July 2011

Art of the West Rounded Up for a Rebound

The Wall Street Journal, Life & Culture, July 23, 2011

 
For those who sell art of the American West, it’s hard not to feel nostalgic for the good ol’ days—not the cowboy era but the wild-west years of 2003 to 2008, when prices blasted to record highs.

On Saturday the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, the best-known annual sale of Western, wildlife and sporting art, will take over the grand ballroom at the Silver Legacy Resort in Reno, Nev. The auction’s totals peaked at $37 million in 2008. A year ago, by contrast, the auction brought in just $9.2 million.

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Tom Judd: “The World is Flat” at Stremmel Gallery by cherie louise turner, art ltd. july 2011

 
Fifty collages and collage-like paintings make up the bulk of this large show of work by Philadelphia-based artist Tom Judd. These are similar to works Judd has been making for years. They incorporate naturalist-like paintings of birds as well as airplanes and trailers, the Utah desert (where Judd spent a lot of time during childhood), and wallpaper-esque patterns over or next to old hand-written recipes, maps, player-piano roll music, postcards, and long-ago sent envelopes. Read More