We are committed to creating and distributing publications that support Glenstone’s mission, institutional history, and exhibition program.
We commission original texts by a range of scholars and contributors and publish catalogues to accompany our changing exhibitions, long-term installations, architecture and outdoor sculpture.
Our Publications
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Charles Ray: Volume III (2023)Edited by Emily Wei Rales, Nora Severson Cafritz, Yuri Stone. Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Text by Anna Lovatt, Charles Ray.
The diverse sculptural practice of American sculptor Charles Ray (born 1953) has long challenged perceptions of scale, material and subject matter, necessitating multiple viewings over time. Charles Ray: Volume III is part of an ongoing series of publications commemorating rotating exhibitions of the artist’s work at Glenstone Museum, the third of which opened in the winter of 2021. Organized in close collaboration with the artist, the selections showcase Ray’s practice from early in his career to the present day, with four works ranging in material from concrete and steel to handmade paper used to realize a recent self-portrait, Return to the one (2020). This catalog includes documentation of the exhibition at Glenstone, an original essay by the artist, a contribution from art historian Anna Lovatt and an introduction by Emily Rales, cofounder and director of Glenstone Museum.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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Faith Ringgold (2022)Foreword by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Bettina Korek, Katarina Pierre, and Emily Wei Rales. Texts by Michele Wallace. Interview with Faith Ringgold.
Over the course of six decades, American artist, author, and activist Faith Ringgold (b. 1930) has worked in a variety of media and modes—from quilts and paintings to performance and children’s books—to depict the beauty and complexity of the African American experience. Faith Ringgold includes two essays by author and scholar Michele Wallace, an interview with the artist, and photographs of all 71 works included in the Glenstone exhibition.
Publisher: Serpentine / Glenstone Museum / Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, Köln
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ISBN: 9783753300115
Publication date: 2022
Page count: 256$50.00
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Glenstone: The Pavilions (2021)Foreword by Emily Wei Rales. Text by Paul Goldberger, Michelangelo
Sabatino, Susana Ventura. Photography by Iwan Baan.In 2018, Glenstone Museum opened the Pavilions, part of an expansion that includes additional exhibition space and over 130 additional acres of grounds. Designed by Thomas Phifer, the Pavilions features 11 distinct gallery spaces. Glenstone: The Pavilions features photographs by acclaimed architecture photographer Iwan Baan as well as contributions from architectural historian and critic Paul Goldberger; architect, preservationist, and historian Michelangelo Sabatino; and architect and curator Susana Ventura.
This publication documents the evolution of the design and construction of the Pavilions, starting with the selection of architecture firm Thomas Phifer and Partners in 2010 and culminating in a portfolio of images of the finished project by renowned architecture photographer Iwan Baan. Highlighting the collaborative process behind the Pavilions, this book features a transcript of a panel discussion held at Glenstone in 2018 in which Glenstone’s Founders, Mitchell P. and Emily Wei Rales, were in conversation with Phifer and landscape architect Adam Greenspan of Peter Walker and Partners. Noted architectural historian and critic Paul Goldberger moderated the discussion, having served as an adviser during the architectural selection process and throughout every phase of the design, and has also contributed an essay to this volume. Two additional texts offer insightful commentary as well—architect, preservationist, and historian Michelangelo Sabatino elaborates on the typology of the Pavilions and situates Glenstone within the history of museum architecture, and architect and curator Susana Ventura meditates on the visitor’s heightened aesthetic experience of moving through the building.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780999802946
Publication date: 2021
Page count: 150$65.00
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Jeff Wall (2021)Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Essay by Barry Schwabsky.
Canadian artist Jeff Wall (b. 1946) has been making arresting, complex pictures for over four decades. Using large-format photography that references both the deliberateness of painting and the immediacy of the moving image, he is known for immersive, sharply detailed scenes featuring figures enacting everyday dramas. Jeff Wall commemorates the artist’s first monographic exhibition at Glenstone, a survey of artworks from the collection made between 1978 and 2018, and the artist’s first exhibition in the Washington, D.C. area since 1997. The publication features an introduction by Glenstone co-founder and director Emily Wei Rales, an essay by art critic and poet Barry Schwabsky, and plates of the artworks included in Glenstone’s collection.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780999802977
Publication date: 2021
Page count: 91$50.00
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Charles Ray: Volume II (2021)Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Essays by Charles Ray and Russell Ferguson.
American artist Charles Ray’s diverse and wide-ranging sculptural practice has long focused on challenging perceptions of scale, material, and subject matter. Charles Ray: Volume II is part of an ongoing series of publications commemorating rotating exhibitions of the artist’s work at Glenstone Museum, the second of which opened in Spring 2020. The catalogue includes an original essay by the artist, a contribution from art historian Russell Ferguson, and an introduction by Emily Wei Rales, co-founder and director of Glenstone Museum.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780999802939
Publication date: 2021
Page count: 56$35.00
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Glenstone Field Guide: 02 (2020)Edited by Emily Wei Rales and Fanna Gebreyesus. Illustrated by Jordan Awan.
This Field Guide intends to serve as a lighthearted, by no means exhaustive primer for the curious Glenstone visitor. Structured as an illustrated index, it is divided into three sections: art, architecture, and landscape. Each section includes related terms and entries written by Glenstone staff and collaborators. Collectively, these voices share the multiple ideas, histories, anecdotes, and facts that make up the Glenstone story, and offer a glimpse into what can be seen onsite. Integrated throughout are statements from founders Emily Wei Rales and Mitchell P. Rales that highlight the key principles of community, sustainability, design, integration, and direct engagement, which guide Glenstone’s mission. Glenstone exists for you, our visitor, and we hope you will explore, engage, enjoy, and return often. You are always welcome.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780999802953
Publication date: 2020
Page count: 132$12.00
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Glenstone Field Guide: 01 (2018)Edited by Emily Wei Rales, Anne Reeve, and Fanna Gebreyesus. Illustrated by Jordan Awan.
The inaugural Glenstone Field Guide was published on the occasion of the opening of the Pavilions in 2018, and serves as a lighthearted, by no means exhaustive primer for the curious Glenstone visitor. Structured as an illustrated index, it is divided into three sections: art, architecture, and landscape. Each section includes related terms and entries written by Glenstone staff and collaborators. Collectively, these voices share the multiple ideas, histories, anecdotes, and facts that make up the Glenstone story, and offer a glimpse into what can be seen onsite.
Download a PDF of the Glenstone Field Guide, here.
Click here to download a copy of Glenstone at Home, a coloring book adaptation of Glenstone’s Field Guide 1.0. We hope you enjoy spending some time with these illustrations by Jordan Awan, and we’d love to see your creative twists on filling them in.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780999802922
Publication date: 2018
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Brice Marden (2018)Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Text by Suzanne Hudson. Interview of Brice Marden.
Throughout his career, American artist Brice Marden (born 1938) has explored various modes of painterly abstraction, producing monochrome canvases in nuanced hues as well as calligraphic compositions on a grand scale. This catalogue marks the long-term exhibition of Moss Sutra with the Seasons, 2010–2015, at Glenstone, a monumental five-panel painting commissioned by Glenstone and inspired by the artist’s fascination with moss and traditional Chinese calligraphy, among other subjects. Brice Marden includes two original essays by art historian Suzanne Hudson, an interview with the artist, and a photo-essay by the artist’s daughter, Mirabelle Marden, who documented the process of creating the work. Also included are reproductions of all additional works by the artist in the collection, a group which spans each decade of the artist’s career.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780980108682
Publication date: 2018
Page count: 114$50.00
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Charles Ray (2018)Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Essay by Charles Ray.
In his sculptural practice, American artist Charles Ray (born 1953) has long been fascinated by the concept of representation, the depiction of the human form, and questions of scale. Known for his keen sense of—and respect for—the uncanny, Ray has carved a widely admired path that crisscrosses the arenas of Minimalism and Conceptual art, while continually pushing the boundaries of visual perception. This catalogue marks the long-term exhibition of works at Glenstone selected by the artist, including Baled Truck, 2014, a sculpture made of solid machined stainless steel, emblematic of the artist’s meticulous fabrication process and weighing thirteen tons. Charles Ray also includes an original essay by the artist and installation photography.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780980108651
Publication date: 2018
Page count: 48$35.00
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Cy Twombly (2018)Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Text by Kate Nesin.
Though perhaps best known for his paintings, Cy Twombly (1928–2011) developed a singular body of sculpture over the course of his 60-year career. These sculptures are made from quotidian materials such as wood, paint, metal, and found objects, including plastic flowers, lampshades, and a makeshift seat, to which he applied a delicate and unifying layer of white paint. This catalogue marks the long-term exhibition of five Twombly sculptures at Glenstone, and includes an original essay by scholar Kate Nesin and never-before-published archival images of the sculptures in the artist’s studios in Italy courtesy of the Nicola Del Roscio Archives.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780980108699
Publication date: 2018
Page count: 64$35.00
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Michael Heizer (2018)Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Interview of Michael Heizer.
American sculptor Michael Heizer (born 1944) was among the first artists to reject the white cube gallery space in favor of the open land and majestic vistas of the western United States. This catalogue marks the unveiling of Collapse, 1967/2016, and Compression Line, 1968/2016, at Glenstone. Monumental in scale but composed with rhythm and elegance, the two sculptures individually embody opposing aspects of Heizer’s sculptural practice: beams exploding from an unseen depth and a sliver of space compressed so precisely that the viewer is unaware of the vast negative area hidden beneath it. Michael Heizer also includes an interview with the artist, previously unpublished archival images, and extensive process and installation photography.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780980108675
Publication date: 2018
Page count: 48$30.00
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On Kawara (2018)Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Text by Lynne Tillman, E. B. White.
For nearly 50 years Japanese-born artist On Kawara (29,771 days) devoted himself to a quiet practice of marking time, incrementally, via various methods and media. He is best known for a continuous series of monochromatic canvases, collectively titled Today (1966–2013), upon which each work’s date of execution is painted in precise white script. This catalogue marks the long-term exhibition of the Today triptych Moon Landing, 1969, at Glenstone, and includes an original essay by Lynne Tillman, text by E. B. White, installation photography, and reproductions of all additional works by the artist in Glenstone’s collection.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780980108644
Publication date: 2018
Page count: 126$60.00
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Robert Gober (2018)Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Text by Jim Lewis.
This catalogue marks the long-term installation of Robert Gober’s (born 1954) seminal Untitled, 1992, at Glenstone. Untitled is an immersive, multi-sensorial installation with diverse constituent parts: sinks with running water, darkened exterior pathways, a brightly-lit interior chamber, a hand-painted 360-degree mural, and discrete sculptural elements made to appear like prison windows, boxes of rat bait, and bundles of newspaper. Robert Gober includes never-before-published archival images of the work’s original presentation at the Dia Center for the Arts in New York, an oral history based on interviews with the artist and collaborators, an original essay by author Jim Lewis, and extensive imagery of the piece as installed at Glenstone.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780999802908
Publication date: 2018
Page count: 84$35.00
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Louise Bourgeois: To Unravel a Torment (2018)Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Text by Briony Fer, Philip Larratt-Smith.
Louise Bourgeois: To Unravel a Torment accompanies the first exhibition of Louise Bourgeois’s (1911–2010) work at Glenstone and features nearly 30 major works drawn from the museum’s collection. From her early wooden Personages to her large hanging sculptures, from suites of drawings and prints to textile works and her immersive Cells, To Unravel a Torment surveys Bourgeois’s career through selected examples from her enormous body of work. Bourgeois was also a prolific writer, matching her sculptural language with reams of psychoanalytic musings on repression, symbolism, and material. To Unravel a Torment also brings together never-before-published diary entries by the artist, annotated by Bourgeois scholar Philip Larratt-Smith, a contribution by art historian Briony Fer, and extensive installation photography.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780999802915
Publication date: 2018
Page count: 212$50.00
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Roni Horn (2017)Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Text by Roni Horn, Gary Indiana.
Exploring wide-ranging topics including human nature, ecology, identity, landscape, and language, Roni Horn’s (born 1955) practice intermingles material and context, complicating relationships between object, subject, and viewer in the process. This two-volume catalogue features works such as Ant Farm, 1974, a living colony of ants sealed between two panes of glass; Pink Tons, 2008, a four-ton cube of casted pink glass; and Gold Field, 1982, a sheet of pure, annealed gold that measures a fraction of a millimeter thick. Produced in collaboration with the artist, Roni Horn includes an essay by writer, filmmaker, and visual artist Gary Indiana; a photo-essay by Jerry Gorovoy; a text written by the artist; and an extensive section of plates illustrating every work Roni Horn in Glenstone’s collection, spanning four decades of the artist’s career.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum/DelMonico • Prestel
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ISBN: 9783791356600
Publication date: 2017
Page count: 300$75.00
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Fred Sandback: Light, Space, Facts (2016)Foreword and Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Essay by Harry Cooper, Briony Fer.
This catalogue explores major works by the ground-breaking Minimalist artist Fred Sandback (1943–2003), whose yarn installations are inseparable from their environments: the light and space that surround and complete them. Fred Sandback: Light, Space, Facts features extensive installation photography, which includes drawings, wooden relief, and wire and yarn sculptures from each decade of the artist’s career, as well unpublished notes and drawings from the artist’s archive.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum/DelMonico • Prestel
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ISBN: 9783791355542
Publication date: 2016
Page count: 108$50.00
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Peter Fischli David Weiss (2013)Foreword by Emily Wei Rales, Mitchell P. Rales. Text by Mark Godfrey, Boris Groys. Interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Brian O’Doherty.
Peter Fischli (born 1952) and David Weiss (1946–2012) collaborate to transform the stuff of ordinary life into a series of quizzical, whimsical, even disquieting encounters. Fascinated with unconventional subject matter and material, Fischli and Weiss toy with the idea of “high art,” questioning popular narratives and movements in art and cultural history. Peter Fischli David Weiss presents an in-depth survey of the artists’ work from 1979 through 2012, drawn exclusively from Glenstone’s collection. The volume includes rubber and clay sculptures; photographic series including Equilibres (A Quiet Afternoon), 1984–1986, and Sausage Series, 1979; digital slides such as Views of Airports, 1987–2012, and Flowers and Mushrooms, 1997–2006; stills from their acclaimed video The Way Things Go, 1988; and the most recent iteration of their alter egos, Rat and Bear (Flying), 2008–2009. Also reproduced is the artists’ most ambitious polyurethane installation, The Objects for Glenstone, 2010–2011, and Questions, 1981–2002, a slide installation of over 400 handwritten existential queries such as “Is the Devil a cheerful person?” and “Will happiness find me?” which won the Golden Lion Prize at the 2003 Venice Biennale.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780980108637
Publication date: 2013
Page count: 256$65.00
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No Substitute (2011)Foreword and Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Essay by Jack Bankowsky.
No Substitute features twelve artists who have, since the late 1970s, turned away from modernist ideals of formalism to question the authenticity and autonomy of art. These artists explore the fine line between truth and fiction in photography and sculpture, borrowing imagery and visual strategies from mass media, film, art history, and their everyday surroundings. Yet however much it may appear otherwise, the works in No Substitute are not mere copies. Their makers go to painstaking lengths to alter, augment, and transform their source material, destabilizing long-held notions of originality and authorship, and expressing ambivalence about the status of the art object as a commodity. The works included here inhabit an enigmatic space between reality and artifice, territory both provocative and fertile for artists in the postmodern world.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 978980108620
Publication date: 2011
Page count: 136$50.00
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If We Could Imagine (2009)Foreword and Introduction by Emily Wei Rales. Essay by Jeffrey Weiss.
This catalogue accompanies Glenstone’s second exhibition, If We Could Imagine, which features painting, sculpture, and photography by American and European artists from the Glenstone collection dating from 1959 to 1989. It examines the trajectory of overlapping aesthetic tendencies including Process art, Arte Povera, and Conceptual art through the work of artists from disparate backgrounds who shared an interest in unconventional materials, irreverence for traditional rules governing art, emphasis on retaining marks of process, and increased concern for how the viewer perceives art. The exhibition owes its title to a 1969 work by Mel Bochner consisting of a painting executed by the artist directly on the wall. In borrowing Bochner’s title, the exhibition echoes the sense of wonderment that viewers and critics were experiencing in their confrontation with the radical development taking place in art during this time.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780980108613
Publication date: 2009
Page count: 140$50.00
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Glenstone: The Inaugural Exhibition (2008)Foreword by Mitchell P. Rales, and interview by Stephanie Rachum. Essay by Yve-Alain Bois.
This book commemorates the inaugural exhibition at Glenstone, on view September 2006 through January 2009, which showcases seminal works from the collection dating from the postwar period through 1990 and includes artists such as John Baldessari, Alexander Calder, Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Henri Matisse, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, and Cy Twombly. Monumental works by Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra, and Tony Smith are highlighted in an overview of outdoor sculpture at Glenstone. In an interview with adviser Stephanie Rachum, Mitchell Rales discusses the evolution of his personal passion and the development of this distinguished collection. Noted art historian Yve-Alain Bois contextualizes several important works in the exhibition in an examination of paradigm shifts within art criticism.
Publisher: Glenstone Museum
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ISBN: 9780980108606
Publication date: 2008
Page count: 188$50.00
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