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.
Welcome to the April issue of Western Art Collector! That is correct, this is our 200th issue and we are excited to share some design refreshes with you throughout the magazine! Michael Clawson’s letter on the next page takes a deep dive into reaching this milestone and he describes some of the changes we made to mark the occasion. We also have a feature looking back at some of our most famous covers to celebrate our 200th issue, which begins on Page 36. Additionally, we have special sections devoted to the Old West, national parks and the state of Texas, all of which should help you celebrate the spring season as you make travel plans. These events and destinations are the cornerstones of the Western art genre. We also have…
When I started with Western Art Collector, the magazine was just wrapping its 77th Issue. This would have been November 2013. At that time, there was a rumor around the office that a redesign of the magazine was going to happen. When? Well, no one knew, but it would be soon. Here we are with the 200th Issue and, look ma, it finally happened! The delays were largely self-imposed because we wanted to get this right, but also because we were busy adapting and innovating with the flow of an active market. We were creating new ways to read the magazine online and on your favorite devices. We launched a companion magazine, Native American Art, which has gone on to shine within an art market that shares many collectors with…
April 12-13 Scottsdale Art Auction Opens April 5 Jill Carver: Land of Song MARK SUBLETTE MEDICINE MAN GALLERY Tucson, AZ – (520) 722-7798 www.medicinemangallery.com April 5-19 Dennis Ziemienski and Tony De Luz BLUE RAIN GALLERY Durango, CO – (970) 232-2033 www.blueraingallery.com April 5-26 Brian Grimm: Brush with Nature INSIGHT GALLERY Fredericksburg, TX – (830) 997-9920 www.insightgallery.com April 5-May 31 Oil Painters of America’s 33rd National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils MARK ARTS Wichita, KS – (815) 356-5987 www.oilpaintersofamerica.com April 6 Spring Texas & Western Art Auction VOGT AUCTION GALLERIES San Antonio, TX – (210) 822-6155 www.texasauction.com April 9-20 Dennis Ziemienski and Douglas Fryer ALTAMIRA FINE ART Scottsdale, AZ – (480) 949-1256 www.altamiraart.com Through April 10 James Bama’s Photographs: Portraits of the West BUFFALO BILL CENTER OF THE WEST Cody, WY –…
Through September 1 Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Half of the West DESERT CABALLEROS WESTERN MUSEUM Wickenburg, AZ — (928) 684-2272 www.westernmuseum.org Through May 5 Night of Artists BRISCOE WESTERN ART MUSEUM San Antonio, TX – (210) 299-4499 www.briscoemuseum.org Through June 8 Art is Meant to be Shared: Highlights of the Eddie Basha Collection BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM Cartersville, GA – (770) 387-1300 www.boothmuseum.org Through June 23 Women Artists of the West’s 54th National Exhibition and Sale: Dreamweavers PHIPPEN MUSEUM Prescott, AZ – (928) 778-1385 www.phippenartmuseum.org Through July 28 Sagebrush and Solitude: Maynard Dixon in Nevada NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART Reno, NV – (775) 329-3333 www.nevadaart.org Through December 31 Creating Common Memory THE WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Greensburg, PA – (724) 837-1500 www.thewestmoreland.org…
May 9, 2024 Hindman’s Western & Contemporary Native American Art Sale Denver, CO – (312) 447-3271 May 31-August 4, 2024 Prix de West Oklahoma City, OK – (405) 478-2250 July 19-21, 2024 Tehachapi Arts Commission Art 2024 Show Tehachapi, CA – (626) 945-3753 July 19-28, 2024 Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show & Sale Cheyenne, WY – (307) 778-7290 July 27, 2024 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction Reno, NV – (208) 772-9009 August 17-18, 2024 Santa Fe Indian Market Santa Fe, NM – (505) 983-5220 September 6-7, 2024 Quest for the West Indianapolis, IN – (317) 636-9378 September 16-21, 2024 Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Cody, WY – (307) 587-5002 September 2024 (Dates TBA) Western Visions Show + Sale Jackson, WY – (307) 733-5771 September 2024 (Dates TBA) Jackson Hole…
In late 2023, Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West announced that it had accepted a donation of paintings, drawings, prints and archival materials related to Arizona artist Mac Schweitzer. The gift totaled more than 500 objects, including 128 original artworks, prints and sketches. The works came to the museum as a gift from Dr. Ann Lane Hedlund, in memory of her late husband and Mac’s son, Kit Schweitzer, and in honor of their relatives in the Cox, Moore, Schweitzer and White families. Mac Schweitzer was born Mary Alice Cox in Euclid, Ohio. She came to the West in 1946 and quickly discovered the beauty of Arizona. In the mid-20th century, Schweitzer was a central figure in the Tucson artists’ colony, where Maynard Dixon, Edith Hamlin, Tom Bahti, Rose Cabat,…
