Sharp Family Gallery Olana State Historic Site May 12 – October 27, 2024 Exhibition organized by The Olana Partnership Overview Since 2020, global events, including COVID-19, have brought many of us face-to-face with the realities of death on the largest scale in our lifetimes. In a time ...Read More

SPECTACLE: Frederic Church and the Business of Art November 19, 2023 – March 31, 2024 SPECIAL OFFER: RECEIVE 50% OFF EXHIBITION TICKETS! Use code SPECTACLE50 at checkout Sharp Family Gallery | Olana State Historic Site Organized by The Olana Partnership Tickets OVERVIEW Frederic Church’s The Heart ...Read More

TERRAFORMING: Olana’s Historic Photography Collection Unearthed Through October 29, 2023 Olana State Historic Site Tickets Online Gallery Purchase the Catalogue Listen to WAMC Interview The Olana Partnership, in collaboration with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, ...Read More

The Olana Partnership, in collaboration with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, presents Chasing Icebergs: Art and a Disappearing Landscape, the first winter exhibition at Olana State Historic Site. The exhibition, shown primarily in the Sharp Family Gallery at Olana, highlights Frederic ...Read More

Sacred Site by Diana Wege July 13 - October 31, 2022 Sacred Site presents a rare opportunity to encounter the full scale and impact of Frederic Church’s monumental canvases in the landscape he designed at Olana. The installation comprises twelve replicated works created by contemporary ...Read More

Cross Pollination: Heade, Cole, Church, and Our Contemporary Moment June 12 – October 31, 2021 Presented at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site and Olana State Historic Site A new exhibition exploring the theme of “cross pollination” in art and the environment from the 19th century to the contemporary ...Read More

FALLEN by Jean Shin Olana's East Lawn | May 2 - October 31, 2021 When the artist Frederic Church created Olana’s 250-acre naturalistic landscape, he planted thousands of native trees on a hillside that had been previously logged and deforested. His plantings included the eastern ...Read More

“Memento Mori Mandalas” by Portia Munson Olana's East Lawn | May 2 - October 31, 2021 Portia Munson is a nationally recognized artist based in Catskill, NY whose work is attuned to the interconnection of art and science and the toll of environmental loss, themes ...Read More

“What is Missing?” by Maya Lin Virtual | May 2 - October 31, 2021 “What Is Missing?” is a multi-sited memorial created by Maya Lin to raise awareness through science-based artworks about the present sixth mass extinction of species, connect this loss of species to ...Read More

In Frederic Church’s Ombra: Architecture in Conversation with Nature Sharp Family Gallery, Olana State Historic Site | May 12 - November 3, 2019 “In Frederic Church’s Ombra: Architecture in Conversation with Nature” showcases multimedia design concepts and installations, developed by leading architects and select artists.  As Guest Curator, Barry ...Read More