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Exhibits
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Thursday, February 13, 2025
Work on a collaborative artwork or create your own collage on Saturdays in February at the Central Library. ...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024
A public reception at Central Library on November 2 celebrates the nearly 50 works of art on view created by Library staff....
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Friday, July 12, 2024
An exhibition featuring Andrea Burgay's “Fictions” series opened June 1 at the Central Library’s Genevieve Guldner Gallery and runs through Aug. 17....
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Friday, February 23, 2024
Chico Salvador Sierra's "Eikonographia Radicale: Reimagining Cultural Icons," Feb. 24 - May 11, 2024, Central Library....
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Wednesday, May 11, 2022
As part of the Library’s Big Read 2022, the exhibition The Heart Is a Fist: Contemporary Art from Haskell Indian Nations...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
In 1956, Thomas Hart Benton invited young photographer Michael Mardikes into his Kansas City studio and home. In their time together, Mardikes took 1,...
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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
With Library buildings open, one of the experiences patrons can once again enjoy in person is viewing exhibits in our galleries and spaces. Check out...
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Monday, July 5, 2021
Colorful murals and other public art have become a distinguishing feature of the richly diverse Northeast area of Kansas City. Some 40-45 paintings no...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2021
As construction of a new $1.5 billion, single-terminal Kansas City International Airport moves toward completion in March 2023, a new Library exhibit...
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Friday, May 22, 2020
Gabriella Polony Mountain was passionate, expressive, indelible. And so was the art created by the namesake of the Rocky and Ga...