The Iconic Frida Kahlo Comes to Gilcrease this Summer
Gilcrease Museum presents Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray, an exhibition of photographs of Frida Kahlo, on view beginning July 10 through September 11, 2016. This exhibition provides an intimate look at Frida Kahlo, Mexico’s most prolific and well-known female artist, through the photographic lens of her longtime friend and lover, Nickolas Muray. …
West Mexico: Ritual and Identity Opens June 26
Strong, exotic and enigmatic describe the solid and hollow ceramic figures from West Mexico. West Mexico: Ritual and Identity presents an innovative archaeology exhibition that also includes perspectives from contemporary art, art history, anthropology and various materials testing sciences. The exhibition, set to open June 26 at Gilcrease Museum, sheds new light on one of …
James Pepper Henry is Named to AAM Board
Three leading museum professionals have been elected to the board of directors of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), serving three-year terms. The incoming board members are: Chevy Humphrey, president and CEO, Arizona Science Center, Phoenix James Pepper Henry, executive director, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK Kelly McKinley, director, OMCA Lab, Oakland Museum of California AAM’s …
Gilcrease Museum to Feature Live Birds in Weekend Shows
Enjoy the exciting live bird presentation, “It’s All About Birds!” on Saturday, Jan. 30, presented by the George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center. The two live bird performances, one at 11 a.m. and a second at 1:30 p.m., are offered in conjunction with the special exhibition Birds in Art which is on display through Feb. …
Gilcrease on Wheels Now Available for Oklahoma Schools
Gilcrease on Wheels, a mobile museum experience for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students in rural Oklahoma, is now available to visit schools across Oklahoma. Designed through a partnership with Poteau Public Schools, Gilcrease on Wheels utilizes the Gilcrease Museum collection of art, history, and cultural artifacts to benefit Oklahoma standards for art, social studies …
Rick Bartow Exhibition to Open at Gilcrease
Rick Bartow is one of Oregon’s best-known artists. For more than 40 years, he has created a powerful body of work, influenced by his Native American heritage, life experiences, physical environment, international travels and fine art training. In 2012, two of his monumental sculptures were permanently installed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., outside …
Art and Artistry of Plains Indian Cultures Examined
The Helmerich Center for American Research achieved another milestone hosting its first symposium based on its Visiting Scholars Program. Six scholars made presentations related to the theme, “Art and Artistry of Plains Indian Communities” focusing on research recently conducted at Gilcrease. W. Richard West, M.A., J.D, Autry Museum of the American West, provided a frame …
Gilcrease Museum Announces New Curator of Art
Gilcrease Museum is pleased to announce that Laura F. Fry has been hired as curator of art for Gilcrease Museum. Fry comes to Gilcrease Museum from the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, Wash., where she has been the inaugural Haub Curator of Western American Art since April 2013. Fry worked closely with collectors Erivan and …
Explore the Artistry of the Bolo Tie in New Exhibition
Explore the world of bolo ties, the uniquely Western sartorial adornment’s history and revival, in a new exhibition traveling to Gilcrease Museum this fall. Native American Bolo Ties: Vintage and Contemporary Artistry, organized by the Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, opens October 18, 2015 and runs through January 3, 2016. The distinctive tie, named Arizona’s official …
Rediscovered: An Artist’s Legacy Rises from the Ashes
More than 150 years after his Smithsonian gallery burned to the ground, John Mix Stanley is receiving a long overdue retrospective exhibition. Considered the premier painter of the American West and a prolific artist, Stanley traveled thousands of miles crisscrossing the western territories and the kingdom of Hawaii in the mid-19th century, painting portraits of …