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 May issue of Western Art Collector! This issue contains our highly anticipated State of the Art: New Mexico destination guide. Western and Native American art has long been a focal point for collectors traveling to New Mexico, and it’s something you will see reflected in all of our issues, but especially this one. Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, Gallup and many other cities—we take you to where the art will be. The history of the West can be found everywhere in New Mexico. It is said that one out of every 10 people living in the Land of Enchantment is an artist or involved in the art world. That is a huge number for our collectors to note. Starting on Page 68 you can find all of our…
All month long I’ve been talking to people about the great Arizona painter Ed Mell, and it’s remarkable to see and hear the outpouring of love that has been directed at the artist, who died February 21. As word of his passing spread, the news was picked up by newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations all around Arizona, and then even nationally as other outlets paid tribute to the Phoenix-based artist. Even people who had only a passing interest in art were aware of Ed—either because of his modernist paintings, or his monument in the center of Scottsdale, or his work on album covers, or his illustration. Western Art Collector has had a long relationship with Ed, who appeared in our seventh issue and then basically never left as we…
May 8-9 SANTA FE ART AUCTION April 20-August 4 Acts of Faith: Religion and the American West EITELJORG MUSEUM Indianapolis, IN – (317) 636-9378 www.eiteljorg.org May 1-31 Historic Taos Storytellers PARSONS GALLERY OF THE WEST Taos, NM – (575) 737-9200 www.parsonsart.com May 1-June 2 Miniature Masterpiece Show & Sale PHIPPEN MUSEUM Prescott, AZ – (928) 778-1385 www.phippenartmuseum.org May 1-October 31 MUSEUM OF THE MOUNTAIN MAN One with the Land: The Mountain Man’s Journey into the Unknown Pinedale, WY – (307) 367-4101 www.museumofthemountainman.com May 3-June 3 HECHO A MANO Kat Kinnick: A Benevolent Force Santa Fe, NM – (505) 916-1341 www.hechoamano.org Roundup! May 4-18 Wildlife & Western Visions THE PLAINSMEN GALLERY Dunedin, FL – (727) 734-8200 www.plainsmengallery.com May 4-June 1 Summer Show SETTLERS WEST GALLERIES Tucson, AZ – (520) 299-2607 www.settlerswest.com…
Through 2025 Centennial Exhibition FREDERIC REMINGTON ART MUSEUM Ogdensburg, NY — (315) 393-2425 www.fredericremington.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 June 30 The Muse of New Mexico PHOENIX ART MUSEUM Phoenix, AZ — (602) 257-1880 www.phxart.org Through June 30 The Russells in Denver, 1921 DENVER ART MUSEUM Denver, CO — (720) 865-5000 www.denverartmuseum.org Through August 4 James Bama’s Photographs: Portraits of the West BUFFALO BILL CENTER OF THE WEST Cody, WY — (307) 587-4771 www.centerofthewest.org 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…
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 2024 (Dates TBA) Western Visions Show + Sale Jackson, WY – (307) 733-5771 September 6-7, 2024 Quest for the West Indianapolis, IN – (317) 636-9378 September 14-15, 2024 Jackson Hole Fall Arts Festival Jackson Hole, WY – (307) 733-3316 September 16-21, 2024 Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Cody, WY – (307) 587-5002 October 11-12, 2024 Lone Star Art Auction Dallas, TX – (469) 608-7600 October 12-13, 2024 Cherokee Art Market Tulsa, OK– (918) 384-6714…
The Nevada Museum of Art in Reno has been gifted more than 125 works of art from the collection of Native American artist Judith Lowry. The collection, which includes works by the artist but more prominently features artwork from other Native American artists, was assembled over many decades by Lowry and her husband Brad Croul. The collection is known as the Lowry Croul Collection of Contemporary Native American Art and it includes paintings by prominent Native American contemporary artists with a West Coast and Great Basin focus. The inclusion of important contemporary works by Native American artists adds range and depth to the museum’s existing and fast-growing permanent collection of regional, national and international Indigenous artists. “Over the past two decades, the Nevada Museum of Art has shown a true…
