Crystal Bridges, the Art Museum Walmart Money Built, Opens

"By just about any measure, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, which opened last month in this small town in northwest Arkansas, is off to a running start. The dream-come-true of Alice Walton, an heir to the Walmart fortune, it is characterized by people both inside and outside the museum as a work in progress, with plenty of room for improvement. But there it stands, a big, serious, confident, new institution with more than 50,000 square feet of gallery space and a collection worth hundreds of millions of dollars in a region almost devoid of art museums."  [Read Full Article]

Published by:  The New York Times
On:  12/26/11
Website:  http://www.nytimes.com

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