Installed throughout the expansive grounds, the collection of outdoor sculpture seamlessly integrates art, architecture, and nature.

    • Richard Serra

      Serra

      Opening 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
      Richard Serra https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EXT01_Approach-from-Forest_E2-people_SM-800x800.jpg
    • Horse and rider
      Charles Ray
      Horse and rider, 2014
      On View Ray 2014
      Horse 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
    • Smug
      Tony Smith
      Smug, 1973/2005
      On View Smith 1973
      Smug, 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
      On View       Iwan Baan
      Tony Smith https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/SMITt_GF_Smug.jpg
    • Two Partially Buried Sinks
      Robert Gober
      Two Partially Buried Sinks, 1986-1987
      On View Gober 1986
      Two 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
      On View
      Robert Gober https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/GOBEr_GF_TwoPartiallyBuried-1.jpg
    • Compression Line
      Michael Heizer
      Compression Line, 1968/2016
      On View Heizer 1968
      Compression Line, 1968/2016
      A588 steel
      75 x 10 x 9 ½ feet (2286 x 305 x 290 cm)
      © 2018 Michael Heizer
      Photo: Jerry Thompson
      On View       Jerry Thompson
      Michael Heizer https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/HEIZ_GF_CompressionLine.jpg
    • Sylvester
      Richard Serra
      Sylvester, 2001
      On View Serra 2001
      Sylvester, 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
      On View       Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com
      Richard Serra https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SERRr_GF_Sylvester_01.jpg
    • Contour 290
      Richard Serra
      Contour 290, 2004
      On View Serra 2004
      Contour 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
      On View       Tim Nighswander/Imaging4Art.com
      Richard Serra https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/SERRr_GF_Contour290_01.jpg
    • Clay Houses (Boulder-Room-Holes)
      Andy Goldsworthy
      Clay Houses (Boulder-Room-Holes), 2007
      On View Goldsworthy 2007
      Clay 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
      On View       Jerry Thompson
      Andy Goldsworthy https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/GOLDa_GF_ClayHouses.jpg
    • Untitled
      Ellsworth Kelly
      Untitled, 2005
      On View Kelly 2005
      Untitled, 2005
      stainless steel
      height 45 feet (13.7 m)
      © Ellsworth Kelly Foundation
      Photo: Scott Frances
      On View       Scott Frances
      Ellsworth Kelly https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/SFrances_0660_S03-534x800.jpg
    • “Untitled”
      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
      On View       Jerry Thompson
      Felix Gonzalez-Torres https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GONZf_GF_Untitled.jpg
    • FOREST (for a thousand years…)
      Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller
      FOREST (for a thousand years…), 2012
      On View Cardiff 2012
      FOREST (for a thousand years…), 2012
      audio installation: 22 loud speakers mounted in a forest setting, amplifiers, playback computer
      Duration: 28-minute loop
      © Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, courtesy of the artists and Luhring Augustine, New York

      The sound sculpture, FOREST (for a thousand years…), 2012 by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller contains loud passages including sounds of explosions and recordings from historical battle reenactments which may be heard throughout the site.



      On View
      Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Outdoor-Sculpture-cardiff12-1276x678.jpg 6 people sit on tree stumps in a fully verdant forest with dead leaves on the ground.
    • Split-Rocker
      Jeff Koons
      Split-Rocker, 2000
      On View Koons 2000
      Split-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
      On View
      Jeff Koons https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/011_20190717.jpg