Western Art Collector December 2022/ No. 184

Welcome to the December issue! December brings nostalgia, holiday spirit, tradition and gift-giving. Lucky for you, our editorial team is prepared and timely with our Western Holiday Gift Guide starting on Page 78. We work very hard to bring new gift ideas from Western artists to our Western art lovers. It is one of our favorite features because it is different and unique each year. We are warning you in advance: It will be hard not to find something that you must have or must gift! To complement the season, many of our gallery previews offer small works as their focus. (Secret tip: Check them out and select your art early right from our pages before the show opens.) Some of the galleries offering these holiday shows include Legacy Gallery,…

As we start to look into the coming year—where did A 2022 go?!—we are turning much of our attention to the upcoming show and exhibition calendars of galleries, museums, auction houses and even from individual artists. We’ve already shared numerous sneak peeks into 2023, which you’ll find in this and other recent issues, and I can assure you it’s going to be an amazing year for Western art. Our whole editorial team, from top to bottom, takes great pride in the number of shows and events covered in Western Art Collector. Not only do we aim to cover as many openings as we can fit in the magazine, but we try our hardest to also devote some serious coverage to the big shows, the important shows and the shows that…

DECEMBER 10, 2022-JANUARY 7, 2023: Danny Galieote: Americana West MAXWELL ALEXANDER GALLERY | Los Angeles, CA | (213) 275-1060 | www.maxwellalexandergallery.com November NOVEMBER 19 ELKS THEATRE & PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Prescott, Arizona: Mecca of Western Art Prescott, AZ www.prescottelkstheatre.org/theatre-events THROUGH NOVEMBER 30 THE LUNDER RESEARCH CENTER AT COUSE-SHARP HISTORIC SITE The Infinite Landscape Taos, NM – (575) 751-0369 www.couse-sharp.org December THROUGH DECEMBER 2 MARK SUBLETTE MEDICINE MAN GALLERY Dennis Ziemienski Tucson, AZ – (520) 722-7798 www.medicinemangallery.com DECEMBER 2-30 MANITOU GALLERIES Small Works Annual Show Santa Fe, NM – (505) 984-9859 www.manitougalleries.com DECEMBER 2-31 MOCKINGBIRD GALLERY Lasting Impressions Bend, OR – (541) 388-2107 www.mockingbird-gallery.com DECEMBER 2-31 MOUNTAIN TRAILS GALLERY Treasures and Objects of Delight Sedona, AZ – (928) 282-3225 www.mountaintrailssedona.com DECEMBER 2-APRIL 15, 2023 STEAMBOAT ART MUSEUM The New West: The…

THROUGH JANUARY 8, 2023 BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM The Shirt Wearers: The Plains Indian Art of Cathy A. Smith Cartersville, GA – (770) 387-1300 www.boothmuseum.org THROUGH JANUARY 8, 2023 NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART Western Eyes: 20th -Century Art Here and Now Santa Fe, NM – (505) 476-5072 www.nmartmuseum.org THROUGH JANUARY 8, 2023 THE JAMES MUSEUM OF WESTERN & WILDLIFE ART Black Pioneers: Legacy in the American West St. Petersburg, FL – (727) 892-4200 www.thejamesmuseum.org THROUGH JANUARY 13, 2023 COUSE-SHARP HISTORIC SITE The Infinite Landscape Taos, NM – (575) 751-0369 www.couse-sharp.org THROUGH JANUARY 16, 2023 KOLB STUDIO Grand Canyon Celebration of Art Grand Canyon National Park, AZ – (480) 277-0458 www.grandcanyon.org/coa THROUGH FEBRUARY 4, 2023 CARLSBAD MUSEUM Gary Niblett: His Life & Art Carlsbad, NM – (575) 887-0276 www.carlsbadmuseum.org THROUGH FEBRUARY 8, 2023…

JANUARY 3, 2023 Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale Denver, CO – (303) 291-2567 JANUARY 20-23, 2023 Brian Lebel’s Old West Mesa Mesa, AZ – (480) 779-9378 JANUARY 2023 (DATES TBA) PIWAA Symposium Denver, CO – (720) 865-5000 FEBRUARY 11-MARCH 26, 2023 Masters of the American West Los Angeles, CA – (323) 667-2000 FEBRUARY 17-19, 2023 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition Charleston, SC – (843) 723-1748 MARCH 16-18, 2023 Out West Art Show & Sale Great Falls, MT – (406) 590-1961 MARCH 16-18, 2023 March in Montana Coeur d’Alene, ID – (208) 664-2091 MARCH 24-SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 Desert Caballeros' Cowgirl Up! Wickenburg, AZ – (928) 684-2272 MARCH 24-25, 2023 Briscoe Western Art Museum Night of Artists San Antonio, TX – (210) 299-4499 APRIL 14-15, 2023 Scottsdale Art Auction Scottsdale, AZ – (480) 945-0225…

The Montana Museum of Art & Culture at the University of Montana recently acquired 125 Western works of art. The collection comes from the Stan and Donna Goodbar Collection, much of which will be on view in an exhibition opening early next year. Imagining the West: Selections from the Stan and Donna Goodbar Collection of Western Art opens February 4, 2023, and continues through May 27 at the museum in Missoula, Montana. “This collection reveals how artists interpreted the West during the 20th century. MMAC is proud to present a selection of these works featuring artists who made a living primarily as illustrators, both shaping and reinforcing quintessential myths about the West’s important archetypes, its settlers, cowboys and Indigenous inhabitants,” the museum notes. Artworks in the collection include pieces by…