Liz Glynn's Open House Brings Displaced Gilded Age Furniture to Storm King Art Center
Liz Glynn's installation, Open House, showcases her 2017 concrete replicas of Louis XIV-style furniture, designed to evoke the grandeur of a Gilded Age ballroom. This artwork draws inspiration from the former mansion of politician and financier William C. Whitney in New York. Initially, the Public Art Fund exhibited the piece in 2017 at the southern end of Central Park, just a few blocks from Whitney's residence. Now at Storm King Art Center, Open House interacts with the landscape, appearing as a ruin or an anachronistic architectural folly. Set within the grass, Glynn's sculptures encourage visitors to ponder their origins and past lives. The exhibition at Storm King Art Center in New Windsor, New York, will open on September 16, 2026.
Key facts
- Liz Glynn's Open House consists of 2017 concrete remakes of Louis XIV-style furnishings.
- The furnishings are arranged to suggest a lavish Gilded Age ballroom.
- The installation references the former New York mansion of politician and financier William C. Whitney.
- Public Art Fund first sited the piece in 2017 at the south end of Central Park.
- The original Central Park location was only a few blocks from Whitney's former house.
- At Storm King, Open House sits in the open landscape and reads as a ruin or out-of-time architectural folly.
- The sculptures are set into the grass and ask visitors to sit with the work and picture the furniture's origins and past lives.
- The exhibition is at Storm King Art Center, New Windsor, New York, opening September 16, 2026.
Entities
Artists
- Liz Glynn
- Louis XIV
- William C. Whitney
Institutions
- Storm King Art Center
- Public Art Fund
Locations
- New Windsor
- New York
- United States
- Central Park
- New York City