Acquisitions of the Month: October 2015
William Kentridge's gift to the George Eastman Museum; rare Picasso heads to Scotland; NGA Washington expands its photography holdings
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
Hundreds of Asian art objects go to the Met and the MIA; the world's most expensive work by a woman artist turns up in Bentonville; and LACMA announces a major partnership
Matthias Frehner and David Lewis discuss the problematic bequest