Join Elliot Bostwick Davis, PhD, as she discusses western American art in the collection of Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, with a special focus… Read More
Buffalo Bill Center of the West plans special Bierstadt exhibition in 2018
Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) is best known as America’s premier western landscapes artist. But he was also a renowned history painter, a rarely discussed element of… Read More
Behind the Scenes with ZCZ Films
ZCZ Films, a London based Production Company, recently visited Cody, Wyoming, to film some among the Whitney Western Art Museum’s most treasured works. As part… Read More
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, 2017. The day-long… Read More
Art and Exploration of the American West: The Legacy of John Mix Stanley
In 1853, the United States Government organized surveys to ascertain the most practical route for a transcontinental railroad. American explorer-artist John Mix Stanley (1814–1872) was… Read More
Treasures from Our West: Western Art by John Giarrizzo
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall/Winter 2015 Western Art by John Giarrizzo Though the field of art history is often divided into periods,… Read More
Points West Online: Depictions of Women in Western Art
Originally published in Points West in Spring 1995 By Sarah E. Boehme Former Curator, Whitney Western Art Museum “Oh, do you remember Sweet Betsy from… Read More
Western Art and Crafts
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” —Henry Ward Beecher [1] As I mentioned in… Read More
Nature Arts and Crafts
“Always continue walking a lot and loving nature, for that’s the real way to learn to understand art better and better.” —Vincent Van Gogh [1]… Read More
Whitney Western Art Museum offers free audio tour for interested visitors
The Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Whitney Western Art Museum has launched a new audio guide for use within the gallery. The free audio… Read More