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HOLIDAY HOURS: Crystal Bridges will close early at 2 p.m. on December 24 (Christmas Eve) and be closed December 25 (Christmas Day).

HORARIO POR DÍAS FESTIVOS: Crystal Bridges cerrará a las 2:00 p.m. el 24 de diciembre (Nochebuena) y permanecerá cerrado el 25 de diciembre (Navidad).

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Beth Lipman, The Levy-Franks Family, and a New Work Made of Glass
Beth Lipman, Belonging(s)

Beth Lipman, The Levy-Franks Family, and a New Work Made of Glass

Art & Collection Exhibitions

Learn more about Belonging(s) (2020), a newly commissioned work, by Beth Lipman, part of Crafting America.

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Crystal Bridges Acquires New Artwork by Sandy Rodriguez
Sandy Rodriguez, De las Señales y Pronósticos and I.C.E. Raids de Califas

Crystal Bridges Acquires New Artwork by Sandy Rodriguez

Art & Collection

Crystal Bridges recently acquired a work by Los Angeles-based painter Sandy Rodriguez titled De las Señales y Pronósticos and I.C.E. Raids de Califas, created in 2018. 

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Art, Black History, and More with (Free) Virtual Gallery Tours
Kerry James Marshall, Our Town

Art, Black History, and More with (Free) Virtual Gallery Tours

Art & Collection At the Museum

Did you know Crystal Bridges is currently offering free virtual gallery tours? 3 in 30 takes participants on a virtual tour of three artworks in 30 minutes, with many revolving around a theme. 

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Conversations Across Collections: Artists and Antiracist Activism
Faith Ringgold, Maya's Quilt of Life

Conversations Across Collections: Artists and Antiracist Activism

Art & Collection

Welcome to Conversations across Collections. This entry is the fourth in a collaborative series between the Archives of American Art and Crystal Bridges where we share the archival backstory on objects from each of our collections.

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Conversations Across Collections: The Journey of Marisol’s The Bathers
Marisol, The Bathers

Conversations Across Collections: The Journey of Marisol’s The Bathers

Art & Collection

One of my jobs as an intern is to help build object files—internal files for the museum and visiting researchers that include information about our collection. How was the work created? Where has it been exhibited? Who previously owned the object?

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Conversations Across Collections: Oscar Bluemner’s Self-Portrait is Anything But Simple
Oscar Bluemner, Self-Portrait

Conversations Across Collections: Oscar Bluemner’s Self-Portrait is Anything But Simple

Art & Collection

What may seem like yet another simplified portrait of a flattened figure with bright colors is anything but. Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938) placed great emphasis on the colors he chose, the forms he created, and the mood his paintings conveyed.

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Looking Close and Finding Love
Charles De Wolf Brownell, Eye, ca. 1870, watercolor and graphite on paper

Looking Close and Finding Love

Art & Collection

The dark blue-gray eye floats on the creamy white paper. It stares back, unblinking and life-sized. A reflected window arches over the iris, suggesting the human attached to this eye was indoors.

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Conversations Across Collections: The Science of Martin Johnson Heade’s The Gems of Brazil
Martin Johnson Heade, The Gems of Brazil

Conversations Across Collections: The Science of Martin Johnson Heade’s The Gems of Brazil

Art & Collection Exhibitions
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Crystal Bridges Acquires an Early Sam Gilliam Drape Painting
Sam Gilliam, Mazda

Crystal Bridges Acquires an Early Sam Gilliam Drape Painting

Art & Collection
Crystal Bridges is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Mazda (1970), an early drape painting by the renowned artist Sam Gilliam. For more than 60 years, Gilliam has pushed the…
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New Audio Tour: Walk Through Crystal Bridges with Alice Walton
Alice Walton Talks Art audio tour screen shot from mobile app

New Audio Tour: Walk Through Crystal Bridges with Alice Walton

Art & Collection At the Museum

“I’m Alice Walton, and I am delighted to take you on this tour today.”  So begins the museum’s newest audio tour, Alice Walton Talks Art. In this self-guided tour, take…

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Crystal Bridges Acquires Martin’s Cincuentañera by Shizu Saldamando
Shizu Saldamando, Martin’s Cincuentañera

Crystal Bridges Acquires Martin’s Cincuentañera by Shizu Saldamando

Art & Collection

Crystal Bridges is excited to acquire a new work by contemporary artist Shizu Saldamando titled Martin’s Cincuentañera.   About Martin’s Cincuentañera Saldamando’s artwork Martin’s Cincuentañera (2018) features Martin Crudo, the…

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Buy Ruth Asawa Stamps from the US Postal Service
Ruth Asawa USPS Forever stamp

Buy Ruth Asawa Stamps from the US Postal Service

Art & Collection
The US Postal Service is honoring the life and career of Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa, whose work is found in the Crystal Bridges collection, with a beautiful stamp collection…
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Yasuo Kuniyoshi and the Importance of Advocating for Artists (AAA Series)
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Little Joe with Cow

Yasuo Kuniyoshi and the Importance of Advocating for Artists (AAA Series)

Art & Collection
In this blog series, the Crystal Bridges Curatorial team explores stories of American art paired with archival photographs courtesy of the Archives of American Art (AAA), Smithsonian Institution. In this…
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Charlie Chaplin: Laughing at Modernism
Chaplin in one of the most famous and memorable scenes from Modern Times

Charlie Chaplin: Laughing at Modernism

Art & Collection At the Museum

In our newly remodeled Modern Art Gallery, a clip of Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 film Modern Times plays next to artworks depicting changes in technology, industry, and society in the twentieth…

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State of the Art 2020 Update: Crystal Bridges Acquires Artworks and a New VR Experience
Gallery view of State of the Art 2020 exhibition

State of the Art 2020 Update: Crystal Bridges Acquires Artworks and a New VR Experience

Art & Collection Exhibitions

In his paintings, video installations, assemblage works, sculptures, and performances, Paul Stephen Benjamin explores the questions, “What is the color black?” and “If the color black had a sound, what…

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Crystal Bridges Acquires Native American Art from Bruce Hartman Collection
Pop Chalee, Enchanted Forest

Crystal Bridges Acquires Native American Art from Bruce Hartman Collection

Art & Collection

Crystal Bridges is excited to announce the acquisition of 31 modern and contemporary artworks by 25 Native American artists from the Bruce Hartman collection in Kansas City, Missouri. The collection…

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¿Qué hay de nuevo en las galerías de arte moderno? (en Español)
View of a gallery with artwork hung on the wall

¿Qué hay de nuevo en las galerías de arte moderno? (en Español)

Art & Collection
No te pierdas un clip de Tiempos modernos, un largometraje de 1936, escrito y dirigido por Charlie Chaplin. La película, protagoniza a Chaplin como un trabajador de línea de ensamblaje…
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What's New in the Modern Art Galleries?
View of a gallery with artwork hung on the wall

What's New in the Modern Art Galleries?

Art & Collection
Don’t miss a short clip of Charlie Chaplin’s 1936 film. Modern Times stars Chaplin as an assembly line worker struggling to survive the modern, industrialized world. Radical changes in technology,…
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Remembering Juneteenth at Crystal Bridges
Hank Willis Thomas, Zero Hour

Remembering Juneteenth at Crystal Bridges

Art & Collection

Effective in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a presidential proclamation and executive order, known as the Emancipation Proclamation, stating that all slaves in the United States were now free. However,…

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Celebrating Queer Artists in the Crystal Bridges Collection
Gabriel Dawe, Plexus No. 27

Celebrating Queer Artists in the Crystal Bridges Collection

Art & Collection

Here, we examine the storied histories of a few artists and artworks in the Crystal Bridges collection that identify as LGBTQ+.

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