DON'T MISS ! Last week of Modern Mexico Exhibit at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art !

More than 100 paintings, sculptures, photographs and drawings by artists such as Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera showcase the rich artistic traditions of the Mexico of yesterday and celebrate the vitality of Mexican art today. Never before seen in this region, art from the Gelman collection includes a variety of subject matter and styles that range from the figurative to the surreal, the abstract and the conceptual. Share in the passion that inspired this exceptional private collection of Mexican art.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art ! {June 3, 2013}

FRIDA KAHLO * DIEGO RIVERA

**** AND MASTERPIECES OF ***

MODERN MEXICO

JUNE 1 - AUGUST 18, 2013

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More than 100 paintings, sculptures, photographs and drawings by artists such as Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera showcase the rich artistic traditions of the Mexico of yesterday and celebrate the vitality of Mexican art today. Never before seen in this region, art from the Gelman collection includes a variety of subject matter and styles that range from the figurative to the surreal, the abstract and the conceptual. Share in the passion that inspired this exceptional private collection of Mexican art.

This exhibition has been organized by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art with the Vergel Foundation, through support of the Donald J. Hall Initiative.

Generous funding has been received from The Keith and Margie Weber Foundation, Belger Cartage Service, Inc., the Campbell-Calvin Fund and Elizabeth C. Bonner Charitable Trust for exhibitions, and our donors to the Annual Fund.

IMAGE: Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886–1957). Retrato de la Señora Natasha Gelman (Portrait of Mrs. Natasha Gelman), 1943. Oil on canvas, 45 1/4 x 60 1/4 inches. The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection of 20th Century Mexican Art. The Vergel Foundation. Conaculta/INBA. © 2013 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art {May 27, 2013}

Impressions of the Southwest and Mexico

May 15, 2013—November 17, 2013

Location: Nelson-Atkins Building, Gallery 214

Free Admission

The American Southwest and Mexico have long enchanted artists. In the early 20th century, this region of the United States as well as our neighbor to the south became particularly popular among American artists. A growing tourism industry, the burgeoning field of anthropology and the Arts and Crafts Movement combined to fuel interest in the Southwest and Mexico. Many of the artists whose work appears in this rotation traveled to New Mexico, Arizona, California and Mexico in search of inspiration. Through lithographs, woodcuts, etchings and photographs, their impressions highlight scenes of everyday life, rituals, traditions and popular entertainment, in addition to iconic architecture, varied landscapes and diverse people. 

The Nelson-Atkins’ American art collection has some 600 works on paper by many of the country’s most revered artists. Installations in this gallery rotate every six months in order to display the variety of the collection and to protect it from overexposure to damaging light. Showcasing the breadth of media, techniques, styles and themes, these rotating installations convey the engaging possibilities of art on paper.

Experience Mexico through the eyes of Mexican artists. 

Image: Ray Bethers , American, 1902-1973. Taxco, ca. 1932. Woodcut on paper, 4 x 4 7/8 in. (10.16 x 12.3698 cm). Gift of the Woodcut Society, .