Bruce Hartman, founding Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Nerman Museum, now retired, discusses four key pieces in our permanent collection, including two currently on view at the Kauffman gallery on the 2nd floor – Dana Schutz’s Surgery and Do Ho Suh’s Some/One.
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Nick Cave receives 2023 Race, Place & Diversity Award
Nick Cave, artist, received the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey 2023 Race, Place & Diversity (RPD) Award on Nov. 4, 2023. RPD gives out this award to individuals and organizations that further diversity and equity in their communities.
The Nerman Museum has two of Cave’s Soundsuits in its permanent collection, one of which was last on view during the museum’s Adorned exhibition.
Nick Cave (Left), Soundsuit, 2005, Mixed media, (Right) Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2011, Mixed media, Collection Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Gift of Marti and Tony Oppenheimer and the Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation