Kansas City Spent Years Preparing to Welcome the World. It Was Already Here.
Kansas City spent years preparing to welcome the world for the World Cup. Jessica Hong arrived as chief curator of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in the middle of it and noticed something the planning missed: the world was already here. The proof ran from Polish Hill to a Nelson-Atkins founded on Chinese art. Her answer was an exhibition of 16 local artists from nine countries, with no soccer ball in sight. Recorded live, Kevin McGinnis talks with Jessica about what a museum owes a civic moment, why liking art and recognizing its importance aren’t the same thing, and whether AI makes…
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