Past Forward: Three Millennia of Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum

Past Forward highlights Gilcrease Museum’s unique collection, which gathers together more than three millennia of Native American art. The richly illustrated catalogue features new scholarship on a diverse group of artworks, including dialogues between the curators and Native artists, scholars, and elders.

Past Forward encompasses art historical, archeological, and archival objects, exploring visual motifs and knowledge systems across millennia and affirming this material as central to American art history. The texts within the book amplify Native American voices by enlisting Indigenous frameworks through new scholarship and dialogues with artists, scholars, and elders.