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Artists in Dialogue with the Bloch Building

Architects Steven Holl and Chris McVoy, in a photograph from the new book called The Sixth Surface: Steven Holl Lights the Nelson-Atkins Museum.
photo: Todd Wade
Architects Steven Holl and Chris McVoy, in a photograph from the new book called The Sixth Surface: Steven Holl Lights the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

The Bloch Building, the addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art designed by architect Steven Holl, opened to the public in June. And artists in Kansas City are responding to the architecture in a variety of ways, as KCUR's Laura Spencer reports. By Laura Spencer

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Kansas City, MO – Owen/Cox Dance Group performs A Good Missouri Song Saturday, November 10, 6:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. in the Bloch Building lobby at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art as part of Member Weekend. The Sixth Surface: Steven Holl Lights the Nelson-Atkins Museum is available at area bookstores and on the web.

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