The term "western art" might conjure up images of paintings by C.M. Russell or Frederic Remington — ultra-realistic paintings depicting cowboys, Native Americans, wildlife and landscape. But according ...

Throughout the history of Western art, certain concepts have remained durable. Style. Iconography. Representation. Even when these categories are being inverted or rejected, they remain at the ...

Colorado is known for many things, not least of which is its Western heritage. The 120th annual National Western Stock Show pays homage to our history with thousands of events, including rodeos, horse ...

Quentin Massys, "Ill-Matched Lovers" (c. 1520–25), oil on panel (image public domain/CC0 via the National Gallery of Art) The years before Michelangelo’s death were some of his most productive and ...

Down the hall from the rodeo and the petting zoo at the National Western Stock Show in Denver is one of the most prestigious Western art shows in the world. For over 30 years, cowboys on canvas have ...

An image of a golden toilet is foil-stamped on the front cover of A History of the Western Art Market, an extraordinary compendium about the business of art. A precisely cut clear-coat foil heightens ...

In the heart of Trinidad, Colorado, a small town with a rich artistic heritage, the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art is making waves with its latest exhibition, “Character in Context.” The ...

TEHRAN — Some of the world’s most prized works of contemporary Western art have been unveiled for the first time in decades — in Tehran. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line conservative ...

For Elsa Sroka, Western art looks like a cow sitting on a couch. "I hope this cow's face draws you in, that's what I go for," she said. A few moments of looking at the portrait, and it does become ...