Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

05/30/2026

Take us back to the Block Party!!
It was one to remember

05/19/2026

What does Earth look like now that humans are a geological force? 🌍📸

This Thursday at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art’s Member Preview of "Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene", artist Will Wilson joins co-curator Marshall Price for a conversation about how photography can show a changing planet.

Everyone is welcome, become a Free or Supporting Member to attend!
Thursday, May 21, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Learn more at kemperart.org

05/09/2026

☀️ weekend plans = Block Party

Come join us at the Kemper Museum Block Party + Arterie Fest 🎉

🗓️ Tomorrow, Saturday, May 9
⏰ 11 AM–3 PM
📍 Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
🎟️ free + open to all

Expect:
🥁 Sass-a-Brass parade along The Arterie at 2:30 PM
🌮 food trucks
🎶 live music
🎨 art + activities
🚗 classic cars
📚 museum shop book sale
✨ vibes across the museum district

PLUS — Arterie Fest is a day of events across Kansas City’s museum district. Start at the Kemper Museum Block Party, then continue along The Arterie to the Kansas City Art Institute and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art for an art-filled day!

we can’t wait to see you all there 💫

05/07/2026

The beloved KC Streetcar, which has been connecting communities over the last decade, is celebrating its 10th birthday and we’re joining the fun with a rewind!

Looking back to Kemper Museum x KC Streetcar Open Drawing, when artists took over and creativity cruised through Main Street.

Shoutout to the Art Museums streetcar stop for connecting riders to Kansas City’s arts + culture.
Photo: Jorden Durkee

05/07/2026

The internet is talking about “Bad Bunny Chairs", and we’re lucky enough to have one on view! ✨ Come see Edra Soto’s work at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

Artist Edra Soto has shown her “BB Chairs” in museums and at art fairs, upholstering the ubiquitous plastic lawn chair with the face of Puerto Rico’s biggest star.

04/29/2026

🎥 We are counting down the days to the special screening of Heehyun Choi's film "A Motionless Movie" happening this Saturday at Kemper Museum!

As a part of our ongoing programming for the exhibition "The World in Kansas City," "A Motionless Movie" takes inspiration from a 1920s Korean newspaper article that bore the paradoxical title “Umjigiji-Anneun Yeonghwa (A Motionless Movie).” The work imagines the perspectives of Korean women reading the women's section of newspapers about Hollywood news, loosely tracing the trajectory of American actress Clara Bow featured in the article.

Saturday, May 2
1:00–2:30 p.m.
RSVP required | $15 Suggested Donation

📸: Installation view, The World in Kansas City, March 6–August 9, 2026, Sally Kemper Wood & Barbara and Paul Uhlmann Galleries, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri. Photo: E. G. Schempf, 2026.