A global exhibition, landing in KC 👀
Go behind the scenes with Hayley Millar Baker’s work as it’s installed for “Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene”, featuring 43 photo-based artists from around the world.
Opening Friday, May 22!
Through contemporary photography, “Second Nature” looks at the Anthropocene—a time when human actions have changed the earth, and how artists are helping us see and understand those changes in new ways.
☀️ weekend plans = Block Party
Come join us at the Kemper Museum Block Party + Arterie Fest 🎉
🗓️ Tomorrow, Saturday, May 9
⏰ 11 AM–3 PM
📍 Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
🎟️ free + open to all
Expect:
🥁 Sass-a-Brass parade along The Arterie at 2:30 PM
🌮 food trucks
🎶 live music
🎨 art + activities
🚗 classic cars
📚 museum shop book sale
✨ vibes across the museum district
PLUS — Arterie Fest is a day of events across Kansas City’s museum district. Start at the Kemper Museum Block Party, then continue along The Arterie to the Kansas City Art Institute and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art for an art-filled day!
we can’t wait to see you all there 💫
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🚋🎉 The beloved @kcstreetcar is officially 10 and we’re celebrating with a rewind! Looking back to Kemper Museum x KC Streetcar Open Drawing, when artists took over and creativity cruised through Main Street.
Shoutout to the Art Museums streetcar stop for connecting riders to Kansas City’s arts + culture.
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Photo: Jorden Durkee
Dropping this SATURDAY, May 9th at our annual Block Party, now part of Arterie Fest!
In anticipation of the global soccer event coming to Kansas City this June, we've created our very own futbol scarf in collaboration with local merchandise legends MADE MOBB @mademobb
Our iconic KM logo meets match-day fashion as Louise Bourgeois' Spider crawls down your shoulder.
100% cotton knit
Member price $42.50
Regular price $50
ONLY available at the Kemper Museum Shop and online at shop.kemperart.org
🎥 We are counting down the days to the special screening of Heehyun Choi's film "A Motionless Movie" happening this Saturday at Kemper Museum!
As a part of our ongoing programming for the exhibition "The World in Kansas City," "A Motionless Movie" takes inspiration from a 1920s Korean newspaper article that bore the paradoxical title “Umjigiji-Anneun Yeonghwa (A Motionless Movie).” The work imagines the perspectives of Korean women reading the women's section of newspapers about Hollywood news, loosely tracing the trajectory of American actress Clara Bow featured in the article.
Saturday, May 2
1:00–2:30 p.m.
RSVP required | $15 Suggested Donation
📸: Installation view, The World in Kansas City, March 6–August 9, 2026, Sally Kemper Wood & Barbara and Paul Uhlmann Galleries, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Photo: E. G. Schempf, 2026.
Register for our upcoming Indigo Dye Workshop with artist Hùng Lê, currently featured in The World in Kansas City!
During this hand-on session, attendees will enjoy a brief gallery talk as well as discussion about Hùng’s work in the exhibition. Following, attendees will learn about the indigo dyeing process, along with its history, and various methods of creating resist patterns.
Spots are limited so register today!
Saturday, May 16
12:00–3:00 p.m.
Registration required | $15 Suggested Donation (Pay What You Wish)
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