We collect iconic examples of modern and contemporary art that represent pivotal shifts in the perception and understanding of the art of our time.

The collection is on view at Glenstone and internationally through our active loan program. Nearly all Glenstone exhibitions are drawn exclusively from the collection.

    • The Sun Does Not Move, Chapter 35
      R.H. Quaytman
      The Sun Does Not Move, Chapter 35, 2019
      Quaytman 2019
      The Sun Does Not Move, Chapter 35, 2019
      Installation view from the exhibition, R.H. Quaytman. The Sun Does Not Move. Chapter 35 (2019)
      Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
      32 parts in various mediums
      dimensions variable
      © R.H. Quaytman
      Photo: Filipe Braga
      Courtesy: the artist
       Filipe Braga
      Courtesy: the artist
      R.H. Quaytman https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2020/11/QUAYrh_Chapter35.jpg
    • Sunset
      Tacita Dean
      Sunset, 2015
      On View Dean 2015
      Sunset, 2015
      chalk on blackboard
      96 x 192 inches (244 x 488 cm)
      © Tacita Dean
      Photo: Cathy Carver
      Courtesy: the artist, Frith Street Gallery, London and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris
      On View       Cathy Carver
      Courtesy: the artist, Frith Street Gallery, London and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York / Paris
      Tacita Dean https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2020/08/DEANt_Sunset.jpg
    • Love is the Message, The Message is Death
      Arthur Jafa
      Love is the Message, The Message is Death, 2016
      Jafa 2016
      Love is the Message, The Message is Death, 2016
      film still
      video, color and black-and-white, sound
      running time: 7 minutes, 30 seconds
      © Arthur Jafa
      Arthur Jafa https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2020/06/AJ-001_still_9.jpg
    • A Play of Selves </i> [detail]
      Cindy Sherman
      A Play of Selves [detail], 1975
      Sherman 1975
      A Play of Selves [detail], 1975
      72 black and white photo collages
      various dimensions
      © Cindy Sherman
      Photo: courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York
       courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York
      Cindy Sherman https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2020/01/SHERc_GF_PlayOfSelves.jpg
    • Mime
      Charles Ray
      Mime, 2009
      On View Ray 2009
      Mime, 2009
      cypress wood
      22 x 79 x 26 inches (56 x 201 x 66 cm)
      © Charles Ray, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
      Photo: Ron Amstutz
      On View       Ron Amstutz
      Charles Ray https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2020/12/RAYc_GF_Mime_02_RA-1067x800.jpg
    • Untitled
      Cindy Sherman
      Untitled, 2016
      Sherman 2016
      Untitled, 2016
      dye sublimation on metal print
      48 x 50 ½ inches (122 x 128 cm)
      © Cindy Sherman
      Photo: courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York
       courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York
      Cindy Sherman https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2020/01/SHERc_GF_Untitled_2016_02.jpg
    • Handheld bird
      Charles Ray
      Handheld bird, 2006
      On View Ray 2006
      Handheld bird, 2006
      painted steel
      2 x 4 x 3 inches (5 x 10 x 7 cm)
      © Charles Ray, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
      Photo: Ron Amstutz
      On View       Ron Amstutz
      Charles Ray https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2020/02/RAYc_GF_HandheldBird-1067x800.jpg
    • Hand holding egg
      Charles Ray
      Hand holding egg, 2007
      On View Ray 2007
      Hand holding egg, 2007
      porcelain
      3 x 8 x 3 ¾ inches (8 x 20 x 9 cm)
      © Charles Ray, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
      Photo: Ron Amstutz
      On temporary loan from the artist
      On View       Ron Amstutz
      On temporary loan from the artist
      Charles Ray https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2020/02/RAYc_GF_HandHoldingEgg-1067x800.jpg
    • Specific Notation
      Lorna Simpson
      Specific Notation, 2019
      On View Simpson 2019
      Specific Notation, 2019
      ink and screenprint on gessoed fiberglass
      144 x 102 inches (366 x 259 cm)
      © Lorna Simpson
      Photo: Thomas Barratt
      Courtesy: The artist and Hauser & Wirth
      On View       Thomas Barratt
      Courtesy: The artist and Hauser & Wirth
      Lorna Simpson https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2020/01/SIMPl_GF_SpecificNotation-594x800.jpg The top half of a woman's face peers out of a collage of images washed in a deep blue ink.
    • Tape recorder with tape loop of a scream wrapped in a plastic bag and cast into the center of a concrete block
      Bruce Nauman
      Tape recorder with tape loop of a scream wrapped in a plastic bag and cast into the center of a concrete block, 1968
      Nauman 1968
      Tape recorder with tape loop of a scream wrapped in a plastic bag and cast into the center of a concrete block, 1968
      concrete, tape recorder, tape
      12 x 24 x 24 inches (30 x 61 x 61 cm)
      © 2020 Bruce Nauman / Artists Rights Sodety (ARS), New York
      Bruce Nauman https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2020/10/NAUMb_GF_TapeRecorder.jpg
    • Grega no. 4 </i>(Greek no. 4)
      Lygia Clark
      Grega no. 4 (Greek no. 4), 1955
      Clark 1955
      Grega no. 4 (Greek no. 4), 1955
      automotive paint on wood
      15 13/16 x 71 ¼ x 1 ⅜ inches (40 x 181 x 3 cm)
      © Lygia Clark
      Photo: Ron Amstutz
       Ron Amstutz
      Lygia Clark https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2020/01/CLARl_GF_GregaNo4-1065x800.jpg An abstract composition of blue, red, green, and beige rectangles and squares form a series of "U" shapes.
    • Untitled
      Donald Judd
      Untitled, 1976
      Judd 1976
      Untitled, 1976
      galvanised steel
      10 x 72 x 26 inches (25 x 183 x 66 cm)
      © 2020 Judd Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
      Donald Judd https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2020/01/JUDDd_GF_Untitled_1976.jpg