With previews of gallery exhibitions, museum shows and auctions, Western Art Collector is the premier monthly magazine for collectors searching for works by talented living and past artists who depict the West in paintings and sculptures.
Wow! What a summer it was! We are quite pleased with what we are hearing from galleries, artists, auctions and art fairs from Bozeman to the Jackson Hole, Aspen to Santa Fe. The art market has shifted into high gear and sales are taking place across the country. We’ve heard many galleries tell us that it was their best summer for quite some time and now this optimism is switching from summer to fall. While summer is about all the wonderful destinations across the country, the fall sees the market switch to the cities. To places like Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas/Fort Worth, Scottsdale and Indianapolis. The New York season, after a long summer break, comes back in full force for September, October and November, with a full schedule of gallery…
DIRECTOR Maria Hajic Gerald Peters Gallery Santa Fe, NM Long associated with classic Western art, the gallery continues to promote the work born from this region. With the expansion of the Santa Fe Art Auction and the development of the contemporary Western department, we continue to see strong interest from our clients in this traditional subject matter. Looking to increase the visibility of the gallery and expand on Western themes, the gallery has begun exhibition based programing. The intersection of art, history, literature and film is fertile ground. We welcomed our first of this programming with a successful lecture and film viewing by gallery artist Peter de la Fuente supported by the New Deal Preservation Association. In September, the gallery will host a book signing and lecture with Pulitzer Prize-winning…
Cowboys ride a fine line between success and failure, prosperity and poverty, and even life and death. Sometimes their fate rests solely in a piece of leather or steel— riders are often only as good as their gear. In celebration of top-quality cowboy gear, the Museum of Northern Arizona will present the 26th annual Trappings of the American West Exhibition & Sale, which will examine the beauty and importance of items such as saddles, boots, hats, bits and spurs, musical instruments, pistols, quirts and many other finely crafted objects. The event, presented in partnership with Dry Creek Arts Fellowship, will feature new work from 80 of the country’s top artists. They come from 15 Western states and include members of the Cowboy Artists of America, Traditional Cowboy Arts Association and…
From June 9 through 11 the Couse-Sharp Historic Site—featuring the home and studio of Eanger Irving Couse and two studios of Joseph Henry Sharp—rolled out the red carpet for invited guests, supporters and artists as it celebrated the famous Western destination with a gala and auction. The Couse-Sharp Gala Weekend also featured the grand re-opening of Joseph Henry Sharp’s second studio, which has been occupied since his death by other artists. The studio will now serve as an exhibition space. The first rotating permanent exhibition is J.H. Sharp Studio: The Life and Work of an American Legend. Sharp and Couse were both founders of Taos Society of Artists. Other events included a presentation on Sharp’s various studios by Peter Hassrick, director emeritus and senior scholar at the Buffalo Bill Center of…
Now in its 107th year, the Pendleton Round-Up is once again returning to Pendleton, Oregon, to continue a rich legacy of cowboy culture and Western heritage. This year’s poster will feature artwork by painter Buckeye Blake, whose own heritage is rooted in the cowboy way of life. Blake, whose grandfather was a pioneer breeder of quarter horses, grew up traveling the rodeo circuit with his father. He used experiences he had witnessed when he started painting and sculpting cowboy and Western subject matters. Like Charlie Russell before him, Blake’s work resonates with collectors for its authentic portrayal of Western life, as well as the graphical, almost illustration-like style that drew in collectors of contemporary Western art. He passed his love of painting onto his son, Teal Blake, who is also…
On September 15 and 16, the Museum of the Big Bend in Alpine, Texas, will host Charlie Russell Heads West and the Fourth Annual Heritage Dinner at the Western museum. The dinner, designed to honor supporters of the museum, will also serve as the formal opening reception for Charlie Russell Heads West, a new exhibition that will examine one of the West’s most famous and authentic cowboy artists. “The Heritage Dinner is special to the Museum of the Big Bend as we recognize those who have contributed to and supported the Museum of the Big Bend. These folks help to honor and preserve our special slice of Texas,” says museum interim director Mary Bones. “Charlie Russell Heads West bookends the treasures from the Frederic Remington exhibit the museum hosted four…
