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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin Buys a Copy of the U.S. Constitution at Sotheby’s

Griffin beat out the crypto collective ConstitutionDAO, who had been hoping to purchase the document.
By Helen Holmes

Allison Glenn, the Curator of a New Breonna Taylor Exhibition, On Responsibility in Art

In putting together the exhibition, Glenn made sure to honor the wishes of Taylor's mother, Tamika Palmer.
By Helen Holmes
Renderings for the Berkshire Museum redesign, which the institution intends to fund through the deaccessioning of part of their collection.

Should Museums Be Allowed to Sell Donated Works of Art?

As with the Barnes Foundation move, the sale of the Berkshire Museum's Norman Rockwells could depend on whether it is deemed necessary for the museum's survival.
By Daniel Grant
BALTIMORE, MD- NOVEMBER 12: "12 Portraits of Remington Residents", 2012, by Gaia is seen in the Contemporary Wing of the Baltimore Museum of Art on Monday November 12, 2012 in Baltimore, MD. The wing includes works by Andy Warhol among other artists. (

With Admission Fees, the Question Is: What Should a Museum Be?

By Daniel Grant
Egon Schiele, Selbstbildnis mit Lampionfrüchten (Self-Portrait with Chinese Lantern Plant), 1912. Oil, opaque color on wood.

12 Must-See Art Museum Exhibitions in 2018

By Margaret Carrigan
The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Walmart Family Foundation Gives $120M to Establish Arkansas’ First Art School

By Alanna Martinez
George Washington, (ca. 1795) by Gilbert Stuart.

When Painting George Washington Was a Cottage Industry

By Daniel Grant
Opening of The Met Breuer, Madison Avenue and 75th Street, New York City, March 2016. (The Met Breuer. Photo: Courtesy of Wiki Commons)

10 Museum Exhibitions You’ll Be Talking About This Winter

By Ryan Steadman
LACMA’s new prize: Mrs. Cazalet and Children Edward & Victor (1900-01) by John Singer Sargent. (Photo: Promised gift of Barbra Streisand in honor of the museum’s 50th anniversary)

Barbra Streisand’s Birthday Present to an LA Museum, and Other Big Donor Deals

By Daniel Grant
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Sand Hills in Engadin, (1917-18). (Photo: MoMA)

MoMA Returns Painting to Heirs, Crystal Bridges Buys Record-Setting Artwork, and More

By Alanna Martinez
Americans for the Arts Celebrates Alice Walton, the 2015 National Arts Awards winner for

How One of America’s Top Art Collectors, Alice Walton, Plans to Change the Art World

By Ryan Steadman
Frank Lloyd Wright's Bachman Wilson House. (Photo: Courtesy of Crystal Bridges Museum of Art)

Frank Lloyd Wright House Relocated From NJ Will Open in Crystal Bridges, Ark.

By Ryan Steadman
Georgia O’Keeffe, Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 (1932). Estimate $10/15 million, Sold for $44,405,000 at Sotheby's American Art sale on November 20, 2014. (Sotheby’s New York)

World’s Most Expensive Painting by a Woman Goes on Display—in Arkansas

By Alexandra Peers
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec "In Bed, the Kiss." (Courtesy Tate Britain)

Art World Abstracts: A Look into the Vast History of Erotic Art, and More!

By Nate Freeman
'Blackwell's Island,' 1928, by Hopper. (Courtesy Christie's Images/Crystal Bridges)

Crystal Bridges Acquires Hopper Painting of Roosevelt Island

By Andrew Russeth
The Van Vechten Art Gallery at Fisk University. (Courtesy joseph a/Flickr)

Ruling May Clear Way for Fisk’s $30 M. Art Sale to Crystal Bridges

By Andrew Russeth
"Landscape with Figures: A Scene from ‘The Last of the Mohicans'" by Thomas Cole (1826) (of the Terra Foundation)

Crystal Bridges Partners With Terra Foundation, Louvre and High Museums

By Dan Duray

Countdown to the Opening of Alice Walton’s Crystal Bridges Begins

By Michael H. Miller

Alice Walton Arrested for DWI

By Dan Duray
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