Installed throughout the expansive grounds, the collection of outdoor sculpture seamlessly integrates art, architecture, and nature.
There’s a lot of ground to cover on your visit. We want you to know the following about some of our outdoor sculptures:
Split-Rocker, 2000 is in bloom annually from May to October.
Clay Houses (Boulder-Room-Holes), 2007 is open daily from 12pm to 4pm, weather permitting.
“Untitled,” 1992–1995 is covered from fall until spring, and covers are removed once the possibility of freezing weather has passed.
FOREST (for a thousand years…), 2012, is operational from 12pm to 1pm and 4pm to 5pm daily from Sunday, May 1 through Sunday, October 30, 2022, weather permitting.
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Richard Serra
SerraOpening spring/summer 2022
For more than fifty years, American artist Richard Serra has used abstract forms to consider the dynamic between material and the space shared by viewer and artwork. Glenstone is constructing a building specially conceived to house a work by Serra, designed in collaboration with Thomas Phifer, architect of the Pavilions. The 4,000-square-foot concrete building was commissioned to house a large-scale sculpture that is one of the artist’s most recent works. Visitors will approach by way of the Woodland Trail on the eastern side of Glenstone’s property, following a gently curved path extending from the bridge over the Greenbriar Stream, ultimately entering the building through a single, centered doorway. The boardwalk, structure, and installation expand the visitor experience at Glenstone, adding opportunities for visitors to engage with art and architecture as well as the museum’s surrounding landscape, which is designed by Adam Greenspan of PWP Landscape Architecture.
Image: The Boundary
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Charles Ray
Horse and rider, 2014
On View Ray 2014Horse and rider, 2014
solid stainless steel
109 ½ x 40 x 105 ⅞ inches (278 x 102 x 269 cm)
© Charles Ray, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Photo: Ron Amstutz
On View Ron Amstutz Charles Ray https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/RAYc_GF_HorseRider_RA-1067x800.jpg -
Tony Smith
Smug, 1973/2005
On View Smith 1973Smug, 1973/2005
aluminum, painted black
11 x 78 x 64 feet (3 x 24 x 20 m)
© Estate of Tony Smith/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photo: Iwan Baan
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Robert Gober
Two Partially Buried Sinks, 1986-1987
On View Gober 1986Two Partially Buried Sinks, 1986-1987
cast iron, enamel paint
39 x 120 x 72 inches (99 x 305 x 183 cm) overall
© Robert Gober, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
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Michael Heizer
Compression Line, 1968/2016
On View Heizer 1968Compression Line, 1968/2016
A588 steel
75 x 10 x 9 ½ feet (2286 x 305 x 290 cm)
© 2018 Michael Heizer
Photo: Jerry Thompson
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Richard Serra
Sylvester, 2001
On View Serra 2001Sylvester, 2001
weatherproof steel
outer spiral 13 feet 7 inches x 41 feet x 31 feet 8 inches (4 x 13 x 10 m)
inner spiral 13 feet 7 inches x 30 feet 8 inches x 24 feet 11 inches (4 x 9 x 8 m)
© 2018 Richard Serra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com
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Richard Serra
Contour 290, 2004
On View Serra 2004Contour 290, 2004
weatherproof steel
15 feet 6 inches x 223 feet 2 inches x 2 inches (5 m x 68 m x 5 cm)
© 2018 Richard Serra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Photo: Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com
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Andy Goldsworthy
Clay Houses (Boulder-Room-Holes), 2007
On View Goldsworthy 2007Clay Houses (Boulder-Room-Holes), 2007
mica-schist, clay, hair, slate
exterior of each house, height 4m, width 4.9m, length 5.8m
© Andy Goldsworthy, Courtesy Galerie Lelong & Co.
Photo: Jerry Thompson
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Ellsworth Kelly
Untitled, 2005
On View Kelly 2005Untitled, 2005
stainless steel
height 45 feet (13.7 m)
© Ellsworth Kelly Foundation
Photo: Scott Frances
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres
“Untitled”, 1992–1995
On View Gonzalez-Torres 1992“Untitled”, 1992–1995
medium varies with installation, water
two parts: 12 feet or 24 feet in diameter each
overall dimensions: 24 x 12 feet or 48 x 24 feet
height varies with installation; ideal visible height is 14 to 16 inches
© Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Courtesy of The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation
Photo: Jerry Thompson
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Jeff Koons
Split-Rocker, 2000
On View Koons 2000Split-Rocker, 2000
stainless steel, soil, geotextile fabric, internal irrigation system, and live flowering plants
37 x 39 x 36 feet (1128 x 1189 x 1097 cm)
© Jeff Koons
In bloom May through October
On View Jeff Koons https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/011_20190717.jpg