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.
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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.
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
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January 20 - April 15, 2018
David Zwirner: 25 Years
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January 13 - February 17, 2018
On the occasion of the gallery’s 25th anniversary, David Zwirner will present a special exhibition celebrating the artists who have shaped the gallery’s program since its founding in 1993.
In a recent interview on Weekend Edition, High Museum of Art director Rand Suffolk discussed with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro how the Museum undertook to engage a more diverse audience, one that better represents the population of Atlanta. American museums, from artists, to staff, to visitors, tend to be largely white. Through a series of initiatives, the High has tripled its percentage of nonwhite visitors in recent years, expanding its audience and better achieving its mission of engaging all of their community with art.
NEW YORK, 5 January 2018 – Sotheby’s New York Evening auction of Master Paintings on 1 February 2018 will offer a monumental and striking painting by Titian and his workshop. One of only two known versions of the subject by the artist, Saint Margaret (estimate $2/3 million) was first recorded in the English royal collection of King Charles I (1600– 1649), where it was displayed alongside the King's most highly prized works at Whitehall Palace.
Current Pay-as-you-wish policy will continue for all New York State residents and students from Connecticut and New Jersey
Revised policy will charge mandatory admission fee for visitors from outside of New York
All full-priced admissions tickets will be honored for three consecutive days at The Met's three locations
(New York, January 4, 2018)—The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today a revised admissions policy.
BOSTON, MA – Skinner, Inc. will present an auction of European Furniture & Decorative Arts in its Boston Gallery on Friday, January 12th. With over 600 lots on offer, the auction will feature an expansive selection of fine silver as well as European furniture and decorative arts of the 17th through early 20th centuries.
