Apollo Awards 2015: Acquisitions of the Year Shortlist
The most significant artworks and artefacts to enter museum collections in the last 12 months
The most significant artworks and artefacts to enter museum collections in the last 12 months
Five of the most important new museum or renovation projects completed in the last 12 months
William Kentridge's gift to the George Eastman Museum; rare Picasso heads to Scotland; NGA Washington expands its photography holdings
Ivory medallions, Samuel Palmer's lively letters and Maya Angelou's birthday quilt have all found homes
Six of the most significant acquisitions to be announced by museums around the world
As the Wadsworth Atheneum reopens, Rachel Cohen considers the legacy of one of its greatest benefactors
Banning the import of antiques will not help the otherwise commendable effort to save the elephants
20 new museum directors have been appointed as part of Dario Franceschini's overhaul of Italy's cultural sector
Which major works have made it into public collections this month?
Exhibition reviews and previews: Bill Viola at Auckland Castle; Pablo Bronstein at Nottingham Contemporary; Joseph Cornell at the Royal Academy
Valeria Napoleone and the Contemporary Art Society are taking a proactive approach to a protracted issue
A good month for women artists: works by Louise Bourgeois, Elizabeth Remington, and Anna Vallayer-Coster are acquired for major museums
Museums are waking up to its potential, and its challenges
In search of sculptures on London's latest art trail; James Turrell heads for Norfolk; transforming Met and the V&A with film
Barbra Streisand donates to LACMA; the Met and the NGA pay homage to Aaron Douglas; SNPG celebrates the Scottish Colourist F. C. B. Cadell
Yale institutions launch a Critique of Reason; a 'fake' in the Dulwich Picture Gallery; and a preview of Spring Masters New York
Pop art for Chicago; a Duchamp archive for Stockholm; and a Dreamhouse for the Dia Art Foundation
There are some very strange objects on show at 'All of This Belongs to You'. Does the ambitious exhibition succeed in opening up the collection?
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?
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