When
Thursday August 2, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM CDT
Cash bar reception in the Bloch Lobby, 6:30 p.m. Tour begins at 7 p.m.Parking tickets will be validated at the reception.Add to my calendar
Where
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, MO
Contact
Kelly Jander
Hello Art
kelly@helloart.org
Inventing the Modern World:
A private tour with Catherine Futter, Curator
Join us for a private tour of
Inventing the Modern World with curator, Catherine Futter, as she leads us through her groundbreaking exhibition of extraordinary decorative arts and design shown at world’s fairs from 1851 to 1939.
More than 200 remarkable objects represent the pinnacle of artistic and industrial ingenuity of their day.
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.
A cash bar and small plates will be available in the Bloch Lobby. Tickets required.