Tommy Wayne Cannon, or more commonly known as T.C. Cannon, was a Native American artist of the 20th century. He was an enrolled member of the Kiowa Tribe. Karen McWhorter, […]
I Art Whitney
A blog about the collections, exhibits, and goings-on of the Whitney Western Art Museum.
Museum Minute: A Hidden Figure
Museum curators often receive public inquiries, and sometimes an outside person can be very helpful to gaining better insight on a painting or object in the museum. For Karen McWhorter, […]
Museum Minute: A French Artist with a Passion for the American West
Rosa Bonheur was a famous French animal artist during the late 19th century. She’s one of the few female artists in the Whitney Museum collection. Karen McWhorter, the Scarlett Curator […]
Museum Minute: Choosing of the Arrow
When a visitor enters the Whitney Western Art Museum one sculpture might confuse the visitor. Choosing of the Arrow by Henry Kirke Brown might remind people not of the West, […]
“Distant Thunder” sculpture makes its way to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West welcomed a new sculpture to its beautiful grounds on September 6, 2019. Distant Thunder, a stately bronze of a bison by sculptor Michael […]
Museum Minute: An Epic View of the West
When you think of epic western landscapes, what comes to mind is probably those of Albert Bierstadt. Karen McWhorter, the Scarlett Curator of Western American Art for the Whitney Western […]
