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.
There couldn’t be a better time to buy Western art than right now. At this moment. Literally now. It never ceases to amaze us how much quality Western art we see here at the magazine. Historic and contemporary, emerging artists and standard bearers, young and old— everything. It’s all happening right now. September brought us the Jackson Hole Art Auction, Jackson Hole gallery shows, the Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale and others. October was the Cowboy Artists of America’s annual show. And now November brings auctions at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Santa Fe, Leslie Hindman, John Moran and Bonhams. It also brings us the gallery shows from the top artists working today including Martin Grelle, Logan Maxwell Hagege and Z.S. Liang. Like I said, there is no better time than the…
By Western Hands, which aims to preserve the legacy of Western design through the support of artisans and craftsmen and women, has recently secured its first permanent home in Cody, Wyoming. The 8,000-square-foot facility, formerly occupied by a local hardware store and centrally located near the historic Irma Hotel in downtown Cody, was acquired specifically to benefit the organization and its members. It is tentatively planned to open in the spring of 2018. The design center will house a retail gallery showcasing handmade works of art, including Western-designed wooden and leather furniture, leather, fabric and bead works and metal craft, and will showcase the evolution of Western function art, including designs influenced by Thomas Molesworth. A historical overview of Western design furniture and other functional art, which was greatly influenced…
PRESIDENT Curtis Tierney Tierney Fine Art Bozeman, MT Today’s fine art market is both like and unlike past years—let me explain. Art collecting tenets in perpetuity will always be to buy the most noted names, highest-quality examples of their work and finest condition. However, two key differences are at play today. Collectors are scrutinizing values like never before, coming out of a great recession. Additionally, they are highly educated and engaged. The internet provides art buyers remarkable access to information, transparency and purchasing options. The savvy collector leads the market today. As a private dealer in 19th and 20th century American and Western paintings, I find the current market captivating. I get to connect on a very personalized level with individuals. Together we bring the highest shared connoisseurship to their…
Fine Art Publishing, the exclusive publisher of Western painter Howard Terpning, has announced a special new series of limited edition giclée prints to celebrate the artist’s 90th birthday on November 5. To mark the occasion, each print will be limited to 90 prints. The publishing company, started by Howard Terpning’s son Steven Terpning, was formed in December 2016 and released its first print in February 2017. Beginning on November 5, Fine Art Publishing will be offering five giclée prints and one small canvas work as part of the Howard Terpning 90th Birthday Series. The titles will be released quarterly through November 5, 2018; the first release is Status Symbols, done for a 1982 show at Settlers West Galleries in Terpning’s hometown of Tucson, Arizona. “We’re incredibly excited about these images,…
Frederic Remington is one of the most iconic Western artists to ever live, and with that acclaim comes an unfortunate byproduct: his works are occasionally copied, altered and otherwise misrepresented to the public. Rather than turn a blind eye to these works of questionable authenticity, the Sid Richardson Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, has devoted a small focused exhibition to them in Frederic Remington: Altered States. The exhibition, ongoing now, will feature three paintings, each of which has its own unique history. One of the works in the exhibition is He Rushed the Pony Right to the Barricade, which was shown publically for years as a Remington painting until Remington scholar Peter Hassrick began to scrutinize the paint itself. He found details of the painting, including the signature, that appeared…
The Kravis Discovery Center at the Gilcrease Museum has recently reopened after a renovation that has added the Interactive Discovery Trail, an immersive experience that will bring museum visitors closer to the materials in the collection and provide a deeper examination of more than 4,000 artifacts. The new feature was designed by TEQ4, a United Kingdombased firm that specializes in immersive attractions and interactive experiences for museums, science centers and theme parks around the world. The new additions to the Gilcrease will offer a variety of technologybased features, including visitor tracking, augmented reality and 3D printing. Additionally, the Interactive Discovery Trail will use 3D soundscapes, innovative display solutions and TEQ4’s proprietary Chaperone system to tell the story of Native peoples and cultures of North, Central and South America. “We are…
