There is, of course, a Walton connection to the event. FORMAT is presented with Bentonville partners Oz Brands, a compilation of outdoor recreation and art initiatives, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the Momentary, the museums satellite contemporary art space.things that make Northwest Arkansas one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic ecosystems in the country unparalleled access to outdoor recreation, accessible art everywhere you turn, and a culture of innovation as boundless and wild as the Ozark mountains, Olivia Walton, Crystal Bridges and Mom
Date: Apr 19, 2022
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Welcome to Waltonville, home of the world's richest family and their $152-billion fortune
Thats good news for Bentonville, which will continue to benefit from the clans closeness to their hometown. About a mile south of the gleaming buildings of Crystal Bridges sits a largely empty tract of land. Not for long. Walmart said in September its planning to build its new corporate campus th
Date: Jul 06, 2018
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Coachella 2016: Expect extra-big art installations at this year's festival
spent about four months last year scouting new work at the Venice Biennale, the Havana Biennial, Art Basel Miami Beach, Prospect.3 in New Orleans and Crystal Bridges State of the Art exhibition in Arkansas, among other events. He visited more than two dozen artist studios around the country, he sai
Date: Apr 11, 2016
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Crystal Bridges Announces the Departure of Museum President Don Bacigalupi
Bacigalupi joined Crystal Bridges as executive director in 2009, and was instrumental in the planning, collection development, and opening of the museum, which has hosted more than 1.5 million visitors in its first three years of operation.Dons achievements at Crystal Bridges have been numerous, and many of our successes are attributable to his guidance leading up to the opening of the museum and continuing into our highly successful next three years, said Crystal Bridges Founder and Board Chair Alice Walton. He came on board when"Leading Crystal Bridges through its construction, opening and early years has been a once-in-a-lifetime experience and honor, said Bacigalupi. I am so proud to have worked with such an incredibly passionate and capable team--of staff, board, and volunteers--to achieve such extraordinary successesIt has been a pleasure to work with Don during our tenure together at Crystal Bridges, and he has played a vital role in helping the museum achieve its goal of sharing great works of art with wide-ranging audiences, said Bigelow. The current State of the Art exhibition is just one example of his
Date: Nov 17, 2014
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Major art museum opens in unlikely place: Arkansas
The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is regarded as the nation's most important new art museum in a generation, offering the type of exhibits more commonly found in New York or Los Angeles. But this hall of paintings is taking shape in Bentonville, a community of 35,000 people best known as hoWalton's collection provided a "sort of instant museum," said Henry Adams, an art history professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Rather than starting with a small collection and slowly expanding, Crystal Bridges will be fully formed from day one.Crystal Bridges will have about 440 works on display. About 800 more are in storage, available to freshen the permanent collection, to put in special exhibitions or to be loaned to other institutions.Andrew Walker, director of the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, said it's not hard to imagine art lovers from across the world arriving at the regional airport on their way to Crystal Bridges. A hotel is scheduled to open in about a year, specifically to cater to well-heeled museum visitors.