Acquisitions of the month: August 2017
This month's acquisitions include a major collection of African art, a treasure from Queen Victoria's personal collection, and a beautiful 18th-century landscape
This month's acquisitions include a major collection of African art, a treasure from Queen Victoria's personal collection, and a beautiful 18th-century landscape
This month's acquisitions include a rare portrait by Richard Wilson, the Edward Hopper archive and an exceptional group of drawings
A huge collection of Diane Arbus photographs heads for Ontario, and the Getty finally gets its Parmigianino
A Delacroix heads for Munich, and a number of major museums have significantly expanded their photography holdings
The finest new additions to public art collections, from the final portrait of the 1st Duke of Wellington, to a rare Modigliani sculpture
The finest new additions to public art collections, from rare Fabergé animals in London to Canadian masterpieces in Ottawa
The finest new additions to public art collections, from a late medieval altarpiece panel, to 62 works of art by contemporary African American artists
The finest new additions to public art collections, from a Czech Surrealist masterpiece, to a collection of 800 rare Japanese prints
The finest new additions to public art collections, from a rare ancient carved gem, to William Orpen's beautifully illustrated hand-written letters
The finest new additions to public art collections, from a large group of Cuban art in Miami, to G. F. Watts' celebrated portrait of Violet Lindsay
MoMA and the Musée d'Orsay are the big winners: they both received landmark gifts from prominent collectors that will transform their holdings
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
Both the Courtauld and the Menil Collection acquire important works by Jasper Johns, while SFMOMA bolsters its already impressive photography collection
May's acquisitions include rare signed etchings by Picasso and photography by the Victorian pioneer Oscar Gustav Rejlander
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
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