The Castellani Museum has a permanent collection of 5700 works of art, including prints, photographs, paintings, drawings, and sculpture dating largely from the 1850's to the present.
19th-century & 20th century Europeans include Daumier, the impressionist Guillaumin, Utrillo, Rouault, Modigliani, Picasso, Miro, Moholy-Nagy, and Dali; and American artists like Twatchman, Bierstadt, Cropsey, and Potthast, Avery, Burchfield, and Tomlin.
While the collection illustrates the development of modern art, it focuses primarily on art from the 1970's to the present. Modern and contemporary artists represented include Calder, Nevelson, Warhol, Motherwell, DeKooning, Bearden, Hepworth, Nevelson, Rauschenberg, Basquiat, Haring, and Baselitz.
Exhibitions of nationally known and emerging contemporary artists and traditional folk arts are presented each year.
Exhibitions & Dates
Of Their Time: Hudson River School to Postwar Modernism
Jan 1 2017 - Dec 31 2019
A century of contributions to the creation of an American artistic vision
Appealing Words: Calligraphy Traditions in Western New York
Aug 27 2017 - Jun 3 2018
An introduction to the diverse calligraphy traditions practiced in Western New York
Writing on the Wall: Text-based Works - From the Collection, Curated by Niagara University Faculty
Mar 4 2018 - Jul 29 2018
Works highlight dialogues between visual arts and academics
The Lure of Niagara: Highlights - From the Charles Rand Penney Historical Niagara Falls Print Collection
Feb 18 2018 - Sep 9 2018
Prints of the Falls prior to the twentieth century