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Acquisitions of the month: January 2017
The finest new additions to public art collections, from a Czech Surrealist masterpiece, to a collection of 800 rare Japanese prints
Acquisitions of the month: December 2016
The finest new additions to public art collections, from a rare ancient carved gem, to William Orpen’s beautifully illustrated hand-written letters
Acquisitions of the month: November 2016
The finest new additions to public art collections, from a large group of Cuban art in Miami, to G. F. Watts’ celebrated portrait of Violet Lindsay
Acquisitions of the month: October
MoMA and the Musée d’Orsay are the big winners: they both received landmark gifts from prominent collectors that will transform their holdings
Acquisitions of the month: September 2016
September sees multiple new additions to museum collections, including the Getty’s record-breaking purchase of a Roman cabinet once owned by a Pope and a King
Acquisitions of the month: August 2016
Treasures from Castle Howard go to the Fitzwilliam Museum and Tate Britain, while US museums acquire some important modern and contemporary collections
Acquisitions of the month: July 2016
Several US museums make major acquisitions this month, while the Bowes Museum gains a rare Dieric Bouts the Elder painting
Acquisitions of the Month: June 2016
Both the Courtauld and the Menil Collection acquire important works by Jasper Johns, while SFMOMA bolsters its already impressive photography collection
Acquisitions of the Month: May 2016
May’s acquisitions include rare signed etchings by Picasso and photography by the Victorian pioneer Oscar Gustav Rejlander
Acquisitions of the Month: April 2016
The National Portrait Gallery and Pallant House both benefit from the acceptance in lieu scheme, while LACMA gets an impressive new haul
Acquisitions of the Month: March 2016
Bonnie Prince Charlie makes a triumphant return to Edinburgh, while the NGA add hundreds of works to its huge collection
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2016
LACMA just acquired an entire house – and no ordinary house at that
Acquisitions of the Month: January 2016
Several museums have plugged gaps in their collections this month, while others have received some extraordinarily generous gifts
Acquisitions of the Month: December 2015
Several museums have received wonderful gifts this Christmas…
Acquisitions of the Month: November 2015
The most interesting and important recent additions to museum collections
Acquisitions of the Month: October 2015
William Kentridge’s gift to the George Eastman Museum; rare Picasso heads to Scotland; NGA Washington expands its photography holdings
Acquisitions of the Month: September 2015
Ivory medallions, Samuel Palmer’s lively letters and Maya Angelou’s birthday quilt have all found homes
Acquisitions of the Month: August 2015
Six of the most significant acquisitions to be announced by museums around the world
Acquisitions of the Month: July 2015
Which major works have made it into public collections this month?
Acquisitions of the Month: June 2015
A good month for women artists: works by Louise Bourgeois, Elizabeth Remington, and Anna Vallayer-Coster are acquired for major museums
Acquisitions of the Month: May 2015
Barbra Streisand donates to LACMA; the Met and the NGA pay homage to Aaron Douglas; SNPG celebrates the Scottish Colourist F. C. B. Cadell
Acquisitions of the Month: April 2015
Pop art for Chicago; a Duchamp archive for Stockholm; and a Dreamhouse for the Dia Art Foundation
Acquisitions of the Month: March 2015
Hundreds of Asian art objects go to the Met and the MIA; the world’s most expensive work by a woman artist turns up in Bentonville; and LACMA announces a major partnership
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2015
From the first printed bibles to contemporary Inuit sculpture and astrophotography…
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