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.

    • Untitled (You substantiate our horror)
      Barbara Kruger
      Untitled (You substantiate our horror), 1983
      On Loan
      BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.
      The Art Institute of Chicago
       Kruger 1983
      Untitled (You substantiate our horror), 1983
      photograph and type on paper
      9 in x 5 ⅞ in (23 cm x 15 cm)
      On Loan
      BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.
      The Art Institute of Chicago
      Barbara Kruger https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/KRUGb_yousubstantiateourhorror.jpg Text reading "You substantiate our horror" is superimposed over a black and white image of a dental drill being touched to a molar
    • Ecofeminist Sycamore Branches: If We Don’t Do the Impossible, We Shall Be Faced With the Unthinkable
      Andrea Bowers
      Ecofeminist Sycamore Branches: If We Don’t Do the Impossible, We Shall Be Faced With the Unthinkable, 2020
      On Loan
      Andrea Bowers
      MCA, Chicago, Illinois
       Bowers 2020
      Ecofeminist Sycamore Branches: If We Don’t Do the Impossible, We Shall Be Faced With the Unthinkable, 2020
      steel, neon tubing, recycled transformers
      118 in x 92 in (300 cm x 234 cm)
      © Andrea Bowers
      Image courtesy of the Artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New
      On Loan
      Andrea Bowers
      MCA, Chicago, Illinois
      Andrea Bowers https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BOWEa_Unthinkable_2020-690x800.jpg Neon tree branches and text hang on a gallery wall. The text reads Ecofeminist Sycamore Branches: If We Don't Do the Impossible, We Shall Be Faced With the Unthinkable in blue cursive script.
    • Vase
      Vija Celmins
      Vase, 2017-2018
      On View Celmins 2017
      Vase, 2017-2018
      oil on canvas
      18 x 13 inches (46 x 33 cm)
      © Vija Celmins, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
      On View
      Vija Celmins https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/CELMv_Vase-577x800.jpg Thin cracks run over a painting that describes the surface of a vase
    • Untitled (Admit nothing/Blame everyone/Be bitter)
      Barbara Kruger
      Untitled (Admit nothing/Blame everyone/Be bitter), 1987
      On Loan
      BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.
      The Art Institute of Chicago
       Kruger 1987
      Untitled (Admit nothing/Blame everyone/Be bitter), 1987
      photograph and type on paper
      5 ⅝ in x 9 ⅝ in (14 cm x 24 cm)
      On Loan
      BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.
      The Art Institute of Chicago
      Barbara Kruger https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/KRUGb_AdmitNothing_Collage.jpg Two hands reach for one another under text that reads "Admit nothing / Blame everyone / Be bitter"
    • Untitled (You invest in the divinity of the masterpiece)
      Barbara Kruger
      Untitled (You invest in the divinity of the masterpiece), 1982
      On Loan
      BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.
      The Art Institute of Chicago
       Kruger 1982
      Untitled (You invest in the divinity of the masterpiece), 1982
      photograph and type on paper
      10 ⅞ in x 6 ⅞ in (28 cm x 17 cm)
      On Loan
      BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.
      The Art Institute of Chicago
      Barbara Kruger https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/KRUGb_Youinvestinthedivinityofthemasterpiece.jpg Text reading "You invest in the divinity of the masterpiece" is superimposed over a detail of the Sistene Chapel ceiling.
    • Untitled
      Jasper Johns
      Untitled, 2018
      On Loan
      Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror
      Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania       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
      On Loan
      Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror
      Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
      Jasper Johns https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/JOHNj_Untitled_2018-633x800.jpg A green painting hangs on a wall.
    • Untitled (Your manias become science)
      Barbara Kruger
      Untitled (Your manias become science), 1982
      On Loan
      BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.
      The Art Institute of Chicago
       Kruger 1982
      Untitled (Your manias become science), 1982
      photograph and type on paper
      7 ⅛ in x 8 ¾ in (18 cm x 22 cm)
      On Loan
      BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.
      The Art Institute of Chicago
      Barbara Kruger https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/KRUGb_Yourmaniasbecomescience.jpg Text reading "Your manias become science" is superimposed over an erupting volcano.
    • Untitled (Your comfort is my silence)
      Barbara Kruger
      Untitled (Your comfort is my silence), 1981
      On Loan
      BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.
      The Art Institute of Chicago
       Kruger 1981
      Untitled (Your comfort is my silence), 1981
      photograph and type on paper
      10 ⅞ in x 7 ¾ in (28 cm x 20 cm)
      On Loan
      BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.
      The Art Institute of Chicago
      Barbara Kruger https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/KRUGb_Yourcomfortismysilence.jpg Text reading "Your comfort is my silence" is superimposed over an image of a man in a hat making a "shush" gesture.
    • Ian F. Svenonius’s “Censorship Now” for the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Spread 5 of 8 (pp. 20–21) (their free speech monopoly)
      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.
    • Ian F. Svenonius’s “Censorship Now” for the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Spread 2 of 8 (with gilded responsive W)
      Frances Stark
      Ian F. Svenonius’s “Censorship Now” for the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Spread 2 of 8 (with gilded responsive W), 2017
      Stark 2017
      Ian F. Svenonius’s “Censorship Now” for the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Spread 2 of 8 (with gilded responsive W), 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_GildedW-1197x800.jpg A large painting of an open book hangs on the wall. A gilded jagged line runs from the lower left to the upper right of the painting.
    • On Edge
      Philip Guston
      On Edge, 1978
      Guston 1978
      On Edge, 1978
      oil on canvas
      79 in x 91 ½ in (201 cm x 232 cm)
      © The Estate of Philip Guston, courtesy Hauser & Wirth
      Philip Guston https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GUSTp_GF_OnEdge.jpg A largely black painting with a small white stripe hangs on a wall.
    • Untitled (You have searched and destroyed)
      Barbara Kruger
      Untitled (You have searched and destroyed), 1982
      On Loan
      BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.
      The Art Institute of Chicago
       Kruger 1982
      Untitled (You have searched and destroyed), 1982
      photograph and type on paper
      8 ⅛ in x 9 ¾ in (21 cm x 25 cm)
      On Loan
      BARBARA KRUGER: THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.
      The Art Institute of Chicago
      Barbara Kruger https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/KRUGb_Youhavesearchedanddestroyed.jpg Text that reads "You have searched and destroyed" is superimposed on an image of nails running through long blondehair.