Western Art Collector July 2023/No. 191

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.

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IN THIS ISSUE

A Cast of Characters

Welcome to the July issue of Western Art Collector! Be prepared as we launch you into our annual coverage of Western sculpture. We have brought together an amazing collection of features and sculpture pieces available for sale now. If you are not familiar with the process of fine art bronze casting we can assure you that you will be enlightened as you read through this issue. Sculpture art comes in many shapes, sizes and styles. Western art sculpture, in particular, is part of many collections from coast to coast. Why? Because there is a rich history in Western bronze work, whether it’s Frederic Remington’s The Broncho Buster from more than a century ago or Bill Nebeker’s Heading for a Hot Iron made recently. Western bronze reflects its place, its culture,…

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IN THIS ISSUE

The Market is Open

If you’ve read this magazine for even a small amount of time you know we like to talk about one aspect of our history—how art publications once solely focused on art reviews, not art previews. Our founding publisher, Vincent Miller, was adamant that the magazines—Western Art Collector and our sister publication American Art Collector, and later American Fine Art Magazine and Native American Art—be filled with as much artwork that was on the market and available for purchase as possible. It was a radical concept at the time. The idea was to give collectors opportunities to make art purchases, and that couldn’t happen with magazines full of artwork that had already sold from shows that took place weeks or months ago. This idea of “available artwork” is a philosophy that…

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Western Art Trail Calendar

JULY 15: COEUR D’ALENE ART AUCTION GRAND SIERRA RESORT | Reno, NV | (208) 772-9009 | www.cdaartauction.com June THROUGH JUNE 30 TENNESSEE VALLEY MUSEUM OF ART Lori Putnam: Far From Home Tuscumbia, AL – (256) 383-0533 www.tennesseevalleyarts.org July JULY 2023 BROADMOOR GALLERIES Broadmoor Art Experience Colorado Springs, CO – (719) 577-5744 www.broadmoorgalleries.com JULY 1-DECEMBER 31 BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM We Set Our Faces Westward: One Woman’s Journey 1839-1848 Cartersville, GA – (770) 387-1300 www.boothmuseum.org JULY 6-13 ONLINE Cowboy Trails – Inspired by the 2023 Annual CA Trail Ride www.cowboyartistsofamerica.com JULY 7-17 MANITOU GALLERIES Robert Moore: Nature’s Testimony Santa Fe, NM – (505) 986-0440 www.manitougalleries.com JULY 7-25 ANN KOROLOGOS GALLERY Dan Young & Andy Taylor: Perspectives Basalt, CO – (970) 927-9668 www.korologosgallery.com JULY 7-30 SORREL SKY GALLERY Star Liana York Santa…

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On View Now

THROUGH AUGUST 6 NATIONAL COWBOY & WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition & Sale Oklahoma City, OK – (405) 478-2250 www.nationalcowboymuseum.org THROUGH AUGUST 20 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART Survival of the Fittest: Envisioning Wildlife and Wilderness with Carl Rungius and his Contemporaries Jackson, WY – (307) 733-5771 www.wildlifeart.org THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4 NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF ART With the Grain Santa Fe, NM – (505) 476-5063 www.nmartmuseum.org THROUGH SEPTEMBER 17 THE JAMES MUSEUM Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art St. Petersburg, FL – (727) 892-4200 www.thejamesmuseum.org THROUGH OCTOBER 2 THE BRINTON MUSEUM Edward Borein in Brush & Ink Big Horn, WY – (307) 672-3173 www.thebrintonmuseum.org THROUGH OCTOBER 29 Phippen Museum Al Glann: Poetry in Motion Prescott, AZ – (928) 778-1385 www.phippenartmuseum.org…

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Top Western Events and Auctions at a Glance

AUGUST 18-20, 2023 The Russell Great Falls, MT – (406) 727-1939 AUGUST 19-20, 2023 Santa Fe Indian Market Santa Fe, NM – (505) 983-5220 AUGUST 29-30, 2023 Hindman’s Laumeister Collection of Western & Wildlife Art Denver, CO – (303) 825-1855 SEPTEMBER 8-10, 2023 Quest for the West Indianapolis, IN – (317) 636-9378 SEPT. 9-OCT. 1, 2023 Western Visions Show + Sale Jackson, WY – (307) 733-5771 SEPTEMBER 16, 2023 Jackson Hole Art Auction Jackson, WY – (866) 549-9278 SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Cody, WY – (307) 587-5002 OCTOBER 14-15, 2023 Cherokee Art Market Tulsa, OK– (918) 384-6714 OCTOBER 28, 2023 Lone Star Art Auction Dallas, TX – (469) 608-7600 NOVEMBER 2023 (DATES TBA) Santa Fe Art Auction’s Annual Signature Live Auction Santa Fe, NM –…

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Each Month We Ask Leading Museum Curators About What’s Going On In Their World.

What event (gallery show, museum exhibit, etc.) in the next few months are you looking forward to, and why? I am tremendously excited for Philbrook’s next major exhibition, opening October 2023. Trade and Transformation, curated by the amazing Kalyn Fay Barnoski (Cherokee Nation enrollee, Muscogee Creek Descent), assistant curator of Native Art, examines how objects become embedded with cultural meaning by makers, and how as these objects are traded and travel they transform other cultures. The exhibition looks across time, bringing together Philbrook’s historical collections from around the globe—African, Asian, Indigenous—with works by contemporary superstars, including artists Nick Cave, Jeffrey Gibson, Mona Hatoum and Yinka Shonibare. Interesting exhibit, gallery opening or work of art you’ve seen recently. I was just in St. Louis for the opening of Counterpublic, a contemporary…

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