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
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
Treasures from Castle Howard go to the Fitzwilliam Museum and Tate Britain, while US museums acquire some important modern and contemporary collections
Several US museums make major acquisitions this month, while the Bowes Museum gains a rare Dieric Bouts the Elder painting
Umberto Boccioni's untimely death in 1916 turned him into the tragic hero of Futurism – and helped the artist's reputation flourish abroad
Cambodia's historic temples are some of the most impressive in the world, but there's so much more hidden beneath the forest floor
Both the Courtauld and the Menil Collection acquire important works by Jasper Johns, while SFMOMA bolsters its already impressive photography collection
Representation by a leading gallery can make an artist’s career. But do commercial galleries hold too much sway over contemporary art and artists?
May's acquisitions include rare signed etchings by Picasso and photography by the Victorian pioneer Oscar Gustav Rejlander
Russia's 19th-century portraitists were more than a match for the exceptional writers and composers they painted. So why is their work so neglected?
With 3,000 new works, a major extension, and an ingenious way of working with collectors, SFMOMA is becoming a modern art museum to rival all others
The National Portrait Gallery and Pallant House both benefit from the acceptance in lieu scheme, while LACMA gets an impressive new haul
Bonnie Prince Charlie makes a triumphant return to Edinburgh, while the NGA add hundreds of works to its huge collection
Valeria Napoleone discusses her unusual collection, and the importance of her relationships with artists
The Museum Boijmans van Beuningen is to store private collections – which is just the sort of collaboration the museum has always thrived on
LACMA just acquired an entire house – and no ordinary house at that
Several museums have plugged gaps in their collections this month, while others have received some extraordinarily generous gifts
Several museums have received wonderful gifts this Christmas...
Max Hollein on the link between the ICA's small but important archival displays, and Baselitz's early paintings at the Städel Museum
The art world has lost one of the most respected scholar-art dealers of the 20th century
The most interesting and important recent additions to museum collections