Whitney Western Art Museum
A blog about the collections, exhibits, and goings-on of the Whitney Western Art Museum.
Center of the West announces full lineup of presenters for sculpture symposium
Preparations are ramping up for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Forged and Founded—Western American Sculpture symposium on Saturday, June 17,…
Forged & Founded: Western American Sculpture, A New Bronze Age
The ancient technique of casting sculpture in bronze took a fresh turn in 1849, when Henry Kirke Brown created Choosing of the…
Forged & Founded: Western American Sculpture, Alexander Phimister Proctor
The Whitney Western Art Museum houses studio collections of four western American artists: Frederic Remington, W.H.D. Koerner, Joseph Henry Sharp, and Alexander…
Behind the Scenes of That Day: Pictures of the American West
The Whitney Western Art Museum presents a special exhibition of photographs by renowned photographer and author Laura Wilson. That Day: Pictures of…
Showstoppers: William E. Weiss Purchase Award Winners
Past Exhibition Showstoppers: William E. Weiss Purchase Award Winners, 1989 – 2015 Mezzanine Level over the Hub 2016 marked the 35th anniversary…
Buffalo Bill Center of the West hosts “Forged & Founded” art symposium
The year 2017 marked the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Centennial—100 years of research, collecting, exhibitions, and programs. As part of…