The New Crystal Bridges Tells a More Honest Story About American Art
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, is opening a 114,000-square-foot expansion designed by Moshe Safdie on June 6, increasing exhibition space by 50%. The addition features a new David Booth Gallery dedicated to contemporary American art, a creative learning center called the Hub, and a prominent installation of Jeffrey Gibson's beaded sculpture "The Enforcer" (2025), originally shown at the 2024 Venice Biennale. The museum's predominantly female curatorial team, including Indigenous art curator Jordan Poorman Cocker, has intentionally centered diverse voices—showcasing works by Native American, Black, Latinx, and Asian American artists alongside canonical figures like Donald Judd and Yayoi Kusama.