Permanent Collection is inspired by the idea that the Aspen Art Museum's exhibition program is constantly rotating and that the museum itself does not have a collection. This new publication series not only offers insight into the museum's programming, but also contributes to the larger field investigating and responding to visual culture.

Focusing on the idea of the institution, Permanent Collection I features interviews between Heidi Zuckerman and Marcia Tucker and Betty Woodman, essays by Anthony Huberman, Laura Hoptman, Sarah Rifky and Rodney Graham, as well as pieces by Marcel Broodthaers and Simon Denny.