Benny Andrews. Steven Assael. Milton Avery. Elizabeth Catlett. Judy Chicago. Francois Boucher. Elaine DeKooning. Juan Gris. Philip Guston. John Marin. Henri Mattise. Sister Gertrude Morgan. Elie Nadelman. Egon Schiele. Paul Signac. Abraham Walkowitz.
That’s a pretty hefty lineup, pulled together for the Arkansas Arts Center’s “Building the Collection: Art Acquired in the 1990s” exhibit. The Contemporaries are throwing a sold-out party tonight centering around the show of ceramics and works on paper — “Culture Shock: The ’90s” — but if you didn’t buy a ticket, you can see the show another day until May 13. update: my information on the tickets was wrong! You can still party tonight at the Arts Center, 7 p.m., $10 members, $19.90 guests.
The go-go ’90s were a good decade for collection building at the Arts Center — more than 2,000 artworks were either donated or purchased.
Yes, there are Arkansas artists along with the seraphim — Carroll Cloar, Louis Freund, Laura Phillips, Marjorie Williams-Smith. Here’s a complete list of what’s in the show with thumbnails. Thanks to Thom Hall.