painting

In late 1955, a private club hired painter Thomas Hart Benton to create a small mural for its Kansas City meeting space. A photographer spent several months photographing Benton at work. Most of the negatives stayed out of sight -- until now.

As colleges and universities kick off a school year like no other, students are also demanding schools take steps to end systemic racism. Here's how that's been playing out at the Kansas City Art Institute.

Caitlin Morton used to dread Valentine's Day.That was before she met Sudiebelle Hare, a Kansas City artist who regularly paints colorful circles on canvas…

The posthumous resurgence of interest in Kansas City artist Arthur Kraft, who died in 1977, continues to gain momentum.In the past 20 years, two major…

Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham shaped the way the nation saw life on the frontier. His work spanned politics, civil war discord and rowdy…

Segment 1: A famous crossword puzzle creator makes Kansas City his home.David Steinberg has been making crossword puzzles since he was 12, and getting…

If someone were to hike deep into the places he paints, says Kansas City artist Jason Needham, "it would be rough going, for sure."As the sun rose one…

Segment 1: A new documentary explores the life of abstract expressionist painter Albert Bloch.Albert Bloch lived the final decades of his life in…

Segment 1: A NASA Hall-of-Famer discusses the Apollo 11 mission.Five decades after witnessing the first man step on the moon, Lynn Bondurant shared his…

Anyone who has been to Kansas City's Country Club Plaza has likely seen the work of Arthur Kraft, who sculpted the trio of bronze penguins near the corner…

Kansas City artist Ryan Wilks' new exhibition at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center attracted a group of women who formed a circle and prayed. It's not…

Roger Shimomura says he's found "the deeper meaning of life in Pop Art."Shimomura is one of the area's most esteemed painters. He taught for decades at…