20th Century Art

Director of Education and Exhibitions, Niki Stewart discusses Jeff Koons' Hanging Heart as an iconic object.

Guide Program Manger Aaron Jones and Director of Security Geoff Goodrich share a conversation about Time by Max Ferguson.

Museum Executive Director Don Bacigalupi and former Director of Member and Guest Services Kathryn Roberts look closely at Evan Penny’s work.

Museum Executive Director Don Bacigalupi and Sandy Edwards, Director of Museum Relations, talk about Eat Meat.

Deputy Director of Operations Rod Bigelow and Assistant Curator Manuela Well-Off-Man examine Trinity.

Director of Curatorial David Houston and Public Programs Manager Janelle Redlaczyk discuss Rough Ain't It.

David Houston, Director of Curatorial, and Niki Ciccotelli Stewart Director of Education, look closely at the painting Our Town by Kerry James Marshall.

Kara Walker A Warm Summer Evening in 1863, 2008 Wool tapestry and hand‑cut felt silhouette figure 69 x 98 in. (175.3 x 248.9 cm)

Board Chair, Alice Walton and Executive Director, Don Bacigalupi, investigate Rothenberg’s painting Four Color Horse.

A pioneer in color theory, Josef Albers, investigated the properties of color in his series of works, Homage to the Square. Alice Walton, Board Chair, and Don Bacigalupi, Executive Director, explore Albers’ approach to color.

David Houston, Director of Curatorial and Sandy Edwards, Deputy Director of Museum Relations, share their thoughts on Louise Nevelson’s Night Zag Wall.

Executive Director, Don Bacigalupi, and Deputy Director, Sandy Edwards, share a conversation about the strategy the artist, Tom Wesselmann, uses to engage an audience.

Don Bacigalupi, Executive Director and Anna explore the various layers artist Robert Rauschenberg provides in his work, Untitled.

A significant artist in the departure from Abstract Expressionism, Jasper Johns challenged us with the question: what is an object and what is art? Crystal Bridges Executive Director, Don Bacigalupi, and Graphic Designer, Anna Vernon, discuss John’s intentions in his work Alphabets.