POP! Goes the West - Members and VIP Opening

POP! Goes the West

Buffalo Bill Center of the West Members and VIPs enjoy the first look at POP! Goes the West before it opens to the general public. Enjoy appetizers and a cash bar while viewing this new exhibition. Colorful western attire encouraged!

Explore the compelling intersections between popular culture and the American West through the Center’s newest exhibition, POP! Goes the West. Surround yourself with the iconic work of Andy Warhol and other artists who combine the styles and attitudes of the Pop Art movement with western subject matter.

POP! features eye-catching artwork with bright colors and bold designs. Artists depict a West that is both familiar and unexpected, filled with Indians and cowgirls, wildlife and highways, horses and pickup trucks, cell phones and tourists, along with lariats, guns, geysers, and more. They insert their personal stories into histories and myths to reveal the complexities and contradictions of the West.

The exhibition highlights dynamic artworks from the past five decades while revealing the influences of historical art, pop culture, and media. Selections of proto-Pop objects from the Buffalo Bill Museum’s collection demonstrate the longstanding relationship between pop culture and western art. And hands-on activities invite visitors of all ages to think, play, and engage physically with the exhibition themes.

POP! promises fresh perspectives, offers a wide range of interpretations of the West in art, and celebrates western art as a vibrant genre. This exhibition will be on view in the Anne & Charles Duncan Special Exhibition Gallery from May 24, 2025 until January 25, 2026.

Not yet a member? Visit the Buffalo Bill Center of the West's membership page to learn more about the benefits of membership and to join online!

THANKS TO

Diane Collection — Frère Family • Reid Schell — Handle With Care

Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund • Anne & Charles Duncan Special Exhibition Gallery Endowment

Learn more about the POP! Goes the West exhibition.