OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art will host
a gala Sept. 29 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Oppenheimer
art collection.
The event, honoring Marti and Tony Oppenheimer, will begin at 7 p.m.
at the Nerman on the campus of Johnson County Community College. For
information about attending, visit jccc.edu/foundation or call the JCCC
Foundation at 913-469-3835. Admission will be $125 with additional
patron levels available.
More than 500 artists, art dealers and art aficionados from Chicago,
Wichita, Little Rock, Ark., and other cities across the nation are
expected to attend. They will include friends from Sotheby's in New
York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the Museum of
Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Museum of
Art.
Also that evening, the Nerman will unveil more than 15 new gifts from
the Oppenheimers. They will include another stunning painting from Dana
Schutz, whose
Swimming, Smoking, Crying graced the cover of
Art in America
in November. Other artists exhibiting new works will be Nick Cave, Kim
Dorland, Asad Faulwell, Kirk Hayes, Angel Otero, Cordy Ryman, Kent
Michael Smith, Stefanie Gutheil, Lonnie Powell, Ian Davis, Allison
Schulnik, Leidy Churchman, Brian Calvin, Warren Inessee and Brian Tolle
