Objects made of glass have been a part of the physical landscape for centuries—used for function, decoration or contemplation in both public and private settings. Once a luxury item, glass objects are now relatively abundant and inexpensive.

ART GLASS: SCULPTURE AND POSSESSION features glass objects—such as paperweights, pressed glass goblets and small sculptures—and considers them in both aesthetic and economic terms as objects of admiration and objects of consumption. Comprised of objects from the Art Museum’s permanent collection (including Louis Comfort Tiffany vases and Population Portrait #7 by contemporary artist Mark Matthews), this exhibition debuts a large portion of a major gift from paperweight collector Dr. Carman Bahr.