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.
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Marlene Dumas
Venus & Adonis I, 2015-2016
On Loan
Marlene Dumas. open-end
Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
Dumas
2015
Venus & Adonis I, 2015-2016
ink wash and metallic acrylic on paper; eighteen (18) parts
size variable
© Marlene Dumas
Photo: Kerry McFate
Installation view of Marlene Dumas: Myths & Mortals
April 28–June 30, 2018, David Zwirner, New York
On Loan
Marlene Dumas. open-end
Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
Marlene Dumas
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DUMAm_GF_VenusandAdonis.jpg
Several small ink drawings hang on a wall.
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Faith Ringgold
The American Collection #9: The Two Jemimas, 1997
Ringgold
1997
The American Collection #9: The Two Jemimas, 1997
acrylic on canvas with painted and pieced border
77 x 81 inches (196 x 206 cm)
© 2022 Faith Ringgold / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Courtesy ACA Galleries, New York
Faith Ringgold
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/RINGf_TheTwoJemimas.jpg
Two women in dresses and slips stand next to each other wearing jewelry.
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Jasper Johns
Untitled, 2018
Johns
2018
Untitled, 2018
encaustic on canvas
78 x 60 inches (198 x 154 cm)
© 2021 Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Jasper Johns
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/JOHNj_Untitled_2018-633x800.jpg
A green painting hangs on a wall.
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Glenn Ligon
Hands, 1996
On Loan
Glenn Ligon
Carré d'Art, Nimes, France
Ligon
1996
Hands, 1996
silkscreen ink and gesso on canvas
82 x 144 inches (208 x 366 cm)
© Glenn Ligon; Courtesy of the artist, Hauser & Wirth, New York, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, Thomas Dane Gallery, London and Chantal Crousel, Paris.
Photo: Brian Forrest
On Loan
Glenn Ligon
Carré d'Art, Nimes, France
Glenn Ligon
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/LIGOg_GF_Hands_1996-1105x800.jpg
A black canvas with white hands hands on a wall.
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Gary Hill
Tall Ships, 1992
Hill
1992
Tall Ships, 1992
sixteen modified 4-inch black and white monitors with projection lenses, sixteen laserdisc players, sixteen laserdiscs, one computer with 16 RS-232 control ports and pressure-sensitive switching runners, black or dark gray carpet, and controlling software
dimensions of corridor: 10 x 10 x 90 feet
© Gary Hill
Photos: Mark B. McLoughlin
Gary Hill
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/HILLg_TallShipsInstall2.jpg
A long, dark corridor stretches out, and multiple images of people are projected in black and white on the walls.
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Charles Ray
Plank Piece I, II, 1973
Ray
1973
Plank Piece I, II, 1973
black and white photographs
40 x 27 inches (101 x 69 cm) each photograph
© Charles Ray, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Charles Ray
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/RayC_GF_PlankPieceIII_Webres-1157x800.png
A man is propped against a wall by a board. At left, he is propped at the waist. At right, he is propped by the knees.
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Marlene Dumas
The White Disease, 1985
On Loan
Marlene Dumas. open-end
Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
Dumas
1985
The White Disease, 1985
oil on canvas
51 ¼ x 43 ½ in (130 cm x 110 cm)
© Marlene Dumas
On Loan
Marlene Dumas. open-end
Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
Marlene Dumas
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DUMAm_GF_WhiteDisease.jpg
A portrait of a white face with blue eyes hangs on a wall.
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Kara Walker
The Katastwóf Karavan, 2017
Walker
2017
The Katastwóf Karavan, 2017
steel frame mounted to lumber running gear, aluminum, red oak and muslin wall panels, propane fired boiler, water tank, gas generator, brass and steel 38-note steam calliope, calliope controller panel with MIDI interface, iPad controller with QRS PNO software
152 x 216 x 100 inches (386 x 549 x 254 cm)
© Kara Walker
Photo: Alex Marks
Kara Walker
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/WALKk_GF_TheKatastwofKaravan.jpg
A crowd sits around a steam calliope with a player in the foreground.
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Lawrence Weiner
Catalogue #471, 1980
On Loan
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
Washington, D.C. Weiner
1980
Catalogue #471, 1980
LANGUAGE + THE MATERIALS REFERRED TO
dimensions variable
© 2022 Lawrence Weiner / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
On Loan
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
Washington, D.C.
Lawrence Weiner
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/WEINl_GF_Catalogue471.jpg
An artwork that reads "THE RESPONSE OF AN OBJECT TO CONTACT SUFFICIENT TO LEAD TO A CHANGE IN INHERENT QUALITY (VIS INERTAE)" is stenciled on a wall.
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Glenn Ligon
Stranger (Full Text) #1, 2020-2021
On Loan
Glenn Ligon
Carré d'Art, Nimes, France Ligon
2020
Stranger (Full Text) #1, 2020-2021
Oil stick, gesso, and coal dust on canvas, two panels
120 x 540 inches (305 x 1372 cm)
© Glenn Ligon; Courtesy of the artist, Hauser & Wirth, New York, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, Thomas Dane Gallery, London and Chantal Crousel, Paris.
Photo: Jon Etter
On Loan
Glenn Ligon
Carré d'Art, Nimes, France
Glenn Ligon
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/LIGOg_GF_StrangerFullText-1199x800.jpg
A large white canvas covered with black text hangs on a wall.
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Simone Leigh
Village Series, 2021
On View Leigh
2021
Village Series, 2021
glazed stoneware (soda), metal, and raffia
99 x 84 x 80 inches (251 x 213 x 203 cm)
© Simone Leigh, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Photo: Ron Amstutz
On View
Simone Leigh
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/LEIGs_GF_VillageSeries_Object-600x800.jpg
A statue of a woman stands with hands on hips in the center of a room.
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Frances Stark
Ian F. Svenonius’s “Censorship Now” for the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Spread 5 of 8 (pp. 20–21) (their free speech monopoly), 2017
Stark
2017
Ian F. Svenonius’s “Censorship Now” for the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Spread 5 of 8 (pp. 20–21) (their free speech monopoly), 2017
acrylic on canvas
79 x 104 inches
© Frances Stark
Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery
Frances Stark
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/STARf_Censorship_monopoly-1198x800.jpg
A painting of a book hangs on a wall.