January 2018 Art News

Vera Cruz, and Castle of San Juan D'Ulloa, by the British 19th century topographical painter Daniel Egerton, leads Bonhams Travel and Exploration Sale in London on 7 February. It is estimated at £200,000-300,000.

The painting has been in private hands since it was first exhibited at the Society of British Artists in the late 1830s, and has been owned by the same family for at least the last 120 years.

The Museum of Modern Art announces that it has received a major gift of 90 works of contemporary art from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, significantly enhancing the Museum’s holdings of contemporary works by Latin American artists.

A world class art fair, the second annual Palm Beach Modern+Contemporary Art Fair gathers over fifty international galleries offering exceptional contemporary and Post-War artwork. This five day fair opens Thursday, January 11th, with a VIP Preview benefiting The Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society​, The Joe Namath Neurological Research Center and the Ann Norton Sculpture Garden​. Musical events and retrospectives of contemporary artists add to the appeal, including a showcase of animal sculptures by paper artist Chie Hitotsuyama.

Bear Claw Necklace (Pawnee), before 1870, grizzly bear claws and hide, otter pelt, beads, cedar, tobacco and other materials (Denver Art Museum), a Smarthistory Seeing America video.

Frances Glessner Lee's "Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death" are part of a new exhibit at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Art museum. The collection is part art, part science, and part creepy peek into the world of forensic science. These miniatures significantly advanced forensics and forensic science, but they aren't just CSI curios - they're complex, confounding works of art that manage to be morbid and beautiful at the same time. Lee's legacy bridges both the art world and the world of crime — and you'll get a chance to see exactly how her nutshell studies work.

Otto Naumann is not only an esteemed art dealer, but also an art historian and voracious collector. Featuring European paintings from the 16th to the 19th centuries, his impressive personal collection will be offered on 31 January 2018 in New York.

View the sale online.

Once Upon a Time…The Western at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art is absolutely cinematic in its layout, design, and overall effect. This is appropriate for a multimedia exhibition aiming to present an entire genre of painting, photography, and film, tracing its inception in early-mid nineteenth century landscape painting all the way to its contemporary iterations in music and film, as well as even more recent responses to the genre by First Nations artists in both the United States and Canada.

Mural Painting by Hopi Artists on Display for the First Time Outside of Arizona in the Dallas Museum of Art’s Hopi Visions: Journey of the Human Spirit

THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM PRESENTS PASTELS IN PIECES

January 16–July 29, 2018

at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center

The Cleveland Museum of Art Presents Dana Schutz: Eating Atom Bombs

1460 West 29th Street
Cleveland, OH 44113

January 20 - April 15, 2018