Julián Zugazagoitia begins his post Wednesday, Sept. 1, as the fifth Director & CEO of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. An international scholar, museum director and consultant, he has served for the past seven years as the Director/CEO of El Museo del Barrio in New York.

Through African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500–Present
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Sept. 25 – Jan. 9, 2011
A groundbreaking visual examination of how African artists expressed the dynamic interactions between African cultures and Europeans and Westerners will open Sept. 25 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Through African Eyes: The European in African Art, 1500–Present, on view through Jan. 9, 2011, will feature 95 works of art exploring 500 years of contact.

Elad Lassry: Sum of Limited Views
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
September 10, 2010 – January 2, 2011
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is pleased to present a new exhibition by Tel Avivborn, Los Angeles-based artist Elad Lassry. Featuring recent and new works, this exhibition will be the artist’s first major museum monograph in the United States.

Richard Artschwager: Hair
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
September 10, 2010 – January 2, 2011
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is proud to present an exhibition of works by the widely acclaimed American artist Richard Artschwager, in the first focused look at the artist’s exploration of rubberized horsehair.

Romancing the West: Alfred Jacob Miller in the Bank of America Collection
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Sept. 25, 2010 – Jan. 9, 2011
Vibrant and masterful mixed media works on paper by the artist Alfred Jacob Miller, depicting the American West inspired by a six-month expedition in 1837, will be on view in Romancing the West: Alfred Jacob Miller in the Bank of America Collection, an exhibition that opens this fall at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo., then travels to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2011.