Western Art Collector

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.

Soaring at 40,000 Feet

Western Art Collector

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Western Art Roundup! • Western Art Trail → Curating the West → In Memoriam → Fresh Paint → Sold

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Top Western Events & Auctions AT A GLANCE

Curating the West • EACH MONTH WE ASK LEADING MUSEUM CURATORS ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON IN THEIR NECK OF THE WOODS.

Mort Künstler 1927-2025

Fresh Paint • HIGHLIGHTS FROM UP-AND-COMING ARTISTS AND NEW WORKS AVAILABLE IN STUDIOS AND GALLERIES AROUND THE COUNTRY

CHARLIE RUSSELL & HOTEL TEXAS • John F. Kennedy and Charles M. Russell crossed paths for a brief moment the day before national tragedy in Dallas.

ART AS TRUTH • Charlie Russell in the Presidential Suite of the Hotel Texas

OLD FRIENDS • A chance encounter in the 1970s helped unite a country star with prominent cowboy artists. Their friendship endures still today.

FROM THE GROUND UP • Two Texas collectors started with their respective art collections and then rebuilt the house around them.

STATE of the ART Texas

Briscoe Western Art Museum • 210 W. Market Street, San Antonio, TX 78205, (210) 299-4499, www.briscoemuseum.org

Lone Star Art Auction • 8333 Douglas Avenue, Suite 360, Dallas, TX 75225, (469) 608-7600 info@lonestarartauction.com, www.lonestarartauction.com

InSight Gallery • 214 W. Main Street, Fredericksburg, Texas 78624, (830) 997-9920, www.insightgallery.com

The Museum of Western Art • 1550 Bandera Highway, Kerrville, TX 78028, (830) 896-2553, www.museumofwesternart.com

National Ranching Heritage Center • 3121 Fourth Street, Lubbock, TX 79409, (806) 742-0498, ranchingheritage.org, summerstampede.com

Southwest Art Gallery • 4500 Sigma Road, Dallas, TX 75244, (972) 960-8935, www.swgallery.com

Vogt Auction Galleries • 7233 Blanco Road, San Antonio, TX 78216, (210) 822-6155, natalie@vogtauction.com, www.texasauction.com

Bosque Arts Center • 215 S. College Hill Drive, Clifton, TX 76634, (254) 675-3724 www.bosqueartscenter.org

Sherry Harrington • (254) 722-8387 sherry@sherryharrington.com www.sherryharrington.com

WITNESSING HISTORY

THE PEOPLE’S PARKS

Muses of the Desert

Thomas Blackshear II Head Shots

David Meikle In the Details

Stefan Savides Taking Flight

Matthew Sievers & Bryce Pettit Emotions Worth Conveying

Olga and Aleksey Ivanov

Southwest Adventures • A new exhibition at New Mexico Museum of Art explores the work of pioneering modernist Marsden Hartley.

Movie Night • Texas’ Sid Richardson Museum unites fine art and cinema in a new exhibition filled with major Western works.

Roundup Returns • A showcase of 150 paintings and sculptures highlights the legacy and future of Western art in Kerrville, Texas

A Spiritual Sensitivity • Two concurrent Taos exhibitions honor the work of painter and printmaker Gene Kloss.

Across the Range • A wide variety of Western art from many categories will cross the auction block in April during the Scottsdale Art Auction.

Devoted Collector • The A.P. Hays Collection of Maynard Dixon works will be offered at the Scottsdale Art Auction.

Inspired by the Land • Heritage Auctions’ mid-season sale offers historic Western art at accessible price points.

High Participation • High bidding from hundreds of collectors propels Jackson Hole Art Auction’s online sale to $1.4 million.

Sold! • RECENT SALES...