Alexandria Museum of Art
933 Second St
Alexandria, LA 71301
Alexandria, LA 71301
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Museums page for Lynda Benglis ((Born 1941)), known for Sculpture-knot shaped 'environments', fountains, graphics. Showing 17 museum collections and exhibitions.
Lynda Benglis MUSEUMS
Born 1941 Lake Charles, Louisiana. Known for: Sculpture-knot shaped 'environments', fountains, graphics.
In the summer of 1964, Lynda Benglis, described "as a very canny young woman from Louisiana, Tulane BFA in hand", made her way to New York on a bus filled with anti-Jim Crow activists on their way... Read full biography
In the summer of 1964, Lynda Benglis, described "as a very canny young woman from Louisiana, Tulane BFA in hand", made her way to New York on a bus filled with anti-Jim Crow activists on their way home from Mississippi. She lost her Southern accent as fast as she could and enrolled at the Brooklyn... Read full biography
In the summer of 1964, Lynda Benglis, described "as a very canny young woman from Louisiana, Tulane BFA in hand", made her way to New York on a bus filled with anti-Jim Crow activists on their way home from Mississippi. She lost her Southern accent as fast as she could and enrolled at the Brooklyn Museum Art School; within a few months, it seems, she knew almost everyone in the art world. Her blunt manner must have been balanced by considerable charm if, as the story goes, she really got away... Read full biography
In the summer of 1964, Lynda Benglis, described "as a very canny young woman from Louisiana, Tulane BFA in hand", made her way to New York on a bus filled with anti-Jim Crow activists on their way home from Mississippi. She lost her Southern accent as fast as she could and enrolled at the Brooklyn Museum Art School; within a few months, it seems, she knew almost everyone in the art world. Her blunt manner must have been balanced by considerable charm if, as the story goes, she really got away with telling David Hockney, at one of his openings, that his drawings were good but that he ought to forget about his paintings. She also recommended to Dan Flavin, still making painted boxes with light-bulbs sticking out, that maybe he could lose the... Read full biography
In the summer of 1964, Lynda Benglis, described "as a very canny young woman from Louisiana, Tulane BFA in hand", made her way to New York on a bus filled with anti-Jim Crow activists on their way home from Mississippi. She lost her Southern accent as fast as she could and enrolled at the Brooklyn Museum Art School; within a few months, it seems, she knew almost everyone in the art world. Her blunt manner must have been balanced by considerable charm if, as the story goes, she really got away with telling David Hockney, at one of his openings, that his drawings were good but that he ought to forget about his paintings. She also recommended to Dan Flavin, still making painted boxes with light-bulbs sticking out, that maybe he could lose the boxes, which he eventually did. The New York art world was smaller then with "nobody was going to these openings," Benglis r... Read full biography
Lynda Benglis - Artist Info
About Lynda Benglis: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (17)
All MuseumsDenver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Greenville County Museum of Art
420 College Street
Greenville, SC 29601Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
180 St Kilda Road
Melbourne, AustraliaNeuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OKCMOA
415 Couch Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73102Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
1103 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33132Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1219 Sw Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205Saint Louis Art Museum
Forest Park
One Fine Arts Drive
St. Louis, MO 63110San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Storm King Art Center
Old Pleasant Hill Road
P.O.Box 280
Mountainville, NY 10953-0280The Harwood Museum of Art, University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico Foundation
238 Ledoux Street
Taos, NM 87571-6004The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014