![Jesus, even Currier and Ives got in on the act...](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130121000810im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Currier-ives-arkansas-traveller-150x150.jpg)
Crystal Bridges: Don Bacigalupi, Art, Arkansas, Populism and Wal Mart
When art people ask, “Where did you grow up?” and I answer, “Arkansas,” there is, invariably, an awkward pause. It is usually followed by “Oh.” or “Oh. Really?” and occasionally, “Well, um, I hear it’s really pretty there.” East coasters are the worst. It’s like they asked what your father does and you said, “He’s [...]
![The Wal-Mart Association Choir performs at the opening festivities](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130121000810im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/walmart-choir-150x150.jpg)
The Robinson Report: Wal-Mart Museum of Art Grand Opening
Gaile Robinson, art critic for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, made the trek to the new Crystal Bridges Museum of Art in Bentonville, Arkansas and turned in a detailed report on Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton’s ambitious project, which opened Friday. Influenced and partly in collaboration with Fort Worth’s Amon Carter Museum and its founder, Ruth Carter [...]