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.

    • Village Series
      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.
    • The White Disease
      Marlene Dumas
      The White Disease, 1985
      Dumas 1985
      The White Disease, 1985
      oil on canvas
      51 ¼ x 43 ½ in (130 cm x 110 cm)
      © Marlene Dumas
      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.
    • Catalogue #471
      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.
    • The American Collection #9: The Two Jemimas
      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.
    • 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.
    • The Katastwóf Karavan
      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.
    • Tall Ships
      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.
    • Venus & Adonis I
      Marlene Dumas
      Venus & Adonis I, 2015-2016
      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
      Marlene Dumas https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/DUMAm_GF_VenusandAdonis.jpg Several small ink drawings hang on a wall.
    • Plank Piece I, II
      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.
    • Untitled
      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.
    • Vase
      Vija Celmins
      Vase, 2017-2018
      Celmins 2017
      Vase, 2017-2018
      oil on canvas
      18 x 13 inches (46 x 33 cm)
      © Vija Celmins, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
      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