In the 2002 film about Agnes Martin, produced by Mary Lance when the artist was 90, Martin looks mischievously at the camera and delivers this classic line: “Somebody once asked me what was my happiest moment painting? And I told them, ‘When they go out...
Patricia Michaels moves through the world like silk through light: with a gentle grace that belies a structural integrity stronger than steel. She is Taos Pueblo, a mother, a teacher at Parsons School of Design, and one of the most singular fashion designers working in...
Donna Howell-Sickles is known throughout the Western world for her vibrant, joyful paintings of cowgirls. Bursting with color and life, they are also layered with meaning, embellished with spiritual references and representations of ranch and farm life that symbolize the multiple facets and complexity of...
We have such amazingly creative artists, architects, and designers in the West, people who work tirelessly to make a difference. In this issue, we shine our spotlight on a few. Case in point: August heralds the 104th Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Beginning on...
Western style. Its influences are varied, from dude ranches and dime novels to rodeo and the silver screen, to Native American artistry seen in such crafts as beadwork. The fine artists who came to the region as the railroad opened the Mountain West to tourism...
On a recent visit to a museum in the Southwest, I toured their collections, which included a long-term loan of Western saddles, bridles, and spurs. The museum staff member guiding the tour mentioned that the saddles had recently been frozen as part of the museum’s...
Deborah and Warren Wadsworth like a good art-inspired rabbithole. Over the decades that they’ve been collecting art, they have also been gathering provenance and meeting artists and their families. While it may border on obsessive, they and the small group of collectors committed to the...
The Western, American, and other art markets are not pushing against the tide; they are part of it. Officials overseeing spring art sales in the secondary market reported generally strong prices and evident favorites, including Ed Mell in the Western genre and Norman Rockwell in...