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Luscombe, B. (2026, September 17). Anne Kraybill. TIME. https://time.com/collection/time100-art/2026/anne-kraybill/

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TIME · collected 2026-09-17 · by Belinda Luscombe

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Anne Kraybill, CEO of Art Bridges, aims to make artwork accessible by helping under-resourced U.S. museums display pieces from private collections and storerooms. Funded by Walmart heiress Alice Walton, Art Bridges aids in overcoming logistical barriers such as insurance and shipping costs. Currently supporting the Heckscher Museum’s exhibition transfer to Chicago, Kraybill emphasizes addressing strict climate control standards that often prevent exchanges between institutions. With partnerships at 253 museums, Art Bridges advocates for more inclusive art distribution nationwide.
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Anne Kraybill, the CEO of Art Bridges, a nonprofit founded by Walmart heiress Alice Walton, aims to address the issue of artwork being stored away unseen in museums around the U.S. By providing funding, logistical support, and training, Art Bridges helps under-resourced museums display art from storage. For example, the Heckscher Museum in Huntington, New York, is currently supported by Art Bridges as it loans an exhibition featuring sculptures by Emma Stebbins to the Driehaus Museum in Chicago starting in October. A significant challenge Art Bridges faces is the strict humidity standards imposed by many galleries when lending out artworks, which can be difficult for older or rural museums to meet. To address this, Art Bridges has funded research and conferences to determine necessary versus optimal climate control requirements for preserving artworks.

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Art Bridges Huntington U.S. Walmart the Heckscher Museum

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Art Bridges ORG · 4× Kraybill ORG · 2× Alice Walton PERSON · 1× Anne Kraybill PERSON · 1× Emma Stebbins PERSON · 1× Huntington GPE · 1× N.Y. GPE · 1× U.S. GPE · 1× Walmart ORG · 1× the Heckscher Museum ORG · 1×

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This question drives Anne Kraybill, the CEO of Art Bridges, a kind of art-sharing enterprise that helps extract works from viewer-free storage rooms so they can be displayed at museums (often rural, often under-resourced) around the U.S.
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Does art really exist if nobody ever sees it? asserted
nobody → exist → it
This question drives Anne Kraybill, the CEO of Art Bridges, a kind of art-sharing enterprise that helps extract works from viewer-free storage rooms so they can be displayed at museums (often rural, often under-resourced) around the U.S. asserted
they → drive → museums
The concept is more complicated than it sounds because of insurance, shipping costs, and issues around preservation—as well as the general tendency for art institutions to operate in silos. asserted
institutions → sound → silos
Art Bridges, with funds provided by Walmart heiress Alice Walton, helps clear obstacles to the free exchange of art, with training, logistical help, and of course, funding. asserted
Bridges → provide → course
Currently, for example, it’s supporting the Heckscher Museum in Huntington, N.Y., as it lends an exhibition of Emma Stebbins sculpture to the Driehaus in Chicago starting in October. asserted
it → support → October
One bugbear of Kraybill’s, for example, is the strict humidity standard that many galleries impose on other institutions before lending out works—standards that old, rural buildings often cannot meet. asserted
buildings → impose → that
Art Bridges has found and funded research and conferences to clarify what kind of climate control is necessary to protect artworks, and what is merely optimal. asserted
what → find → artworks
Art Bridges is now working with 253 museums. asserted
Bridges → work → museums
“Collectively,” says Kraybill, “there's more than enough art to bring these new experiences to the public across the country.” asserted
Kraybill → say → country
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