Powers Art Center

The Powers Art Center holds the private collection of John and Kimiko Powers, patrons and friends to some of the most prominent artists of the midcentury, including, but not limited to, Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Christo and Jeanne-Claude and Issey Miyake. The collection just outside of Carbondale is always free to visit, and is studded with personal notes, elevating it from an impressive contemporary art collection to a glimpse into an intimate art world. The building was designed by Tokyo-based architect Hiroshi Nanamori and Glenn Rappaport of Basalt, and is itself a work of art, with an L-shaped reflecting pool and latticed columns that frame views across the Roaring Fork Valley.