Did you Know ???
Donating art or any property valued $250 or greater ? If you do not obtain a CWA, your deduction will be denied. CWA ??? Contemporaneous Written Acknowledgment Donor obtains it […]
Odd but True about investing in art
Paying full price for a work of art is not a mistake IF you have a good eye and are willing to hold it for more than 10 years. The […]
Major Online Exhibition/ Sale thru Aug 17
In Relation/ Modern/Contemporary and Traditional Native American Art 72 stellar examples: paintings, drawings, photographs and sculpture, can be viewed without travel. Earlier artists: Pop Chalee, Allan Houser, Quincy Tahoma, Encarnacion […]
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Washington, DC Stretching the Canvas: Ten Decades of Native Painting Exhibition May 15, 2026 – early 2027
“Stretching the Canvas: Ten Decades of Native Painting explores how Native artists challenged perceptions of what constituted art and what Native art could and should look like. Featuring more than 50 […]
Ebay Art Buyers Beware !!!
June 20, 2026 Judd Tully of ArtNet chronicled an Ebay seller operating as dantegallery. Two works on paper were purchased for a Buy It Now price of $499 each. Thorough […]
Artist Hopid Paintings Featured in the venerable Santa Fe Gallery, Adobe Gallery May 22-September 1
Adobe Gallery’s landmark exhibition titled Ancestral Symbols, Modern Masterpieces: Documenting the Sacred Narratives and History of the Hopi People corresponds with the gallery’s 50th year in business–a major anniversary celebration […]
Another Day in the Life of an Art Appraiser
Not a Navajo weaving Not an Arapaho basket Not hand-coiled or pit-fired pottery The textile had nothing to do with American Indian weavers. The basket was likely fashioned in Pakistan, […]
Harry Fonseca: Portrait of the Artist a Young Coyote exhibit April 11-July 3
The Babst Project has configured an exhibition consisting of over 30 paintings, print and works on paper by Harry Fonseca (1946-2005) opening April 11 – July 3 at the Pacific […]
Bill Healey Interview by Mark Sublette December 2025 (available on YouTube)
William P. Healey: Accomplished Native American Art Collector – Epi. 376, Host Dr. Mark Sublette Over one hour Healey shares his gestation as first a collector of Western art, later […]
Follow up to Whitney’s 10% Indigenous artists
15 Artists are having the biggest moment at US museums. Almost half of Ben Davis’ quarterly list for ArtNet are indigenous. Roughly half are African Americans. Twelve of the fifteen […]