Western Art Collector August 2025/No. 216

Welcome to the August issue of Western Art Collector! August is a celebratory month for us because of the Santa Fe Indian Market. Our sister title, Native American Art, is the official magazine of the market for the eighth year. If you are heading to the Southwest this August, be sure to be in Santa Fe on August 16 and 17 for the market. And be sure to come see us at our booth in the Santa Fe Plaza. Michael Clawson, Adolfo Castillo, myself and our team will be there ready to greet you, renew your subscription, talk about the art you just acquired, take a photo, or just hang out and enjoy some art fellowship with us. We love to talk (and write) about Western and Native American art,…

It’s hot in Arizona. So hot you can see the heat rippling off the streets. Hot enough that you wonder how Maynard Dixon ever set foot in the Sonoran Desert without turning around and fleeing to cooler climates—“Well, that’s enough of that,” he would think to himself. But as the heat soars, and outdoors becomes unbearable at best, and dangerous at worst, it’s easy to see why collectors are embracing online opportunities. From my lovely air-conditioned office, I can browse art from thousands of artists. And it’s as easy as ever. Galleries are posting their entire inventories on their websites. Some are even organizing it to make browsing easier: the artwork can be viewed by artists, mediums, sizes or even by keywords. I especially like the “New Arrivals” pages, where…

Western Art Trail August 2025 OUR GUIDE TO SPECIAL EVENTS, SALES & AUCTIONS FROM COAST TO COAST August 23 Live Online Auction SCOTTSDALE ART AUCTION Scottsdale, AZ – (480) 945-0225 www.scottsdaleartauction.com July July 20-August 13 Cheyenne Frontier Days Western Art Show & Sale CHEYENNE FRONTIER DAYS OLD WEST MUSEUM Cheyenne, WY – (307) 778-7289 www.cfdartshow.com August August 1-2 BC Nowlin MANITOU GALLERIES Santa Fe, NM – (505) 986-0440 www.manitougalleries.com August 1-31 Greg Overton: The Warrior’s Wisdom TRAILSIDE GALLERIES Scottsdale, AZ – (480) 945-7751 www.trailsidegalleries.com August 1-31 Plein Air Painters of America 2025 National Exhibit: Colorado Grandeur CENTER FOR THE ARTS CRESTED BUTTE Crested Butte, CO – www.pleinairpaintersofamerica www.shaunhornegallery.com August 1-31 Big Summer Show PARSONS GALLERY OF THE WEST Taos, NM – (575) 737-9200 www.parsonsart.com August 8-11 Whitehawk Antique Indian &…

Through September 20 Art in the West HIGH DESERT MUSEUM Bend, OR – (541) 382-4754 www.highdesertmuseum.org Through September 21 Western Costumes from the Silver Screen: The Davey Collection NATIONAL COWBOY & WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM Oklahoma City, OK – (405) 478-2250 www.nationalcowboymuseum.org Through September 28 Hold Your Horses! Exhibition & Sale PHIPPEN MUSEUM Prescott, AZ – (928) 778-1385 www.phippenartmuseum.org Through October 26 Selling the Western: Movie Posters Old & New BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM Cartersvile, GA – (770) 387-1300 www.boothmuseum.org Through November 15 Sun Brothers: Glenn Dean, Josh Elliott and Logan Maxwell Hagege COUSE-SHARP HISTORIC SITE Taos, NM – (575) 751-0369 www.couse-sharp.org…

September 3-14, 2025 Jackson Hole Art Auction Jackson, WY – (866) 549-9278 September 5-6, 2025 Quest for the West Indianapolis, IN – (317) 636-9378 September 11, 2025 Western Visions Show + Sale Jackson, WY – (307) 733-5771 September 11-14, 2025 Reno Tahoe International Art Show Reno, NV – (714) 319-3385 September 15-20, 2025 Buffalo Bill Art Show & Sale Cody, WY – (307) 587-5002 October 11-12, 2025 Cherokee Art Market Tulsa, OK – (918) 384-6714 October 31-November 1, 2025 Lone Star Art Auction Dallas, TX – (469) 608-7600 November 7-8, 2025 Cowboy Artists of America Show & Sale Fort Worth, TX – (817) 247-1200 November 7-8, 2025 Santa Fe Art Auction’s Annual Signature Live Auction Santa Fe, NM – (505) 954-5858 November 14-15, 2025 Tehachapi Arts Commission Art 2025 Show…

Forty years after being stolen right off the wall at the Harwood Museum of Art, paintings by Victor Higgins and Joseph Henry Sharp were returned to the museum in a ceremony on May 22 in Taos, New Mexico. The artworks, Higgins’ Aspens and Sharp’s Oklahoma Cheyenne, were stolen from the museum in 1985, presumably by Rita and Jerry Alter of Cliff, New Mexico. The theft was similar to the 1985 theft of Willem de Kooning’s Woman-Ocher from the University of Arizona Museum of Art in Tucson, Arizona. (The de Kooning was returned to Tucson in 2017.) The Alters were never charged with any crimes because they both died before it was discovered the three works were part of their large art collection. Family photos released by the FBI show the…