Show “Surveillance” at Nelson Atkins

In a show featuring photographic images spanning from 1860-Present, the exhibit “Surveillance” is interesting, unsettling, refreshing and fascinating all at once. Tucked in behind the African exhibit in the Bloch Building, this show is brief but comprehensive in it’s attempt to capture over 150 years on a subject that is all too familiar in today’s society.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson, French (1908–2004). Brussels, 1932. Gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 × 14 3/16 inches. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Gift of Hallmark Cards, Inc., 2005.27.1113.

In addition to this exhibit, there is a film series:

Exhibition Programs

Film Series
Art of Surveillance
Saturdays, October 1–15 | 2 p.m.
Tickets required.

October 1: Rear Window
October 8: Eye In The Sky
October 15: Blow Up

The Photography Society Presents: Tomas van Houtryve
Thursday, October 6 | 6–7 p.m.
Tickets

Belgian photographer Tomas van Houtryve discusses his work as it relates to contemporary warfare—especially the nearly “invisible” activities of drones and electronic surveillance.

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