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.

Where the West Lives On

Western Art Collector

An American Story

Western Art Trail October 2025 • OUR GUIDE TO SPECIAL EVENTS, SALES & AUCTIONS FROM COAST TO COAST

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Top Western Events & Auctions AT A GLANCE

Benson Sculpture Garden: Amanda Markel

Hall of Fame • Jerry Jordan to be honored by his Texas hometown with the region’s highest cultural honor.

Lucky Sevens • Sean Michael Chavez is named as the official artist for the 2025 Breeders’ Cup.

Fresh Paint • Highlights from Up-and-Coming Artists and New Works Available in Studios and Galleries Around the Country

Dusty Trails • Arkansas artist Dan Stovall finds his voice and picks up speed as he explores the legend of the American cowboy.

WESTERN MUSEUMS

Making Connections • Major museums across the country grapple with how to include Western art within collections.

Booth Western Art Museum • 501 Museum Drive, Cartersville, GA 30120 • (770) 387-1300 • www.boothmuseum.org

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

Couse-Sharp Historic Site • 146 Kit Carson Road, Taos, NM 87571 • (575) 751-0369 • info@couse-sharp.org www.couse-sharp.org

Desert Caballeros Western Museum • 21 N. Frontier Street, Wickenburg, AZ 85390 • (928) 684-2272 • info@westernmuseum.org www.westernmuseum.org

Maynard Dixon & Native American Art Museum • 6866 E. Sunrise Drive, Suite 150, Tucson, AZ 85750 • (520) 722-7798 • www.maynarddixonmuseum.org

National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum • 1700 Northeast 63rd Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73111 (405) 478-2250 • www.thecowboy.org

National Museum of Wildlife Art • 2820 Rungius Road, Jackson Hole, WY 83001 • (307) 733-5771 info@wildlifeart.org • www.wildlifeart.org

Phippen Museum • 4701 Highway 89 North, Prescott, AZ 86301 (928) 778-1385 • www.phippenartmuseum.org phippen@phippenartmuseum.org

Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve • 1925 Woolaroc Ranch Road, Bartlesville, OK 74003 • (918) 336-0307 • www.woolaroc.org

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute • 2021 N. Kinney Road, Tucson, AZ 85743 (520) 883-3024 • arts@desertmuseum.org www.desertmuseumarts.com

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

Steamboat Art Museum • 807 Lincoln Avenue, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 (970) 870-1755 • sam@steamboatartmuseum.org www.steamboatartmuseum.org

Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West • 3830 N. Marshall Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 (480) 686-9539, www.westernspirit.org

LOOKING BACK • As the Woolaroc Museum celebrates its centennial, the venue will present a reunion of artists in its most popular show.

Trust the Process • The Booth Western Art Museum highlights six artists as they take art from concept to completion.

Creative Polymath • An exhibition at the New Mexico Museum of Art sheds light on the many artistic pursuits of Gustave Baumann.

Bountiful Blooms • Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum showcases three decades of Dyana Hesson’s beautiful botanicals.

Southwest Impressions • The Museum of Western Art in Kerrville, Texas, highlights the art of Walt Gonske.

A Broader View • A new retrospective at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum illuminates a lesser-known side of Nicolai Fechin.

Mapped Out • The Briscoe Museum celebrates Texas through art...