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Acquisitions of the Month: February 2015
From the first printed bibles to contemporary Inuit sculpture and astrophotography…
Acquisitions of the Month: January
New year, new acquistions: from Jérôme Bonaparte’s chandelier to an entire country cottage
Acquisitions of the Month: October
The Metropolitan Museum gains a collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts, while Tate takes home some contemporary work from Frieze
Acquisitions of the Month: September
From 17th-century embroideries to 20th-century photography: some notable recent museum acquisitions
Acquisitions of the month: August
A quiet month for acquisitions, but not everyone’s been resting on their laurels…
Acquisitions of the Month: July
Deaccessioning is in the news, but what of the museums that have been acquiring new work?
Apollo Awards 2015: Acquisitions of the Year Shortlist
The most significant artworks and artefacts to enter museum collections in the last 12 months
Muse Reviews
Exhibition reviews and previews: Bill Viola at Auckland Castle; Pablo Bronstein at Nottingham Contemporary; Joseph Cornell at the Royal Academy
Muse Reviews
In search of sculptures on London’s latest art trail; James Turrell heads for Norfolk; transforming Met and the V&A with film
Muse Reviews
Yale institutions launch a Critique of Reason; a ‘fake’ in the Dulwich Picture Gallery; and a preview of Spring Masters New York
The Week’s Muse: 4 April
News and comment from our April issue: Thomas Marks and John Curtis on the cultural desecration of Iraq; Don Quixote in NYC; plus, should the Kunstmuseum Bern have accepted the Gurlitt bequest?
Art Outlook: 3 April
Tate Britain director and RA curator head for Europe; LACMA teams up with Hyundai; the UK’s fight to keep an ancient Egyptian statue continues; plus our favourite April Fools
The Week’s Muse: 7 March
The iconoclasm of the Islamic State; highlights from TEFAF; the many sides of Paul Durand-Ruel; Britain’s top art school graduates; and the latest museum acquisitions
The Week’s Muse: 31 January
From biplanes to drones, we look at the impact of the aerial viewpoint on modern and contemporary art. Plus, our round-up of this month’s major acquisitions
The Week’s Muse: 8 November
Was the Musée Picasso worth the wait? Is the Turner Prize showing its age? News and comment from the Muse Room
The Week’s Muse: 4 October
Art law and attribution; the Balfron Tower and Brutalism; and an end to love locks in Paris?
The Week’s Muse: 2 August
40 Under 40; a gallery for Goldsmiths, art in Edinburgh; and a closer look at museum displays
How national is the National Gallery in London?
The museum is founded on the collection of John Julius Angerstein and, 200 years later, the banker’s taste is still making itself felt
The dealer who got the Parisian avant-garde round to decorate
For his Paris apartment, Léonce Rosenberg commissioned works from the likes of Picabia and de Chirico, fusing modernism and classic French style
How Compton Verney stays ahead of the flock
Now 20 years old, the country house museum in Warwickshire has developed a distinctive approach to collecting – and it’s paying off handsomely
Dealers draw together for Salon du Dessin
There are plenty of new discoveries to be made at the Paris fair focused on fine draughtsmanship
New scheme to get work by female artists into museums
Valeria Napoleone and the Contemporary Art Society are taking a proactive approach to a protracted issue