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. Courtesy the artist and Hales, London and New York. Photo by JSP Art Photography
© Kay WalkingStick
Asher B. Durand, East Branch of the Ausable River, 1837-1878, Oil on canvas. Long term loan courtesy of Mr. Chet Schmitt, New Britain Museum of American Art, 2003.76LTL. Image courtesy of New Britain Museum of American Art.
Kay WalkingStick, Niagara, 2022, Oil on panel in two parts.
The New York Historical, Purchased through the generosity of Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar Tang; Nancy Newcomb; Anonymous; Barry Barnett; Helen Appel; Belinda and Charles Bralver; Dorothy Tapper Goldman; Margi and Andrew Hofer; Louise Mirrer; Jennifer and John Monsky; Suzanne Peck and Brian Friedman; Pam and Scott Schafler; Barbara and Elliott Wagner; and Linda Ferber, 2023.2ab
© Kay WalkingStick
Louis Davis Minot, Niagara Falls, 1818, Oil on linen. The New York Historical, Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap Sr. to the Waldron Phoenix Belknap Jr. Collection, 1956.4
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.
