Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art officially opens soon. In preparation for your visit, here is a compliation of recent articles focusing on various aspects of the museum, its creator, and collection.
Crystal Bridges. Read more at AFAnews.
Crystal Bridges, art connects with landscape. Read more in The Art Newspaper.
The instant museum: “An enviable collection of treasures spanning most of American history…on display in an unlikely place.” Read more at the Huffington Post.
Middle America museum. It “ruffled feathers, challenged stereotypes and raised expectations about this country’s newest major cultural institution.” Read more at the Washington Post.
“Heiress builds a spectacular art museum on family property somewhere in the Deep South.” Read more at the New York Times.
Crystal Bridges museum combines traditional with ‘a little humor’ – Read more at Tulsa World.
First Look at Alice Walton’s Crystal Bridges Museum Finds No Evidence of “Cultural Money-Laundering” Read more at ArtInfo.
Walmart Heriess brings art museum to the ozarks. Listen to the story on NPR.
Moshe Safdie builds in Bentonville, AR. Read more on Safdie Architects.
See interview with Safdie on Charlie Rose.
New Museum in Middle America. Read more at Reuters.
Museum ‘sends ripples across USA’. Read more at USA Today.
Moshe Safdie’s Crystal Bridges. Read more at the Arhictectural Record.
Museum takes topical approach to important issues through art. Read more at the Washington Post.
In the Arkansas woods, an art museum sprouts tall. Read more in the Kansas City Star.
Learn about what it takes to construct a museum in an Arkansas Ravine. Read more at Engineering News Record.
See a photo gallery at the Kansas City Star.
Read the press preview at the Arkansas Times.
See video of early reviews of Crystal Bridges on MSN.