The annual Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, one of the leading auctions for contemporary Western art, shows the field’s growth over time. The inaugural edition, held in Idaho in 1986, totaled $300,000.

When it comes to collecting Western art, let other people find the sleepers. Bill Foxley is only interested in what he calls the "10s." The former Omaha cattle baron filled a museum in Denver in ...

A pair of artists in Dubois are planning an art show in an unusual space. Instead of a gallery, their show is going inside ...

Saving One of Western Art’s Most Iconic Paintings. Inside the massive, two-year museum effort to conserve The Blue Boy, Thomas Gainsborough’s famed 18th-century portrait.

It’s hard to imagine two exhibitions that might complement each other as well as the pair of cowboy art shows that opened here over the past two weeks. At the Denver Art Museum: “The Russells ...

Clint said his dad’s Western art business really took off in the late 1980s. They used to take paintings to shows in Denver, Littleton and Estes Park, Colo., and at Fort Robinson.

Artist Mark Maggiori donated his painting “Once Upon a Time” to the Briscoe Western Art Museum. He says he has continued incorporating Black cowboys into his work to offer a more complete ...

The Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale, as it is known far and wide, is possibly the largest event on the calendar for artists who depict the region’s lifestyle and geography.

Hassrick and Neff consider the subject of western art broad enough to accommodate both criticism and celebration. “This is a revisionist take, but it also leaves room for the romance,” Neff said.

This is cowboy art pure and simple. ... Over time, the event grew to encompass traditional fine art, and finally earned its present day moniker and mission in 1997.