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Acquisitions of the Month: January 2020
A masterpiece of Pahari painting and a pot adorned with poetry are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the Month: December 2019
A late allegory by Pierre-Paul Prud’hon and an early English piece of porcelain are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the month: November 2019
Jayne Wrightsman’s final gift to the Met and a silver-gilt toilet service at the Louvre are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the month: October 2019
Collections of hand-drawn postcards, quilts, and 18th-century French bindings are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the month: September 2019
This month’s highlights include a rock-crystal Venetian coffer and a once-lost watercolour by Rossetti
Acquisitions of the month: August 2019
This month’s highlights include paintings of Henry VIII’s favourite wife and Dorothea Tanning’s much-loved dog
Acquisitions of the month: July 2019
One of Peter Lanyon’s last works and a rare print by Rembrandt are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the month: June 2019
Chippendale furniture and early photographs of the Caribbean are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the month: May 2019
A mosaic of feathers from Mexico and a collection of classical gemstones are among this month’s highlights
Acquisitions of the month: April 2019
Paintings, prints and a vast video panorama – the best works of art to enter public collections recently
Acquisitions of the Month: March 2019
Grayson Perry’s Brexit vases and Tarsila do Amaral’s moon painting have entered public collections recently
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2019
A Peter Doig landscape, a Banksy banknote, and a rare Rembrandt have entered public collections recently
Acquisitions of the Month: January 2019
A medieval book coffer and a painting by Rembrandt’s teacher are among the top recent museum acquisitions
Acquisitions of the month: December 2018
A Midwestern epic painting and minimalist marvels were among the top works to enter museum collections last month
Acquisitions of the Month: November 2018
A major collection of Swiss art and an early Dutch genre painting are among this month’s top acquisitions
Acquisitions of the month: October 2018
Major Native American and contemporary Austrian art collections are among this month’s top museum acquisitions
Acquisitions of the month: August/September 2018
A Cubist collage and a portrait of Dylan Thomas are among the top works acquired by public collections recently
Acquisitions of the month: July 2018
A 16-metre-long Chinese scroll and some Surrealist masterpieces are among this month’s top acquisitions
Acquisitions of the month: June 2018
A major giveaway from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation and a Queen Victoria bust are among this month’s top acquisitions
Acquisitions of the month: May 2018
Two Attic vases once owned by Lucien Bonaparte enter the Louvre, while the Getty acquires its first Rodin bronze
Acquisitions of the month: April 2018
Chris Ofili’s notorious ‘The Holy Virgin Mary’ goes to MoMA and the Baltimore Museum of Art updates its contemporary art collection
Acquisitions of the month: March 2018
A major work of land art by Nancy Holt and Liotard’s largest extant work on pastel are among this month’s top acquisitions
Acquisitions of the month: February 2018
A Duchamp readymade owned by Robert Rauschenberg and an Etruscan bronze are among this month’s top acquisitions
Acquisitions of the month: January 2018
The finest additions to public collections this month include a crop of modern European artworks, from Munch to Mondrian
Suzanne Valadon’s shifting gaze