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 Western Art Collector’s May issue! We’ve been on the road a lot lately and May is yet another big month! Executive editor Michael Clawson is headed out on assignment for our sister title, Native American Art this month. First, he is attending SWAIA Native Fashion Week in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from May 7 to 11. Then, he goes right back to Santa Fe on May 21 through 26 for Native Elements, an immersive market-style show that will take place at several places around the city, including at the beautiful Santa Fe Botanical Garden. If you are not a subscriber of Native American Art you may want to add it to your must-have list of magazines. Do you have a favorite Western masterpiece in your home? Every collector…
In March, my wife and I took my 10-year-old daughter to New York City. It was part birthday gift and part rite of passage. I promised before we left that I wouldn’t make any art stops unless she wanted to see art. No galleries. No art museums. No studio visits. I wasn’t about to hijack her trip. The one museum we did visit was the American Museum of Natural History on New York’s Upper West Side. On the itinerary was the enormous blue whale in the Hall of Ocean Life, the various animal dioramas and dinosaur fossils, including the magnificent T-rex skeleton that ferociously commanded a marble-white gallery on the fourth floor. During our stroll through the museum—moments after bumping into a staff member from the National Cowboy & Western…
Western Art Trail Calendar OUR GUIDE TO SPECIAL EVENTS, SALES & AUCTIONS FROM COAST TO COAST May 2025 May 21-26 Native Elements SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDENS/SANTA FE COMMUNITY CONVENTION CENTER May Opens May 2025 G. Russell Case MAXWELL ALEXANDER GALLERY Pasadena, CA – (213) 275-1060 maxwellalexandergallery.com May 1-31 Jordan K. Walker: From the Rockies to the Red Rock CASSENS FINE ART Hamilton, MT – (406) 363-4112 www.cassensfineart.com May 1-June 1 Miniature Masterpieces Show & Sale PHIPPEN MUSEUM Prescott, AZ – (830) 896-2553 museumofwesternart.com May 2-16 Ode to the Desert GALLERY WILD Santa Fe, NM – (505) 467-8297 www.gallerywild.com May 3-24 Wildlife & Western Visions THE PLAINSMEN GALLERY Dunedin, FL – (727) 734-8200 plainsmengallery.com May 9-June 19 Jessica L. Bryant: Upstream Color COEUR D’ALENE GALLERIES May 3-31 Summer Show SETTLERS WEST…
Gary Carter was ready to start successful career in illustration, but then fate intervened when he was offered a chance to present his work in a Southern Arizona gallery. The show was a hit, and 33-year-old Carter quickly abandoned illustration to take up fine art instead. The move was the start of a long and acclaimed career that would span throughout Western art. Carter, whose worked touched several generations of art collectors, died January 31. He was 85 years old. Although he spent much of his career in Montana, Carter was originally from Hutchinson, Kansas. “My family started migrating during the Cherokee Strip land rush and settled in with the Kiowa. My folks started their migrating not too long after I made my debut. Seems like I’ve been rambling ever…
1 Oscar Howe works head to Reno, Nevada Coeur d’Alene Art Auction will have four exceptional Oscar Howe (Yanktonai Dakota) works in upcoming sale on July 26 in Reno, Nevada. Considered one of the most important Native American painters, Howe painted complex and modern works that were cutting edge 50 years ago, and still today. Among the four works is Dawn Rider, showing a horse and rider falling toward the viewer. The piece is estimated at $150,000 to $250,000. The combined estimate for the four works is $600,000 to $1 million, which makes the pieces some of the most significant pieces by the artist to come to market. Learn more about the sale at www.cdaartauction.com. 2 New Jim Jennings pieces at Acosta Strong In March, at the Scottsdale Ferrari Art Week in…
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