Exhibitions

Louise Nevelson (Pereiaslav, Ukraine (formerly Russian Empire), 1899 – 1988, New York, New York), Tide Garden IV, 1964, painted and assembled wood construction, 91 x 140 x 10 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of Sidney Singer, Sr., Stephens Inc., Gerald Cramer, Martin Oppenheimer, Edward Rosenthal, and John Rosenthal. 1983.030.

Esphyr Slobodkina (Chelyabinsk, Russia, 1908 – 2002, Glen Head, New York), Abstraction with Red Circle, 1938, oil on canvas, 29 x 13 x 1 1/4 in., On loan from the New Britain Museum of American Art: Olga H. Knoepke Fund. 1994.02.

Esphyr Slobodkina (Chelyabinsk, Russia, 1908 – 2002, Glen Head, New York), Striped Evening Muumuu, circa 1972, cotton length: 56 in., Courtesy of the Slobodkina Foundation. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Louise Nevelson (Pereiaslav, Ukraine (formerly Russian Empire), 1899 – 1988, New York, New York), Dawn’s Presence, 1972 – 1975, painted wood, 93 x 32 x 32 in., 3 x 32 x 32 in. (base), On loan from the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia: Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 77.1241.

Unknown, Chinese Embroidered Long Vest, 1644 – 1911, silk, gold thread, and metal enclosures, length: 56 in., On loan from the collection of Maria Nevelson, Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

E. Dingle & Co. Ltd. (Plymouth, England, 1935 – 2011), English Hunt Cap, n.d., velvet and silk, 6 1/4 x 7 x 10 in., On loan from the collection of Maria Nevelson. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Esphyr Slobodkina (Chelyabinsk, Russia, 1908 – 2002, Glen Head, New York), Levitator Abstraction, circa 1950, oil on Masonite, framed: 24 3/4 x 46 1/2 in., On loan from the Saint Louis Art Museum, The Linda and Harvey Saligman Endowed Acquisition Fund; Gift of J. Harold Pettus, Gift of Edward J. Costigan in memory of his wife, Sara Guth Costigan, Gift of August A. Busch Jr., Gift of the Estate of Moses Soyer, Gift of Mrs. Richard Meade in memory of her husband, Richard Worsam Meade IV, and Gift of Stuart M. Chambers, all by exchange.

Louise Nevelson (Pereiaslav, Ukraine (formerly Russian Empire), 1899 – 1988, New York, New York), Dream House XXIII, 1972, painted wood, 70 5/8 x 29 x 16 7/8 in., On loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: Gift of the American Art Foundation. 96.124.

Anna Torma (Tarnaörs, Hungary, 1952 – ), Lux Garden I, 2006, appliqué and reverse appliqué on linen, 35 x 34 3/4 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase, Eleanor Herstein Wolff Fiber Arts Fund.

Lori Larusso (Massillon, Ohio, 1980 – ), Binge & Purge, 2024, acrylic on 2 panels, 72 x 48 in.

Eija-Lissa Ahtila (Hämeenlinna, Finland, 1959 – ), On Breathing, 2024, video 4K, 9 minutes, 45 seconds, Courtesy of the Artist and Marian Goodman Gallery New York/Paris/Los Angeles.

Anne Lindberg (Iowa City, Iowa, 1962 – ), passage, 2023, cotton thread and staples, 49 1/2 x 312 x 53 1/4 in., Commissioned by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 2023. Photo: Iwan Baan.

Anne Lindberg (Iowa City, Iowa, 1962 -), grene, 2022, graphite and colored pencil on mat board, pressure adhered to diBond with a wooden framework edge, 104 x 59 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase. 2022.011.

Nathalie Miebach (Zeven, Germany, 1972 – ), Under A Restless Sky (detail), 2025, paper, wood, reed, and data, Commissioned by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 2025 – 2027, © Nathalie Miebach.

Nathalie Miebach (Zeven, Germany, 1972 – ), Under A Restless Sky (detail), 2025, paper, wood, reed, and data, Commissioned by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 2025 – 2027, © Nathalie Miebach.

Nathalie Miebach (Zeven, Germany, 1972 – ), Under A Restless Sky, 2025, paper, wood, reed, and data, Commissioned by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, 2025 – 2027, Photographed by Jason Masters. © Nathalie Miebach.

Ron Kleeman (Bay City, Michigan, 1937 – 2014, Great Barrington, Massachusetts), Gas Line from City-Scapes Portfolio, 1979, screenprint on Somerset paper, 22 x 29 3/4 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew Campione. 1980.041.008.

Will Barnet (Beverly, Massachusetts, 1911 – 2012, New York, New York), Silent Seasons, Autumn, 1969, lithograph on paper, 29 3/4 x 22 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase, Tabriz Fund and Museum Purchase Plan of the NEA. 1971.009.011.1.

Mat Collishaw (Nottingham, England, 1966 – ), Aftermaths (still), 2025, full HD video, 7 minutes and 39 seconds, Courtesy of the artist; Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten incorporated within the artwork by kind permission of the composer, performed by Hungarian State Opera Orchestra and Tamas Benedek (conductor) courtesy of NAXOS.

David Nash (Esher, England, 1945 – ), Crack & Warp Column, 2003, chainsaw carved white oak, 33 1/4 x 11 1/4 x 11 1/4 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchased with a gift from John and Robyn Horn. Photography by Edward C. Robison III. 2004.005.001.

Stoney Lamar (Alexandria, Louisiana, 1951 – ), All Dressed Up, circa 2003, multi-axis lathe-turned madrone burl, steel, and milk paint, 22 x 14 x 6 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchased with a gift from John and Robyn Horn. Photography by Edward C. Robison III. 2004.020.

Michael Peterson (Wichita Falls, Texas, 1952 – ), Arbutus, 2004, chainsawn, sandblasted, bleached, and pigmented madrone burl, 10 x 17 x 17 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchased with a gift from John and Robyn Horn. 2004.032.ab.

Rick Smith (Boston, Massachusetts, 1960 – ), Oblique Transition, 2000, forged mild steel and concrete, 30 x 24 x 19 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchased with a gift from John and Robyn Horn. 2000.051.

Todd Hoyer (Beaverdam, Wisconsin, 1952 – ), Untitled (Suspended Series), 2021, Mexican blue oak and steel, lathe-turned, weathered, carved, burned, inked, and blued steel, 20 3/4 x 9 x 9 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchased with a gift from John and Robyn Horn. Photography by Edward C. Robison III. 2021.004.001.

Otto Lange (Dresden, Germany, 1879 – 1944, Dresden, Germany), Frau – Ente rupfend (Woman – Plucking a Duck), 1917, color woodcut on paper, 23 1/4 x 19 in., On loan from the collection of the Willy Brandt House, Berlin.

Mikhail O. Dlugach (Kyiv, Ukraine, 1893-1988, Moscow, Russia), Chudak (The Nut), 1927, Lithographic poster, 28 x 42 in., outside: 44 x 30 ½ x 1 ½ in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of Martin Muller. 2025.031.020.

Hans Op de Beeck (Turnhout, Belgium, 1969 – ), Still from Staging Silence (3), 2019, black and white video, stereo sound, full HD.

Kwame Brathwaite (New York, New York, 1938 – New York, New York, 2023), Untitled (Studio shoot with Marcia McBroom. Album cover for The Players’ Association featuring David Sanborn and Mtume), 1976, archival pigment print, 15 x 15 in., Courtesy of Philip Martin Gallery and The Kwame Brathwaite Archive.

Darius Kinsey (Maryville, Missouri, 1869 – 1945, Sedro-Woolley, Washington), Yarding Logs, Washington, 1936, gelatin silver print on paper, 17 1/2 x 20 1/2 in., On loan from the Bank of America Collection.

Arthur Rothstein (New York, New York, 1915 – 1985, New Rochelle, New York), Mike Sullinger Who Has a Farm Near Carson, North Dakota, Looks for Rain, 1936, gelatin silver print, 17 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. On loan from the Bank of America Collection.

Carleton E. Watkins (Oneonta, New York, 1829 – 1916, Napa, California), El Capitan, Yosemite, 1865 – 1866, albumen silver print on paper, 31 1/2 x 25 1/2 in., On loan from the Bank of America Collection.

John James Audubon (Les Cayes, Haiti, 1785 – 1851, New York, New York), Printed by John T. Brown (England, 1801 – 1856, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), American Bison from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, 1845 – 1848, hand-colored lithograph on paper, 35 1.4 x 39 1/2 in. On loan from the Bank of America Collection.

Wout Berger (The Netherlands, 1941 – ), Ruigoord 2, 2002, color coupler print on paper, 20 5/8 x 26 1/2 in. On loan from the Bank of America Collection.

Richard Misrach (Los Angeles, California, 1949 – ), Battleground Point #21, 1999, chromogenic dye coupler print on paper, 28 x 32 in. On loan from the Bank of America Collection.

Natasha Bowdoin (West Kennebunk, Maine, 1981 – ), Spring Song, 2022 – 2023, acrylic on wood, gatorboard, and drywall supported with molded plastic brackets and aluminum pipe, 186 x 241 x 708 in., Commissioned by the Arkansas Musuem of Fine Arts, 2022 – 2023. © Natasha Bowdoin. Photo: Iwan Baan.

Diego Rivera (Guanajuato, Mexico, 1886 – 1957, Mexico City, Mexico), Dos Mujeres (Two Women), 1914, oil on canvas, 77 3/4 x 63 1/2 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of Abby Rockefeller Mauzé. 1955.010.

Paul Cézanne (Aix-en-Provence, France, 1839 – 1906, Aix-en-Provence, France), Ferme à Montgeroult (Farm at Montgeroult), 1898, oil on canvas, 24 5/8 × 20 1/4 in., On loan from the Jackson T. Stephens Charitable Trust for Art. Photo by Edward C. Robison III.

Robert Delaunay (Paris, France, 1885 – 1941, Montpellier, France), Eiffel Tower, circa 1909, oil on canvas, 38 x 27 3/4 in., On loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950. 1950-134-42b.

Jennifer Anderson (Stockton, California, 1972 – ), Mud Series: Eames Study #1, LCW Chair, 2010, mud, polyvinyl acetate, and steel, 26 1/2 x 21 x 24 1/2 in., On loan from the UA Little Rock, School of Art + Design, Permanent Art Collection. 2012.017.

Al Held (New York, New York, 1928 – 2005, Camerata, Italy), Drawing #7, 1966, India ink on wove paper mounted to paperboard, 24 x 18 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of Carl Barnett. 1991.061.

Karen Mahaffy (Elmhurst, Illinois, 1970 – ), Still from A Particular Quality of Loss, 2016/2024, multi-channel digital animation, 4 minutes 18 seconds, © Karen Mahaffy. Courtesy of the artist.

Tiffany & Co. (New York, New York, 1853 – ), Ogden Goelet and James Gordon Bennett Cup, 1894, silver, 24 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (62.9 × 34.3 cm), On loan from the Chrysler Museum of Art Museum: Purchase from Walter P. Chrysler Jr. Decorative Arts Fund. 2005.6.

Tricia Wright (Rickmansworth, England, 1962 – ), The Naturalist, 2024, 12 karat gold leaf on handmade blue pigmented cotton paper (left); 22 karat gold leaf on handmade green pigmented cotton paper (right), each: 40 x 30 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase. 2024.001.1-2.

Tricia Wright (Rickmansworth, England, 1962 – ), The Naturalist, 2024, 12 karat gold leaf on handmade blue pigmented cotton paper (left); 22 karat gold leaf on handmade green pigmented cotton paper (right), each: 40 x 30 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase. 2024.001.1-2.

Photo of the Williams Racing Formula 1 car, sponsored by Stephens, Inc. Photo courtesy of Stephens and Williams Racing.

Photo of the Williams Racing Formula 1 car, sponsored by Stephens, Inc. Photo courtesy of Stephens and Williams Racing.

Photo of Williams Racing drivers, posing with updated uniforms featuring the Stephens, Inc. logo. Photo courtesy of Stephens and Williams Racing.

Letitia Huckaby (Augsburg, Germany, 1972 – ), Ms. Woods, 2022, pigment print on fabric with embroidery, 71 x 41 x 1 7/8 in., Courtesy of the artist and Talley Dunn Gallery.

Christian Dinh (St. Petersburg, Florida, 1992 – ), Cilantro Vase, 2023, porcelain, 15 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in., Courtesy of William Lowe Waller, III. Photography by Selina McKane.

Anita Fields (née Luttrell) (Osage, Mvskoke, 1951 – ), What the Elk Could Not Foresee, 2022, organza, silk, linen, ribbon, metallic fringe, thread, embroidery thread, metal tabs, handmade paper, ink, and photo transfer, 62 1/2 x 45 in., Courtesy of the artist Photography by Dan Farnum.

Heidi Carlsen-Rogers (Huntsville, Alabama, 1968 – ), Gather (Sacred Conversation), 2022, photographic woven tapestry and thread, 80 x 152 x 10 in., Courtesy of the artist.

Morgan Hill (West Memphis, Arkansas, 1986 – ), Restore Your Agency IV, 2022, scorched hardwoods, ink, resin, and magnets, 24 x 39 x 3 in., Courtesy of the artist.

Ajamu Kojo (Little Rock, Arkansas, 1974 – ), A PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS SLAVES, 2023, Mischtechnik and 24k gold leaf on linen canvas, 32 x 32 x 1 1/4 in., Courtesy of the artist.

John Roberts (Memphis, Tennessee, 1974 – ), Moses, 2023, oil on wood panel, 48 x 60 x 2 in., Courtesy of the artist.

Tim Walker (Jonesboro, Arkansas, 1966 – ), Fragile/Strong No. 1, Grip, 2022, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 x 1 1/2 in., Courtesy of the artist.

Robyn Horn (Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1951 – ), Skewed, 2021, redwood burl, 20 x 43 x 9 in., Courtesy of the artist.

Brian Ellison (Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1984 – ), Life Series, 2022, digital photography, 36 x 24 in., Courtesy of the artist.

Lillian Schwartz (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1927 – ), Still from Pixillation, 1970, motion picture, 4 mins. From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Fritz Scholder (Mission/Luiseño, 1937 – 2005), New Mexico #40, 1966, acrylic on canvas, 73 1/2 x 51 1/2 in., On loan from the MoCNA Collection, MS-41.

Harvey Herman (Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, 1952 – ), Geometric #4 (triptych), circa 1971, oil on canvas, 33 3/4 x 98 1/4 x 1 1/2 in., On loan from the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts Collection: Honors Collection, S-78, S-79, S-80.

Risa Hricovsky (Toledo, Ohio, 1985 – ), Duality (Detail 3.5), 2023, colored porcelain, 48 x 48 x 4 in., Courtesy of the Artist.

Risa Hricovsky (Toledo, Ohio, 1985 – ), Hopes of Harmony, 2023, pigmented porcelain, 33 x 33 x 3 in., Courtesy of the artist.

Pablo Picasso (Málaga, Spain, 1881 – 1973, Mougins, France), Fan, Salt Box, Melon, 1909, oil on canvas, framed: 39 1/2 x 32 7 /8 x 2 7 /8 in., unframed: 32 x 25 1/4 in. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1969.22 © Estate of Pablo Picasso/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Georges Braque (Argenteuil-sur-Seine, France, 1882 – 1963, Paris, France), Guitar and Bottle of Marc on a Table, 1930, oil and sand on canvas, framed: 64 1/2 × 42 × 4 1/2 in., unframed: 51 3/8 × 29 1/2 in., The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1975.59 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.

Georges Valmier (Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France, 1885 – 1937, Paris, France), Paysage (Landscape), 1918-1919, gouache and collage on paper, 8 1/2 × 6 1/8 in. Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase, Tabriz Fund. 2000.013.

Whitfield Lovell (New York, New York, 1959 – ), Deep River, 2013, installation with fifty-six wooden discs, found objects, soil, video projections, and sound, 198 x 600 x 600 in., Courtesy of the artist and DC Moore Gallery, New York. Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Whitfield Lovell (New York, New York, 1959 – ), Flight from the installation Deep River, 2013, wood cabinet, thirty-three suitcases, music stand, chest, sheet music, chains, and rope, 74 x 89 1/2 x 22 1/2 in., Courtesy of the artist and DC Moore Gallery, New York. Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

The Reds series installation from Whitfield Lovell: Passages at Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Kin series installation from Whitfield Lovell: Passages at Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Whitfield Lovell (New York, New York, 1959 – ), Visitation: The Richmond Project, Parlor, 2001, dining table, organ, various objects, wooden walls, 223 1/4 x 161 3/4 in. Courtesy of American Federation of Arts, the artist, and DC Moore Gallery, New York. Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Whitfield Lovell (New York, New York, 1959 – ), Visitation: The Richmond Project, Parlor, 2001, dining table, organ, various objects, wooden walls, 223 1/4 x 161 3/4 in. Courtesy of American Federation of Arts, the artist, and DC Moore Gallery, New York. Image courtesy of Jason Masters.

Whitfield Lovell (New York, New York, 1959 – ), Kin I (Our Folks), 2008, conté on paper, paper flags, and string, 30 x 22 ½ in., On loan from the collection of Reginald and Aliya Browne.

Whitfield Lovell (New York, New York, 1959 – ), The Red XIII, 2021, conté crayon on paper with attached found object, 45 3/4 x 34 x 5 7/8 in., On loan from a private collection.

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Rhea Storr (Leeds, England, 1991 – ), A Protest, A Celebration, A Mixed Message, 2018, Super16 Film, colour, 5.1 surround, 11 mins., Courtesy of Rhea Storr and LUX, London.

Chakaia Booker (Newark, New Jersey, 1953 – ), The Fatality of Hope, 2007, rubber (tires) and steel frame, 85 x 201 x 32 in., On loan from the artist, courtesy of David Nolan Gallery.

Chakaia Booker (Newark, New Jersey, 1953 – ), Untitled (CB.39.16), 2016, hand-painted chine collé with embossment on Hahnemühle Copperplate paper, 42 3/4 x 31 in., Courtesy of the artist and Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop.

Georgia O’Keeffe (Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, 1887 – 1986, Santa Fe, New Mexico), Special No. 30 (Banana Flower), 1934, charcoal on paper, 22 x 15 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase, Tabriz Fund and Museum Purchase Plan of the NEA. 1974.011.008.

John Marin (Rutherford, New Jersey, 1870 – 1953, Cape Split, Maine), Palisades, Hudson River, New Jersey, 1923, watercolor and charcoal on textured watercolor paper, 19 3/4 x 16 1/2 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of Norma B. Marin. 2013.018.234.

Paul Signac (Paris, France, 1863 – 1935, Paris, France), Saint-Malo, les pavois (Saint-Malo, The Flags), 1928, watercolor and graphite on paper, 11 3/16 x 17 3/16 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of James T. Dyke. 1999.065.084.

Toyin Ojih Odutola (Ilé-Ifẹ̀, Nigeria, 1985 -), Picnic on the Grounds, 2017 – 2018, pastel, charcoal, and graphite on paper, 69 1/2 × 50 1/4 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Given in honor of the Grand Opening of the Reimagined Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts by Harriet and Warren Stephens, April 22, 2023. 2023.001. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Elias Sime (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1968 – ), Tightrope, 2022, reclaimed electrical wires and components on panel, 82 x 63 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Gift of the Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust, by exchange. 2022.013. Photography by Izzy Leung.

Ryan RedCorn (Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1979 – ), Portrait of Chantelle Keshaye Pahtayken & Shay Pahtayken, Plains Cree, 2019, dye diffusion thermal transfer print and silicone printed on SEG fabric, 120 x 90 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchase. 2022.018

LaToya M. Hobbs (Little Rock, Arkansas, 1983 – ), Carving Out Time, Scene 1: Morning, 2020 – 2021, woodblock print on cotton paper, 96 x 144 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photography by Ariston Jacks.

Oliver Lee Jackson (St. Louis, Missouri, 1935 – ), Triptych (3.20.15, 5.21.15, 6.8.15), 2015, applied felt, chalk, alkyd paint, and mixed media on wood panel, 95 x 222 in., On loan from the National Gallery of Art, Washington: Purchased with funds from the Glenstone Foundation.

Sun Xun (Fuxin China, 1980 – ), Tears of Chiwen (still), 2017, single-channel animation, 9 minutes, Courtesy of Sean Kelly and ShangART.

Sun Xun (Fuxin China, 1980 – ), Tears of Chiwen (still), 2017, single-channel animation, 9 minutes, Courtesy of Sean Kelly and ShangART.