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'Don Bacigalupi'

Crystal Bridges: The 'Afghanistan of curatorial outposts'

If you don't check Rock Candy do. Today, arts writer Leslie Peacock delves into executive changes at the Walton-financed Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, drawing heavily from another blogger's interview with former curator Kevin Murphy.
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Don Bacigalupi leaving Crystal Bridges

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art President Don Bacigalupi, whose vision widened the contemporary collection of the Bentonville museum, has been chosen by "Star Wars" filmmaker George Lucas to be the founding director of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, slated to open in 2018 in Chicago. Bacigalupi will leave Crystal Bridges Jan. 14, 2015.
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Crystal Bridges announces departure of Don Bacigalupi, the museum president

Don Bacigalupi, president and first director of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, is leaving to become founding president of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art to be built in Chicago.

'State of the Art': Giving artists a national stage

An article on the Huff Post website by Mallika Rao is a nice recounting of the work that went into creating "State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now" at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. The Arkansas Times' Art Bus rides again Nov. 8 to Crystal Bridges to see this show, which President Don Bacigalupi refers to in the article as "a truer image of the country" than, say, the Whitney Biennial (the art press has given the exhibit the nickname the "anti-Whitney."). The article names four artists in the show to prove that point.
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The 'State of the Art' Four: Salvest, Martin, Bell, Lopez

"State of the Art" coming to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in September will feature more than 200 works by 102 artists selected by museum President Don Bacigalupi and assistant curator Chad Alligood, including work by painter Guy Bell, ceramicist Linda Lopez, printmaker Delita Martin and conceptual artist John Salvest, all of Arkansas.

Queerty on Crystal Bridges: 'Most Fabulous' museum in America

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is the "most fabulous museum" there is, according to Queerty, the online gay-interest magazine. The article also praises museum founder Alice Walton for her open-mindedness in hiring.
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Coming to Crystal Bridges in 2014: 'State of the Art'

President, curator are traveling the country to choose 100 from 1,000 artists.

Huff Post on CBM's Judd

Don Bacigalupi has written a come-hither piece about the minimalist acquisition.
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Promotions at Crystal Bridges

Bacigalupi is now president.

'Cosmopolitan' Bentonville featured in Times magazine

Greetings from Barcelona, where I am in transit home. I won't be back at work until Wednesday morning, but finally got access this morning to some reliable Internet service and thought I'd mention one Arkie-related item noted in my catchup.
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A good fit in Bentonville

The New York Times has a super story on how Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Director Don Bacigalupi and his family have made a home in Bentonville.

High art in middle America

Alice Walton opens Crystal Bridges.
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