Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School

This exhibition showcases landscape paintings by the renowned, contemporary Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick in conversation with classic works from The New York Historical’s collection of 19th-century Hudson River School paintings.

Highlights From the Exhibition

Kay WalkingStick, July Low Water, 2010, Oil and palladium leaf on panel in two parts

Asher B. Durand, East Branch of the Ausable River, 1837-1878, Oil on canvas

Kay WalkingStick, Niagara, 2022, Oil on panel in two parts

Louis Davis Minot, Niagara Falls, 1818, Oil on linen

By examining and highlighting contemporary Indigenous art in the changing discourse of American art history, WalkingStick / Hudson River School celebrates a shared reverence for nature and galvanizes critical discussions on land dispossession and its reclamation by Indigenous peoples and nations.

_{This exhibition has been organized by The New York Historical.}
_{Major support for Kay WalkingStick / Hudson River School is provided by the Lily Auchincloss Foundation.}