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Acquisitions of the Month: May 2023
The most expensive manuscript to ever be sold at auction and an impressive collection of Dutch Mannerist prints are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: April 2023
The joint acquisition of Joshua Reynolds’s ‘Portrait of Mai (Omai)’ by the National Portrait Gallery and the J. Paul Getty Museum has been confirmed
Acquisitions of the Month: March 2023
A rare 17th-century gold ruby glass goblet and original designs by Augustus Pugin are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2023
David Bowie’s archive and the first clutch of NFTs to be acquired by a French museum are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: January 2023
A first for the Frick and a Caillebotte at the Musée d’Orsay are among the most important works to enter museum collections this month
Acquisitions of the Month: December 2022
A donation of 220 works by Philip Guston from the artist’s daughter and a portrait of one of Louis XV’s most controversial aides are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: November 2022
Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch of a grumpy woman and an elaborate art nouveau tea set once owned by Karl Lagerfeld are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: October 2022
This month’s highlights include the 18th-century Chinese jardinière that Horace Walpole famously used as a fish bowl
Acquisitions of the Month: September 2022
Two busts by the French sculptor Charles Cordier and a 15th-century triptych by the Master of the Krainburg Altar are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: August 2022
A painting by the late American artist Emma Amos and a devotional triptych by the Spanish painter Fernando Gallego are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: July 2022
Two significant works by Renaissance masters to the National Gallery in London are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: June 2022
An outstanding collection of some 900 Japanese cloisonné enamels is among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: May 2022
This month’s highlights include a silver casket that may have played a part in the downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots
Acquisitions of the Month: April 2022
A terrifically grumpy portrait of Goya and a mythical landscape by Paul Bril are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2022
A remarkable Renaissance roundel from Mantua and a painting by Lavinia Fontana are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the month: January 2021
One of Mary Cassatt’s sensitive portraits of childhood is among this month’s highlights – along with the Trump Baby blimp
Acquisitions of the Month: December 2020
Courtroom sketches from the trials of Alfred Dreyfus and of Émile Zola are among this month’s highlights – along with a major collection of arms and armour
Acquisitions of the Month: November 2020
Canadian landscapes by Emily Carr and a major fresco by Tiepolo are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: October 2020
A group of Dutch drawings and a collection of pre-cinematic devices are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: September 2020
A portrait of an 18th-century comedienne and a long-lost manuscript by Gauguin are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: August 2020
A trove of newly discovered Hokusai drawings and a 17th-century ‘friendship book’ are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: July 2020
More than 300 photographs at MoMA and an Aboriginal shield in Adelaide are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: June 2020
Five decades of drawings by Giuseppe Penone and a dazzling drunkard by Joaquin Sorolla are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: May 2020
A masterful pastel by Liotard and more than 100 scenes of New York are among this month’s highlights
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