Opening May 29 at the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, is Still in the Saddle: A New History of the Hollywood Western. The exhibition will tell the story of the Hollywood Western from the 1960s to the 1980s, which is often considered an important period that contributed greatly to the Western genre. The exhibition will also, by nature of the museum venue, ask visitors to consider the role of art in film, and film in art. 
John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit (1969), black-and-white publicity photograph. Image courtesy Paramount/Photofest.
Films scheduled to be examined during programming for the exhibition include True Grit, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, The Outlaw Josey Wales and The Wild Bunch, among many others. 
Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, William Holden and Ernest Borgnine in The Wild Bunch (1969), black-and-white publicity photograph. Image courtesy Warner Bros./Photofest.
Clint Eastwood as Josey Wales in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), color film still. Image courtesy Warner Bros./Museum Purchase.
Still in the Saddle is curated by guest curator Andrew Patrick Nelson, a historian of American cinema and culture, film programmer and media commentator. “The exhibition allows everyone to literally walk through the history of the Western in this dynamic period. With classics of the genre like Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, The Wild Bunch and True Grit, the era is remembered fondly by fans,” Nelson says. “By looking closely at this period, you not only come to appreciate just how vibrant and exciting the Western was at this moment, but you also gain new perspective on what American culture was like at that time. It also helps better understand what has happened to the Western over the past 30 to 40 years, proving a new perspective on what the Western is and has become.”
The exhibition continues through September 6. For more information visit www.briscoemuseum.org. —
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