Thomas Moran was one of the artist documenting the expansion to the West. He was on the first formal expedition in 1871 to Yellowstone country to document the geological wonders […]
I Art Whitney
A blog about the collections, exhibits, and goings-on of the Whitney Western Art Museum.
Albert Bierstadt: A Conservationist
Albert Bierstadt—He’s a late 19th-century artist, most well-known for his majestic landscape paintings of the Wind River Range, Yellowstone, and the American West. But there’s more to him than paintings […]
Museum Minute: Where Elegance Meets Fear
It’s a weird story not often told at museums since it’s against the rules. But at the Whitney Western Museum of Art there’s one painting visitors can’t resist touching. Contemporary […]
Buffalo Bill Center of the West receives NEA grant for Bierstadt exhibition
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West has won a $30,000 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The monies go toward the Center’s upcoming exhibition […]
Sculpture Guide: Mule Deer
Life-Size Mule Deer By Michael Coleman2013 Location: Cashman Greever Garden Life-Size Mule Deer, cast number 6 of an edition of 20, takes a prominent place the Buffalo Bill Center of […]
Sculpture Guide: The Greeting
The Greeting By George Carlson1987–1988 Location: Cashman Greever Garden The Greeting, by George Carlson, resides in a quiet side area of our Cashman Greever Garden. The Blackfoot Indian depicted holds […]
