by - April 7, 2021 10:15 am
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced on Wednesday (April 7) plans to increase its size by 50%. According to a news release, the Bentonville museum will add 100,000 to…
by - November 11, 2020 12:34 pm
Windgate Foundation, a private, family foundation based in Little Rock, has donated $17.5 million to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville to support American craft. The money will…
by - October 8, 2020 11:20 am
Officials with Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville announced plans Thursday (Oct. 8) to build a six-story parking structure with 800 parking spaces along Northeast J Street. In…
by - December 9, 2018 12:54 pm
When a Portland, Ore.-based artist needed help last spring constructing an exhibit at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, museum officials in Bentonville called upon the University of Arkansas. To…
by - March 15, 2018 12:13 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will open its newly redesigned Early American Art galleries on Friday (March 16), marking the first reinstallation for the galleries since the museum opened…
by - August 8, 2017 12:27 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville unveiled on Tuesday (Aug. 8) its temporary exhibition schedule for 2018. The schedule includes the U.S. debut of Soul of a Nation:…
by - August 16, 2016 6:26 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art appointed Lauren Haynes as curator, contemporary art. She will join the museum staff in October as a member of the curatorial team. In her…
by - July 19, 2016 4:30 pm
Living, contemporary art combined with a co-working space for professionals and the latest in culinary cuisine are all expected to be part of “The Plant” in downtown Bentonville by early…
by - April 26, 2016 1:00 am
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announced Pablo Picasso’s “Seated Woman in Chemise” (1923), is part of a new art display on loan from the Tate Modern in London that…
by - March 30, 2016 2:09 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has solicited the help of the Walton Family Foundation and Tom and Steuart Walton to transform the former Kraft cheese factory in downtown Bentonville…
by - September 16, 2015 4:20 pm
It took just 21 months for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to welcome one million visitors to Bentonville and now two years later two million people have come through…
by - September 11, 2015 11:32 am
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announces several new acquisitions that it hopes will add to the breadth of the museum’s collection. The new art pieces are: • James McNeill…
by - March 26, 2015 3:09 pm
The key grip, gaffer, and casting director took equal billing with the actors at the “Film and Discussion > Action!” at Crystal Bridges on Wednesday (March 25). Actress/director and native…
by - March 15, 2015 11:44 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has recently acquired Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/ White Flower No. 1, (1932, oil on canvas), which will debut in a focused exhibition, Georgia O’Keeffe:…
by - February 22, 2015 11:08 am
For many, the 20th century art movements that feature wall-size canvases covered with swaths of single colors of paint are difficult to understand, let alone put into context with the…
by - January 28, 2015 1:12 pm
In 1957 “Judge Parker’s” courtroom and gallows reopened for business as Fort Smith began its wager that selling its 19th century history to tourists would create an economic bonanza for…
by - January 18, 2015 5:29 pm
On Saturday (Jan. 17), guests at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art had the rare opportunity to chat with 10 artists from all over the country about their art. The…
by - December 18, 2014 1:02 pm
Museum curators knew they had a winner on their hands early on with the State of the Art: Discovering American Art exhibit. Crystal Bridges reports more than 127,000 visitors have…
by - November 2, 2014 3:40 pm
Frankenstein and his bride strolled past Snow White and Grumpy in the halls of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art on Friday night (Oct. 31). They and approximately 400 other…
by - July 28, 2014 5:41 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art employees Manuela Well-Off-Man and Chad Alligood have been promoted to curator, and Mindy Besaw has joined the museum as a curator. She previously worked…
