Rethinking “Western” American Art Saturday, June 18, 2022 10–11:30 a.m. A free, illustrated lecture featuring art historian Dr. Carol Clark Free and open to the public, but please RSVP to […]
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Western American Art Reinterpreted – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2009 See the West in a Whole New Way: Western American Art Reinterpreted Ed. Note: A look back to an article on the Whitney […]
Buffalo Bill Center of the West mounted 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 his legacy. In 2018, the […]
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 of a three-part series, provisionally […]
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 program takes place from 9 […]
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 enlisted as an artist for […]