Today we celebrate the birthday of one of our patrons, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, whose generosity and continued support of his mother’s founding contributions helped to shape the Whitney Western Art […]
I Art Whitney
A blog about the collections, exhibits, and goings-on of the Whitney Western Art Museum.
Exploration and Empire
The West of the nineteenth century was a fascinating place to venture. This was the time of Lewis and Clark, the Louisiana Purchase, territories becoming states, and (right in our own […]
The Curator Responds
Dear readers and patrons, Thank you so much for all of your thoughtful questions on our collections, gallery displays, and objects. I hope you find our responses helpful. Let’s get […]
Feeling Inquisitive? Ask the Whitney!
Hi to all you western art lovers out there. Things are kickin’ at the Whitney as we gear up to start rotating out our art and prepare for the spring […]
The Photography of James Bama
If you are familiar with the art of James Bama, you will immediately think of his beautiful photo-realistic paintings, paintings filled with the people of the West—Native Americans, cowboys, rodeo clowns, […]
Nineteenth century American West on view with Bodmer exhibit
Had it not been for Karl Bodmer’s 1830s drawings of the people and places of the American West, that way of life might have remained shadowy at best. In 2013, […]
