Bentonville, Arkansas: Creepy Giant Art Spider
A 30-foot-high gristly black spider screams "art!" to those who claim to know such things. It's easy to cower beneath it and look terrified for novelty snapshots.
Compton Gardens and Arboretum
- Address:
- 312 N. Main St., Bentonville, AR
- Directions:
- Compton Gardens and Arboretum. East side of N. Main St., just north of its intersection with NE 3rd St.
- Hours:
- M-F 8-5 Local health policies may affect hours and access.
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It's a massive bronze spider located in the middle of the botanical gardens. It's 30 feet tall.
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One of several similarly creepy giant spiders sculpted by the late Louise Bourgeois, all black, withered, wrinkly, and carrying a sac of marble eggs. Louise titled all of them Maman ("Mommy"). Because of their notoriety, people called Louise "Spiderwoman," although perhaps not to her face.