Artis Naples and its art museum, Baker Museum, have four exquisite examples of glass works by Dale Chihuly and his studio. I have shown some separately in the past. Here they are in one post.
The newest Chihuly installation is Red Reeds. The 145 reed-like glass forms were installed in the Norris Garden outside Baker Museum, against the concert hall of Artis Naples, as part of an exhibition from the Chihuly studio in 2020-2021. After the exhibition closed, noted Naples philanthropists Jay and Patty Baker collaborated with their friends Jeannette and Herbert Evert to buy the installation and donate it.
The ceiling of a third floor, 51 foot long, hallway between two galleries shows 1,028 brightly colored Chihuly blown glass works called Persians, lighted and above glass. Persian Seaform Ceiling was installed in 2000. Like so many other works here, they were bought and donated by Jay and Patty Baker.
Blue icicle is a three-story, thousand pound, 35 foot long Chihuly chandelier consisting of 377 blown glass pieces hung in the center of Baker Museum.
Finally Chihuly's 19-1/2 foot tall, 2,000 pound, red chandelier hangs across the courtyard in a gallery off the lobby of Hayes Hall in Artis Naples.
