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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).

Posts for Exhibitions

Studio Snapshot: Ben Edwards
Large clay pot with carved pattern on a pottery wheel, surrounded by shavings and tools.

Studio Snapshot: Ben Edwards

At the Museum Exhibitions

Today’s post was prepared for us by Kiara Page, a summer intern for Crystal Bridges’ Public Programs department.    This summer I got the opportunity to work as an intern…

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Stories from American Made: Ithaca Falls Chair
Ornate carved wooden chair with landscape painting and detailed leaf motifs.

Stories from American Made: Ithaca Falls Chair

Exhibitions
Armchair with View of Ithaca Falls Chairmaker unidentified; decoration probably by R.H. Ranney (dates unknown), Ithaca, New York ca. 1817-1825 Paint, bronze-powder stenciling, and gold leaf on wood, with rush…
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Stories from American Made: Carousel Horse
Antique carousel horse with ornate saddle, flowing mane, colorful jewels, mid-gallop.

Stories from American Made: Carousel Horse

Exhibitions
CAROUSEL HORSE with Lowered Head Charles Carmel (1865-1931) Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York ca. 1914 Paint on wood with glass eyes and horsehair Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York Gift…
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A Conversation with the Curator: Stacy Hollander on American Made
Museum gallery with carousel horse, quilts on walls, wooden flooring, and modern lighting.

A Conversation with the Curator: Stacy Hollander on American Made

Exhibitions
Our current exhibition, American Made: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum, is Crystal Bridges' first exhibition of folk art. It was curated especially for our museum by Stacy Hollander, Curator…
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The Four Seasons: Philip Haas interprets Giuseppe Arcimboldo
Painting and sculpture of a floral human profile in a forest setting.

The Four Seasons: Philip Haas interprets Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Art & Collection Exhibitions Nature & Outdoor

Philip Haas’s set of monumental outdoor sculptures, The Four Seasons, are on display on the grounds at Crystal Bridges through the summer. These colorful and fanciful works are a perfect…

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Women’s History Month: Lida Moser
Elderly person in colorful sweater and purple shirt near framed photograph.

Women’s History Month: Lida Moser

Art & Collection Exhibitions

In honor of Women’s History Month, and our current temporary exhibition of photography, The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip, today’s Wednesday Women’s blog focuses on photographer Lida Moser.…

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The Rise and Fall of Samuel F.B. Morse
Sepia portrait of a 19th-century man in formal attire with a high-collared shirt and cravat.

The Rise and Fall of Samuel F.B. Morse

Art & Collection Exhibitions

This weekend the temporary exhibition, Samuel F.B. Morse’s Gallery of the Louvre and the Art of Invention, opened at Crystal Bridges. It focuses around a single monumental painting by the man most…

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Back Story: Alfred Maurer
Stylized portrait with elongated features and floral embellishment, text reads

Back Story: Alfred Maurer

Art & Collection Exhibitions
A new exhibition opened recently at Crystal Bridges features some 65 paintings by American Modernist Alfred Maurer.  Visitors to Crystal Bridges' permanent galleries may have noticed the wide range of…
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A Chat with Jamie Wyeth
Person in suit leans against pillar in colorful art gallery with wooden floors and paintings.

A Chat with Jamie Wyeth

Art & Collection Exhibitions

In honor of artist Jamie Wyeth’s birthday today, I am posting some snippets from my interview with Wyeth this winter.  Crystal Bridges will host a retrospective of Wyeth’s work from…

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Happy Birthday to Frank Lloyd Wright
Elderly person with suit and tie, light hair, resting chin on hands, contemplative expression.

Happy Birthday to Frank Lloyd Wright

Architecture Art & Collection Exhibitions

Today’s post was prepared by Dylan Turk, a curatorial assistant here at Crystal Bridges. Lately he has been working with our interpretation team to prepare information panels for Frank Lloyd Wright’s…

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American Encounters: The Simple Pleasures of Still Life, Part II
Still life with corn, melon, cucumber, potato, and ceramic jar on a dark surface.

American Encounters: The Simple Pleasures of Still Life, Part II

Art & Collection Exhibitions

Part 2 of 3 Click here to view Part 1 Today Crystal Bridges opens American Encounters: The Simple Pleasures of Still Life, the fourth and final exhibition in a series…

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American Encounters: The Simple Pleasures of Still Life, Part I
Still life with corn, melon, cucumber, potato, and a brown jug on a dark background.

American Encounters: The Simple Pleasures of Still Life, Part I

Exhibitions

On May 16, Crystal Bridges will present the last installation of the fascinating American Encounters exhibition series. This year’s exhibition, organized by the High Museum in Atlanta, focuses on still-life…

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Cleaning the Fish
Red fish swimming in coral and seaweed, green underwater scene.

Cleaning the Fish

Art & Collection Exhibitions Library Nature & Outdoor

Fish Stories is a temporary exhibition featuring 20 color prints from Game Fishes of the United States, 1879 -1880, illustrated by Samuel A. Kilbourne (1836-1881), which is in the collection of the…

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Grace Hartigan
Person painting abstract artwork on large canvas in studio, wearing patterned sweater and jeans.

Grace Hartigan

Art & Collection Exhibitions

March 28  is the birthday of one of Abstract Expressionists’ leading female artists: Grace Hartigan. She was well known for her gestural, intensely colored paintings. Because she joined the movement later,…

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Lee Krasner
Abstract art with large black shapes, elongated white forms, and a muted, multi-colored backdrop.

Lee Krasner

Exhibitions

The Van Gogh to Rothko: Masterworks of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery exhibition features several magnificent paintings by leading twentieth-century female artists. Among the highlights is Lee Krasner’s Milkweed. Lee Krasner…

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Women's History Month: Helen Frankenthaler
Abstract painting with vibrant blue, green, yellow, and red flowing shapes.

Women's History Month: Helen Frankenthaler

Art & Collection Exhibitions

Helen Frankenthaler, 1928 – 2011 Helen Frankenthaler’s cheerful Color Field painting Tutti-Fruitti is currently on view at Crystal Bridges as part of the temporary exhibition Van Gogh to Rothko: Masterworks…

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Native Americans in American Art
Person in yellow leggings crouches by pond, reaching for water lily, holding white feathers, forest.

Native Americans in American Art

Art & Collection Exhibitions

Changing Perspectives of Native Americans is a focus exhibition currently on view in the Museum’s Early Nineteenth-Century Art Gallery. The artworks featured—created by European and Euro-American artists—reflect shifting attitudes toward Native Americans.…

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Edward Curtis – Frontier Photographer, Artist and Adventurer
Sepia portrait of a bearded man in a hat and high-collared shirt, looking at the camera.

Edward Curtis – Frontier Photographer, Artist and Adventurer

Art & Collection Exhibitions

February 16 is the birthday of Edward Curtis – American frontier photographer and ethnologist, who became best-known for his epic work The North American Indian, produced between 1907 and 1930…

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Jackson Pollock
Abstract painting with interlocking forms, earthy tones, and black, red, yellow accents.

Jackson Pollock

Art & Collection Exhibitions

Today is the birthday of artist Jackson Pollock, born January 28, 1912.  Pollock is well known as the quintessential American Abstract Expressionist painter:  the poster child for action painting with his…

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The Birth and (Slow) Death of the Slow Room
Room with vintage furniture, floral decor, and intricate fine strings across the space.

The Birth and (Slow) Death of the Slow Room

Exhibitions
Ali Demorotski is Curatorial Assistant here at Crystal Bridges, and she has been closely involved with the State of the Art exhibition from the get-go:  handling everything from flight arrangements…
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