The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

To settle its wager after the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will loan the Nelson-Atkins the 1875 painting "Sailing" by Thomas Eakins. The Philadelphia painter is widely revered as a giant of 19th and early 20th-century American art, but less known in Kansas City.

Mayors, senators, hospitals, zoos — everyone’s getting into the mix, with cheesesteaks, barbecue, and Poor Richard’s Almanack at stake.

With the Kansas City Chiefs set to play against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, the museum of the losing city has agreed to send one of its masterworks, as a loan, to the museum of the winning city.

Asian American community groups and businesses across Kansas City are welcoming in the Year of the Rabbit — or the Year of the Cat, depending on the country. No matter which animal you're celebrating, there's plenty to do for the Lunar New Year.

"Mirror Pavilion," a new sculpture by Jan Hendrix, has been unveiled on the lawn of The Nelson-Atkins Museum.

Kansas City is known for a lot of things, from barbecue to jazz. Here are some of our region's lesser-known points of hometown pride.

The Swedish-born, New York City-based artist was famed for his gargantuan renditions of prosaic objects — a lipstick, a clothespin, a cherry perched on a spoon — installed as public art. Some of his most iconic works live on at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.

Photographer Jim Dow partners with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art to showcase roadside signs from across the country, captured over 10 years.

The day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States was declared a federal holiday last year. Here are some ways you can celebrate.

A conversation at Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art “will feel like Sunday dinners at Grandma's, except in this instance you won’t eat, but you’ll be fed.”

Artist Wilbur Niewald taught at the Kansas City Art Institute for more than 40 years. These days he’s probably best-known as a plein-air artist — in all kinds of weather.

In a new podcast, Glenn North and the museum join in "an overall effort to confront the past and chart a course for the future"