Kevin Bell: Western (re)Visions

March 5 - July 25, 2026

The Missoula Art Museum is pleased to present the work of artist and educator Kevin Bell, who has exhibited internationally and serves as Professor of Art at the University of Montana.

Bell’s paintings update the tradition of landscape painting, re-evaluating the heroic perspectives of awe and inquisition historically embedded in the American West. Through research, visitation, and collective and individual recollection, his paintings act as a place for question and introspection into our contemporary experience of land. Oscillating between idealism and irony, with environmental and social concern at the core, Bell attempts to clarify how legacies like Manifest Destiny and colonialism continue to shape where we are now.