Tagged: Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

Visual Arts
12:00 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

Sculptural Pots With A Bit Of Glitter

The first floor galleries at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art are filled with glass display cases. Inside: the glittering black ceramics of Navajo artist Christine Nofchissey McHorse. Her abstract works bridge modern sculpture and traditional Southwestern pottery.

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Visual Arts
5:00 am
Thu September 27, 2012

Two Decades Sharing A Vision For Collecting Art

When you think of a patron of the arts, what name comes to mind? Maybe it’s Medici or Guggenheim.

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Visual Arts
3:02 pm
Mon June 27, 2011

Artist Leo Villareal: Microcosm [VIDEO]

Credit photo: courtesy of Zahner

Leo Villareal's Microcosm (2007) is a permanent site-specific light sculpture at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, Kan.

Kansas City, Mo. – In 2006, the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art commissioned a major site-specific installation from artist Leo Villareal for the cantilever of the museum's entrance. Executive director Bruce Hartman calls Villareal's Microcosm "one of the museum's most iconic works."

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