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.
The current situation we are in has us all over here thinking about what the role of a magazine is and what motivates us to publish it each and every month. And that conversation extends to not just what we think it is but what you, the reader, wants it to be. From our discussions and from what we hear every day as we talk to gallery owners, art dealers, auction professionals, artists and of course collectors, is that this magazine should be provide a direct link between collectors, gallery owners and artists in a way that makes it easy for people to purchase art for their own collections. When we came up with the preview concept (often imitated but never duplicated, btw), this was an entirely new format never…
COAST-TO-COAST COVERAGE Find out what’s happening across the nation. Western Art Collector is the first magazine to provide nationwide coverage of upcoming shows and auctions showcasing Western art from coast to coast. PREVIEWS In the Preview pages we reveal new contemporary and historic Western works about to become available for sale at the country’s leading Western art galleries. AUCTION AND EVENT PREVIEWS AND REPORTS Each month we alert you to upcoming Western art auctions and events nationwide. Read our reports on prices fetched so you can stay informed and up-to-date on the market. WESTERN ART INSIGHTS Find out everything the discerning collector needs to know. Each month our panel of art consultants, museum curators and experts share their behind-the-scenes knowledge of how the Western art market works. STATE OF THE…
One of the most celebrated sculptors of public monuments in the United States, Glenna Goodacre, died April 13 at her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was 80. Goodacre was known for the massive Irish Memorial in Philadelphia, the Sacagawea dollar, a monument of Ronald Reagan at the Reagan Presidential Library and the Vietnam Women’s Memorial in Washington, D.C. Her work was also in museums from coast to coast. Her death was announced by entertainer Harry Connick Jr., husband to the artist’s daughter, Jill Goodacre Connick. “I lost my mother, hero and best friend today, and my heart is completely broken,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “She was one of the most celebrated artists of all time, and yet she always said that her greatest pieces were her…
Christina E. Burke Curator of Native American & Non-Western Art Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa, OK (918) 748-5387 www.philbrook.org What event (gallery show, museum exhibit, etc.) in the next few months are you looking forward to, and why? I’m thrilled that Philbrook is the final venue for the traveling exhibition Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists (June 28 through September 20, 2020). This incredible show of more than 100 works of art from the past 1,000 years celebrates the powerful and ongoing creativity of Indigenous women across a variety of media. It was developed by co-curators Teri Greeves (Kiowa) and Jill Ahlberg Yohe (Minneapolis Institute of Art) in collaboration with an advisory board of women artists, curators and scholars. What are you reading? At the moment I’m really enjoying…
MAY Through May 22 MOUNTAIN TRAILS GALLERIES SEDONA Horses and Canyons Sedona, AZ – (800) 527-6556 www.mountaintrailssedona.com Opens May 23 MAXWELL ALEXANDER GALLERY Logan Maxwell Hagege Los Angeles, CA – (213) 275-1060 www.maxwellalexandergallery.com May 23-August 23 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART Tucker Smith: A Celebration of Nature Jackson, WY – (307) 733-5771 www.wildlifeart.org May 29 HERITAGE AUCTIONS Ethnographic Art: American Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Auction featuring the I.S.K. Reeves V and Sara W. Reeves Collection Dallas, TX – (214) 528-3500 www.ha.com May 29-June 13 BLUE RAIN GALLERY Matthew Sievers: New Paintings Santa Fe, NM – (505) 954-9902 www.blueraingallery.com Through May 31 MANITOU GALLERIES Four Wheelin’ Flashback Santa Fe, NM – (505) 986-0440 www.manitougalleries.com Through May 31 TUCSON DESERT ART MUSEUM Art is the Seed: Contemporary Native American Female Art Tucson,…
May 2020 (Date TBA) Phippen Western Art Show & Sale Online – (928) 778-1385 May 15 Altermann’s American Western Artwork & Native American Artwork Santa Fe, NM – (307) 753-3316 May 19 Sotheby’s American Art Auction New York, NY – (212) 606-7000 June 4-5 Hindman's Arts of the American West Denver, CO – (303) 825-1855 June 13 Scottsdale Art Auction Scottsdale, AZ – (480) 945-0225 July 1 Heritage Auctions’ American Art Auction Dallas, TX – (877) 437-4824 July 25 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction Reno, NV – (208) 772-9009 August 1-September 13 Prix de West Oklahoma City, OK – (405) 478-2250 September 9-20 Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival Jackson, WY – (307) 733-3316 September 9-October 11 Western Visions Show & Sale Jackson, WY – (307) 733-5771 September 10-12 The Russell Great…
