Glenstone at 20
Glenstone, the sprawling 300-acre art museum and landscape in Potomac, Maryland, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Founded by Mitchell Rales and Emily Wei Rales, the museum opened to the public in 2006 and focuses on post-World War II art movements including Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Minimalism. The article highlights several outdoor installations on the campus, such as Jeff Koons' flower-covered "Split-Rocker" (2000), Tony Smith's "Smug" (1973), Andy Goldsworthy's "Clay Houses (Boulder-Room-Holes)" (2007), Simone Leigh's "Satellite" (created for the 2022 Venice Biennale), and multiple works by the late Richard Serra, including "Contour 290" (2004) and "Four Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure" (2017). The museum's Gallery building, designed by Charles Gwathmey, currently hosts an exhibition titled "Ties of our common kin."
