Features

This month’s acquisitions include a hoard of Soviet nonconformist art, a significant example of brutalist architecture, and a Danish masterpiece

Extensive refurbishment has allowed the museum to rethink how its historic building and collection are presented

Gabriel and Ann Barbier-Mueller have amassed one of the most important collections of its kind in the world

The redisplay of Chinese art at the British Museum demands that we look back at a rich collecting tradition

After 20 years of planning, the Sumida Hokusai Museum has finally opened its doors

Frith Powell has been exploring the possibilities of painting for half a century – but has rarely exhibited

The Wellcome Collection examines the history of ‘alternative’ medicine in the Indian subcontinent

The Freer Gallery of Art has reopened its doors after a major refurbishment – and its founder deserves to be better known

The Chrysler Museum celebrated its biggest gift in decades last month, while the Met acquired an extremely unusual coffin

The private collection of Francesco Federico Cerruti will prove a revelation when it goes on show in Turin

Charitable efforts to end prostitution in 18th-century London took many forms, and left behind some remarkable objects

The painters of New Spain have been misunderstood for centuries, but their work seems to be entering the mainstream at last