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Today's guest was Shiloh Thurman and he's the Museum Director of the Woolaroc Museum in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Now, might have not heard of this museum, but it's always been a personal favorite of mine. The Woolaroc is a hidden gem of a museum up in northeastern Oklahoma, an hour out of Tulsa and I encourage you, if you're in that area, to go see it as it's not your run-of-the-mill educational institution.

I don't say that in a bad way at all. It's not normal because it has herds of regional animals surrounding the museum including (but not limited to) bison, elk, and water buffalo. They are a big part of the experience, as well as the old cabin that oil tycoon Frank Phillips used as his home.  It's filled with great J. H. Sharp paintings and antique textiles and it's just an amazing thing to see. The museum itself has a great collection of Frank Tenney Johnson and William R. Leigh paintings, as well as some amazing first-phase, second-phase, and third-phase chiefs blankets. 

Shiloh has got a story to match. Here's a kid who grew up in Bartlesville and basically did every single job in the building in order to work his way up the ladder. He eventually became the director/curator and has been thriving ever since. It's a fun and interesting story. 

Plus, I want to promote this museum because I happen to like it. Shiloh Thurman on Art Dealer Diaries episode 211.

I had gallery owner Bill Rey on the podcast today and we spoke for quite a while, so this will be a two-part interview. This is part two.

Bill is a very interesting guy who I've known for over 20 years. He's been in the art gallery business for almost 40 years, having started when he was 18 working with a Squash Blossom Gallery in Aspen, Vail, and Denver. 

This is a fun interview - especially for those people who're really interested in the history of the art business, dealers, and artists alike because Bill has an encyclopedic recall of all these artists that he's worked with and the places he's gone with them. We learn about Bill's background before art and go in-depth about Bill's relationships with the likes of Jim Reynolds and Robert Lougheed (both of which are amazing Western artists).

It was a very fun time and Bill's such a character that he even had a Medicine Man Gallery shirt made to wear during the podcast. That's just the kind of guy Bill is.

I had gallery owner Bill Rey on the podcast today and we spoke for quite a while, so this will be a two-part interview. This is part one.

Bill is a very interesting guy who I've known for over 20 years. He's been in the art gallery business for almost 40 years, having started when he was 18 working with a Squash Blossom Gallery in Aspen, Vail, and Denver. 

This is a fun interview - especially for those people who're really interested in the history of the art business, dealers, and artists alike because Bill has an encyclopedic recall of all these artists that he's worked with and the places he's gone with them. We learn about Bill's background before art and go in-depth about Bill's relationships with the likes of Jim Reynolds and Robert Lougheed (both of which are amazing Western artists).

It was a very fun time and Bill's such a character that he even had a Medicine Man Gallery shirt made to wear during the podcast. That's just the kind of guy Bill is.

Tim Newton is the publisher of Western Art & Architecture, a photographer, art collector, renovation expert, minister, dog catcher, and renaissance man. He shares his love of art and the unusual life path art has taken him. From starting a church in New York to founding the American Masters Exhibition, Tim details his fascinating life as an art collector. Tim's continued dedication to the Salmagundi Club in New York City, of which he's been the chairman and CEO for 8 years is evident as he speaks on the history of the organization, as well as the club's future. All of this and more in this edition of the ART DEALER DIARIES.