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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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Three Ways to Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary in 2023

Three Ways to Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary in 2023

Art & Collection At the Museum

Whether you’re a member of the LGBTQ+ community, an ally, or just want to join us in welcoming all, here’s a quick roundup of three ways you can celebrate Pride at Crystal Bridges and the Momentary.

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WHAM! BANG! POP! Part of Our Collection is on a Stamp

WHAM! BANG! POP! Part of Our Collection is on a Stamp

Art & Collection News

One of the sculptures in our collection is on a stamp! The US Postal Service recently featured Standing Explosion (Red) in one of five stamps commemorating Roy Lichtenstein’s colorful Pop art.

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Celebrating Women Artists: Marking Women's History Month at Crystal Bridges
Alma Thomas, Lunar Rendezvous-Circle of Flowers

Celebrating Women Artists: Marking Women's History Month at Crystal Bridges

Art & Collection People & Community

To celebrate Women’s History Month, members of the Crystal Bridges’ Women’s Employee Resource Group shared a few of their favorite works by women artists.

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Keith Haring is Hitting the Road to the Broad!

Keith Haring is Hitting the Road to the Broad!

Art & Collection

After nearly ten years on Walker Landing, Keith Haring’s beloved sculpture Two-Headed Figure (1986) and other works are heading to Hollywood.

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Crystal Bridges Acquires Evidence of Grace by Genesis Tramaine
a gallery view of

Crystal Bridges Acquires Evidence of Grace by Genesis Tramaine

Art & Collection

Crystal Bridges recently acquired Evidence of Grace (2020), a painting by the artist Genesis Tramaine that requires the viewer to spend time decoding its dense imagery.

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Susan Tessem Paints a Geometric Window to the World

Susan Tessem Paints a Geometric Window to the World

Art & Collection
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Now on View in the North Forest: Slowly Toward the North by Richard Hunt
a steel gray sculpture shaped like a train engine and wheel on the bottom with a scythe shape on top sitting on a platform surrounded by a lush green forest

Now on View in the North Forest: Slowly Toward the North by Richard Hunt

Art & Collection Nature & Outdoor
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Conserving Works on Paper: Art and the US Constitution
a close-up image of text from the US constitution

Conserving Works on Paper: Art and the US Constitution

Art & Collection Exhibitions

Two conservation experts on handling a founding document and how you can preserve your family’s history.

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Leaving with Empathy: A Q&A and Studio Visit with Linda Lopez
an artist studio with a gray clay work in progress on a workbench in the center, a work desk to the left, and shelves filled with white clay jars and art supplies in the background

Leaving with Empathy: A Q&A and Studio Visit with Linda Lopez

Art & Collection
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Gordon Hirabayashi: Civil Disobedience and the Constitution
colored lithograph work featuring a man of japanese american descent on the right side, a star in the middle, and the supreme court building on the left side with the american flag in the background

Gordon Hirabayashi: Civil Disobedience and the Constitution

Art & Collection Exhibitions
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Printmaker Théophile Steinlen Used Art to Advocate for Social Change in 1900s France
an etching of a distraught woman hunched over in a chair cradling her sick child

Printmaker Théophile Steinlen Used Art to Advocate for Social Change in 1900s France

Art & Collection
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Shelley Niro’s Borders Offers an Indigenous Perspective on Democracy
a person in a gallery stares at photograph works on a gallery wall from a side angle

Shelley Niro’s Borders Offers an Indigenous Perspective on Democracy

Art & Collection Exhibitions
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Letters Reveal Beauford Delaney and Palmer Hayden’s Lifelong Friendship
handwritten letter in blue ink and cursive from an artist to his brother

Letters Reveal Beauford Delaney and Palmer Hayden’s Lifelong Friendship

Art & Collection Exhibitions Library
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George Catlin and Native American Art: A Conversation with MONAH

George Catlin and Native American Art: A Conversation with MONAH

Art & Collection People & Community
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The Rediscovered Artistry of Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls
a stained glass desk lamp with blue, purple, green, and yellow colors designed to look like a wisteria tree

The Rediscovered Artistry of Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls

Art & Collection
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Charles Wilbert White Documented the African American Experience with Precision and Dignity

Charles Wilbert White Documented the African American Experience with Precision and Dignity

Art & Collection
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Crystal Bridges Acquires Twentieth-Century Works from the Collection of Art Historian Francis V. O’Connor
sketch of an artist painting on a balcony while three figures talk below

Crystal Bridges Acquires Twentieth-Century Works from the Collection of Art Historian Francis V. O’Connor

Art & Collection
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Edmonia Lewis, American Sculptor
USPS Edmonia Lewis stamp

Edmonia Lewis, American Sculptor

Art & Collection

Learn about the nineteenth-century sculptor, her work in the collection, and a recently released USPS stamp honoring her legacy.

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Buckminster Fuller: A Visionary for Contemporary Housing
Buckminster Fuller in front of a Fuller dome

Buckminster Fuller: A Visionary for Contemporary Housing

Architecture Art & Collection

Learn about the life of R. Buckminster Fuller and his work in developing innovative solutions for contemporary housing.

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