to the league. On January 11, the day before the SuperDraft took place in Kansas City, MLS prospects mixed it up...at a museum.

6:00 pm

Tue December 13, 2011

Nelson-Atkins' Design Competition Aims At Innovation

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London's Serpentine Gallery commissions temporary pavilions from internationally acclaimed architects. This pavilion, designed by Frank Gehry, was built in 2008.

Unveiled at the 2010 Shanghai Expo, the UK Pavilion, designed by Thomas Heatherwick, is six stories tall and features 60,000 translucent rods that channel sunlight into the interior of the pavilion.

This design, the Nimbus Project, was submitted to a competition in New York City in which designers were asked to create buildings with as little environmental impact as possible.

By Steve Kraske and Luke Martin

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From the Ferris wheel to the ice cream cone, some pretty influential things have been unveiled at World's Fairs. For Kansas City, even an upcoming exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art featuring World's Fair fare is getting some local designers and architects excited.

1:47 pm

Thu September 29, 2011

Bloch Building Filled with Sculptures of Rodin [VIDEO]

Credit photos: Laura Spencer/KCUR

An image of Rodin's "The Thinker" on the wall of the Bloch Building. Visitors will be able to see the image along Rockhill Road at night.

By Laura Spencer

"Rodin: Sculptures from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation" displays 40 bronze sculptures in the Bloch Lobby of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

By Laura Spencer

Kansas City, Mo. – The exhibition, only the second to be installed in the lobby, is divided into three sections: figures related to the "Gates of Hell," a massive bronze portal; commissioned historical and cultural heroes; and a series of hands.

12:32 pm

Wed August 24, 2011

Visitors Vote on Scumak to Add to NAMA's Collection

Credit photo: Laura Spencer/KCUR

Museum visitors Joan Newell, Jennifer Baxter, and Rachel Newell after voting for their favorite Scumaks.

By Laura Spencer

Acquiring new art for a museum's permanent collection can be a complex, and sometimes political process. When the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art found out they'd be able to keep three of New York-based artist Roxy Paine's Scumak sculptures, they decided to open up the decision to the public.

By Laura Spencer

Kansas City, Mo. – Acquiring new art for a museum's permanent collection can be a complex, and sometimes political process.

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