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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

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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

Roger Shimomura’s work focuses on American sociologist and professor Gordon Hirabayashi’s civil disobedience in the face of unjust laws.

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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

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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

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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

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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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Revisiting Wonder World, Crystal Bridges’ Inaugural Exhibition
picture of a gallery from the exhibition wonder world, including a sculpture of a table with grass and dirt on top of it

Revisiting Wonder World, Crystal Bridges’ Inaugural Exhibition

Art & Collection Exhibitions
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Crystal Bridges Acquires 1858 Jar with Poem Created by David Drake
Detail of date and signature in clay

Crystal Bridges Acquires 1858 Jar with Poem Created by David Drake

Art & Collection
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A Conversation with Evan Penny
Crystal Bridges at 10 exhibition

A Conversation with Evan Penny

Art & Collection Exhibitions

Now on view in Crystal Bridges at 10 are two crowd-favorite works by artist Evan Penny. In celebration of these works, enjoy this 2013 interview of Penny and learn more about the artist and his process.

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New on View in Crystal Bridges at 10: Rosa Rolanda’s Autorretrato (Self-Portrait)
Portrait of woman hanging on gallery wall with label beside it

New on View in Crystal Bridges at 10: Rosa Rolanda’s Autorretrato (Self-Portrait)

Art & Collection Exhibitions
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New on View in Crystal Bridges at 10: Meleko Mokgosi’s Untitled 
Self-portrait of man with grey beard wearing glasses hanging on wall with exhibition labels beside it in Crystal Bridges at 10

New on View in Crystal Bridges at 10: Meleko Mokgosi’s Untitled 

Art & Collection Exhibitions
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Crystal Bridges Acquires Gematria by Virginia Jaramillo
Brown canvas with two orange lines across it

Crystal Bridges Acquires Gematria by Virginia Jaramillo

Art & Collection
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Martine Gutierrez and Three New Acquisitions
Martine Gutierrez artwork, Queer Rage

Martine Gutierrez and Three New Acquisitions

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