Western Art Collector February 2025/No. 210

Welcome to the February issue of Western Art Collector! The Western art season continues this February and the shows, events and galleries we bring to you will help you follow the trail each month. We are thrilled to bring you our very first bronze cover in the history of the magazine with John Coleman’s sculpture Victory! Plenty Coups. John is one of the top sculptors working today with his work in many collector homes and museums across the country. The bronze depicts a Native American warrior from the Great Plains with his coup stick raised high for you to see both its threat and glory from his position on horseback. The coup stick in Native American culture gave the warrior prestige and honor by getting close enough to the enemy…

We talk a lot about artists in these pages, and they certainly get a starring role since it’s their art that we celebrate. But look closer and you’ll read about so many other people. Their titles include words like “curator,” “director,” “author” and “founder.” These are the people that don’t end up on our covers, but they are an integral part of the art community. They turn up in the magazine because we, as often as possible, like to pick their brains about art. They add context, illuminate forgotten histories, fetch lost manuscripts in dusty archives and they use their specific channels to promote important events. They are vital to everything we do. The Western art world lost someone who was all of this, and so much more. Virginia Couse…

January January 25-July 13 Western Focus: Collecting Photography 2017-2024 BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM Cartersville, GA – (770) 387-1300 www.boothmuseum.org January 28-February 8 Ben Steele: Art Distilled ALTAMIRA FINE ART Scottsdale, AZ – (480) 949-1256 www.altamiraart.com Through January 31 Selling the Southwest MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA Flagstaff, AZ – (928) 774-5213 musnaz.org January 31-February 11 Tony De Luz: Hit the Road BLUE RAIN GALLERY Santa Fe, NM – (505) 954-9902 www.blueraingallery.com February February 1-22 George G. Redden MAXWELL ALEXANDER GALLERY Pasadena, CA – (213) 275-1060 maxwellalexandergallery.com February 7-28 Works of Western Art Collector: The Estate of John Malone INSIGHT GALLERY Fredericksburg, TX – (830) 997-9920 www.insightgallery.com February 7-May 4 Cowboy Boots: From Roundups to Runways NATIONAL COWBOY & WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM Oklahoma City, OK – (405) 478-2250 nationalcowboymuseum.org February 8-March 1…

Through March 1, 2025 The Shadow Riders  COWBOY ARTS & GEAR MUSEUM Elko, NV – (775) 389-1713 www.cowboyartsandgearmuseum.org Through March 2, 2025 Painting the Western Light: The Art of Tim Cox DESERT CABALLEROS WESTERN MUSEUM Wickenburg, AZ – (928) 684-2272 www.westernmuseum.org Through April 2025  Remington and Russell in Black and White SID RICHARDSON MUSEUM Fort Worth, TX – (817) 332-6554 www.sidrichardsonmuseum.org Through April 13, 2025 The Art of David Wright: Historian with a Brush BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM Cartersville, GA – (770) 387-1300 www.boothmuseum.org Through April 27, 2025 Sled Dogs in America: Alaska and Beyond WESTERN SPIRIT: SCOTTSDALE’S MUSEUM OF THE WEST Scottsdale, AZ – (480) 686-9539 www.scottsdalemuseumwest.org Through April 27, 2025 Out of the Shadows: Prints from the Permanent Collection NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART Jackson, WY – (307)…

March 20-22, 2025 March in Montana Coeur d’Alene, ID – (208) 664-2091 March 20-22, 2025 The Russell Great Falls, MT – (406) 727-1939 March 20-22, 2025 Out West Art Show & Sale Great Falls, MT – (406) 590-1961 March 28-29, 2025 Briscoe Western Art Museum Night of Artists San Antonio, TX – (210) 299-4499 March 28-May 25, 2025 Desert Caballeros Cowgirl Up! Art from the Other Side of the West Wickenburg, AZ – (928) 684-2272 March 25, 2025 Heritage Auctions’ Art of the West Dallas, TX – (877) 437-4824 April 24, 2025  Bonhams’ Modern Native American Art and Jewelry Los Angeles, CA – (323) 850-7500 April 11-12, 2025 Scottsdale Art Auction Scottsdale, AZ – (480) 945-0225 June 20-21, 2025 Prix de West Oklahoma City, OK – (405) 478-2250 July 2025 (Dates…

Virginia Couse Leavitt was only 3 years old when her grandfather, Eanger Irving Couse died, in 1936. Her memories of him were vague and faded, but much of her life was devoted to preserving his important legacy in the Southwest. Leavitt, the tireless champion of the Taos Society of Artists and the co-founder of the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, died November 26, 2024, in Taos, New Mexico. She was 92 years old. Leavitt, known as Ginnie to many in Taos and the broader Western art community, was a beloved figure in Northern New Mexico, where her advocacy for Taos and its art culture radiated around the world. In addition to co-founding the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, she also helped establish the Lunder Research Center at the site in 2021. The center serves…