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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Doris Salcedo
Untitled, 1989 - 1990/2013
Salcedo
Untitled, 1989 - 1990/2013
steel and animal fiber
5 ½ x 35 ¼ x 72 inches (14 x 90 x 183 cm) four parts, each
© Doris Salcedo
Photo: Ron Amstutz
Doris Salcedo
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SALCd_Untitled1989-1990.2013-1067x800.jpg
Four empty bedframes sit in a room, one leans vertically against the wall.
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Glenn Ligon
Stranger (Full Text) #1, 2020-2021
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
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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Doris Salcedo
Untitled, 1998
Salcedo
1998
Untitled, 1998
wooden armoire, wooden table, concrete and steel
71 ¼ x 49 x 25 inches (181 x 124 x 64 cm)
© Doris Salcedo
Photo: Ron Amstutz
Doris Salcedo
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SALCd_Untitled1998-661x800.jpg
An armoire full of concrete sits on a gallery floor. A table is embedded within the concrete.
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Charles Ray
Jeff, 2020
Ray
2020
Jeff, 2020
machined stainless steel
80 ½ x 49 ½ x 44 ⅞ inches (204 x 126 x 114 cm)
© Installation view of Whitney Biennial 2022: Quiet as It’s Kept (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 6- September 5, 2022)
© Charles Ray, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Photo: Ron Amstutz
Charles Ray
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/RAYc_GF_Jeff_WMAA_2022_BIENNIAL_016A-1113x800.jpg
A stainless steel sculpture of a seated man looking downward sits on a rooftop in an urban environment.
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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
Kara Walker
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/WALKk_GF_TheKatastwofKaravan_GlenstoneInstall-1200x800.jpg
A wagon with black cutout figures on the sides sits in a green field with a concrete building in the distance.
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Glenn Ligon
Hands, 1996
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
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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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.
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Doris Salcedo
Untitled, 1992
Salcedo
1992
Untitled, 1992
wood, cement, wire mesh and steel
60 ¼ x 36 ½ x 16 inches (153.04 x 92.71 x 40.64 cm)
© Doris Salcedo
Photo: Ron Amstutz
Doris Salcedo
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SALCd_Untitled1992-502x800.jpg
A glass-front cabinet is filled with concrete and standing against a wall.
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Doris Salcedo
Disremembered X, 2020/2021
Salcedo
2020
Disremembered X, 2020/2021
sewing needles and silk thread (four pieces)
dimensions variable
© Doris Salcedo
Photo: Ron Amstutz
Doris Salcedo
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SALCd_Disremembered_Final_2-1067x800.jpg
Two silk shrouds hang on a gallery wall a few feet above the ground.
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Louise Bourgeois
Red Night, 1946-1948
Bourgeois
1946
Red Night, 1946-1948
oil on linen
30 x 60 inches (76 x 152 cm)
© 2023 The Easton Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Photo: Ron Amstutz
Louise Bourgeois
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/BOURl_GF_RedNight-1067x800.jpg
An abstracted person lays in a hospital bed amid a field of red brushstrokes.
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R.H. Quaytman
Morning, Chapter 30, 2016
Quaytman
2016
Morning, Chapter 30, 2016
23 parts in various mediums: gouache, varnish, oil, lacquer, silkscreen ink, gesso on wood
37 x 60 inches (94 x 152 cm) 22 panels, each
24.75 x 40 in (63 x 102 cm) 1 panel
© R.H. Quaytman
Photo: Ron Amstutz
R.H. Quaytman
https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/QUAYrh_Chapter30_Object-1112x800.jpg
A long series of paintings stretches along a white gallery wall above a wood floor.
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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.