POTOMAC, MD.- Glenstone Museum announced the full reopening of the Pavilions on March 20, 2025, featuring new exhibitions by artists Jenny Holzer, Alex Da Corte, and others to be shared in the coming months.
Jenny Holzer has long used language as her primary medium, engaging words and phrases as tools for personal and political examination. Her presentation in Room 2 will include drawing, paintings, LED signs, and plaques alongside the seminal installation The Child Room (1990). Originally commissioned for the US Pavilion at the 44th Venice Biennale, The Child Room combines vertical scrolling LED elements with a custom engraved marble floor featuring an original text by Holzer. This is the first time the work has been on view since 1993.
On view in Room 6 will be recent works by Alex Da Corte, including Rubber Pencil Devil (Hell House) (2022), a neon sculpture commissioned by Glenstone to house the artist’s video work from 2018 that explores themes of humor, satire, violence, and tenderness. Set over the course of a day, Da Corte renders the familiar uncanny by positioning popular characters and symbols in surprising new situations. The artist often embodies these characters himself, using prosthetics and costumes to honor, appropriate, and transform symbols of Americana.
Emily Wei Rales, director and co-founder of Glenstone, said, “Collaborations with artists are at the heart of everything we do at Glenstone. Though each takes a distinct approach to their practices, Jenny Holzer and Alex Da Corte offer viewers the opportunity to reflect on the extraordinary challenges facing our society today through political, literary, and pop culture iconography. We are grateful to both for the trust they placed in Glenstone to share their visions with our visitors.”
Returning with the reopening are several of the Pavilions’ signature single-artist presentations, including Brice Marden’s five-panel painting Moss Sutra with the Seasons (2010–2015), the Moon Landing (1969) triptych by On Kawara, and Robert Gober’s immersive environment Untitled (1992).
The Gallery will continue to present Iconoclasts: Selections from Glenstone’s Collection, an exhibition celebrating watershed moments in art history of the last century, featuring works by more than fifty artists. Beginning in January, Untitled (Number 12) (1953) by Joan Mitchell will be on view in a coordinated effort with institutions worldwide to celebrate the artist’s centennial.
“We look forward to welcoming the public back to our refreshed Pavilions building, reopening at the time of the year when Glenstone’s landscape is going through its own reawakening,” said Valentina Nahon, senior director of public engagement. “We are as excited for visitors to experience the new presentations as we are to reinstall the icons of the collection.”
Presentations by artists Cady Noland, Melvin Edwards, and Lorraine O’Grady will remain on view through February 23, 2025. From February 24 through March 19, 2025, Glenstone will temporarily close to prepare for opening on March 20, 2025. Tickets to the fully reopened Pavilions will be available online starting March 1, 2025.
