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HOLIDAY HOURS: Crystal Bridges will be closed December 25 (Christmas Day).
HORARIO POR DÍAS FESTIVOS: Crystal Bridges estará cerrado el 25 de diciembre (Navidad).
What to Know Before You Go to Knowing the West!
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What to Know Before You Go to Knowing the West!

At the Museum Exhibitions

Here’s what to know before you go to our 2024 exhibition, Knowing the West!

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Crystal Bridges Expansion
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Crystal Bridges Expansion

At the Museum

Learn more about the upcoming expansion to the museum’s facilities, expected to open in 2026.

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Five Things to Do at Crystal Bridges Over Fall Break
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Five Things to Do at Crystal Bridges Over Fall Break

At the Museum

Specifically for your fall break, here’s a guide to our favorite festivities and events for all ages at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary.

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Joan Mitchell Saw Sounds as Colors
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Joan Mitchell Saw Sounds as Colors

Art & Collection

What’s it like to be an artist with overlapping senses? Read more about painter Joan Mitchell and how her story encourages us to embrace neurodiversity in art.

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Artist Highlight: Genesis Tramaine
Genesis Tramaine, Evidence of Grace, 2020, acrylic, gouache, oil stick, and oil pastel on canvas, and Yahweh!, 96 in. × 72 in. × 2 1/2 in. (243.8 × 182.9 × 6.4 cm), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Sarah Simmons, 2021.22. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Artist Highlight: Genesis Tramaine

Art & Collection

Learn more about how artist Genesis Tramaine embraces both her faith and queer identity in her practice.

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How to Celebrate Earth Day at Crystal Bridges

How to Celebrate Earth Day at Crystal Bridges

At the Museum

In honor of Earth Day, learn how to celebrate the planet at Crystal Bridges!

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Artist Highlight: Varnette Honeywood
Abstract collage depicting five Black figures in colorful clothing.

Artist Highlight: Varnette Honeywood

Art & Collection

Learn more about the artist and illustrator renowned as the “Queen of African American Art”

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Artist Highlight: Danielle Hatch

Artist Highlight: Danielle Hatch

Art & Collection

Learn more about how artist Danielle Hatch highlights the constructs of inequity and gives form to the emotional histories of women in her work.

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Artist Highlight: Marie Bannerot McInerney
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Artist Highlight: Marie Bannerot McInerney

Art & Collection

Learn more about how artist Marie Bannerot McInerney uses myth to contend with life’s biggest, most unanswerable questions.

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Women's History Month: Vanessa German
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Women's History Month: Vanessa German

Art & Collection

In honor of Women’s History Month, learn more about Vanessa German- artist, performer, activist, poet, and force of nature.

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Artist Highlight: Mickalene Thomas
Mickalene Thomas

Artist Highlight: Mickalene Thomas

Art & Collection

Read more about Mickalene Thomas’s work in the Crystal Bridges collection and how it explores the spectrum of Black femininity and power.

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Artist Highlight: Lorraine O'Grady

Artist Highlight: Lorraine O'Grady

Art & Collection

Read more about Lorraine O’Grady’s work in the Crystal Bridges collection and how it challenges stereotypes, celebrates individuality, and sheds light on the intricate intersection of race and gender in contemporary society.

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Artist Highlight: Emma Amos
Artwork of people falling in space

Artist Highlight: Emma Amos

Art & Collection

Read more about Emma Amos’s work in the Crystal Bridges collection and how it can influence the next generation of artists.

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Portrait of an Artist

Portrait of an Artist

Art & Collection Exhibitions

Get to know Annie Leibovitz’s striking artist portraits alongside some of each artist’s works found in the museum’s collection in this highlight from CBMO Magazine.

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Who We Are: An Interview with Annie Leibovitz
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Who We Are: An Interview with Annie Leibovitz

Exhibitions

In this highlight from CBMO Magazine, curator Alejo Benedetti speaks with Annie Leibovitz about her work and creative process.

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Light and Geometry meet in New Towering Sculpture Congruence by HYBYCOZO

Light and Geometry meet in New Towering Sculpture Congruence by HYBYCOZO

Art & Collection

Specifically commissioned for Campus Parking at Crystal Bridges, this new geometric sculpture by artist duo HYBYCOZO is now on view.

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A New Acquisition Joins the Collection: Julie Green’s The Last Supper

A New Acquisition Joins the Collection: Julie Green’s The Last Supper

Art & Collection News

In partnership with Art Bridges, Crystal Bridges announces that artist Julie Green’s The Last Supper will join the Crystal Bridges collection in late 2024.

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New Acquisition: Crystal Bridges Welcomes Maria de Los Angeles’s Citizen Dress into the Collection
Artist Maria de Los Angeles and Citizen Dress at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR.

New Acquisition: Crystal Bridges Welcomes Maria de Los Angeles’s Citizen Dress into the Collection

Art & Collection News

In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Crystal Bridges is excited to announce the acquisition of Citizen Dress by New Jersey-based artist Maria de Los Angeles, previously featured in our 2022 exhibition We the People: The Radical Notion of Democracy.

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What to Expect at Listening Forest in 2023
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What to Expect at Listening Forest in 2023

At the Museum Exhibitions

After a successful debut in August of 2022, Listening Forest, created by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, returns for the third and final season of the outdoor, nighttime experience in the North Forest.

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Conservation Update: Tony Tasset's Deer
Deer statue in the North Forest

Conservation Update: Tony Tasset's Deer

Art & Collection Nature & Outdoor News

Ever wonder what happens when an artwork is damaged? Take an inside look at the recent conservation efforts restoring this beloved sculpture in the North Forest.

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