Acquisitions of the Month: April 2016
The National Portrait Gallery and Pallant House both benefit from the acceptance in lieu scheme, while LACMA gets an impressive new haul
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
Several museums have received wonderful gifts this Christmas...
The most interesting and important recent additions to museum collections
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
Which major works have made it into public collections this month?
A good month for women artists: works by Louise Bourgeois, Elizabeth Remington, and Anna Vallayer-Coster are acquired for major museums
Barbra Streisand donates to LACMA; the Met and the NGA pay homage to Aaron Douglas; SNPG celebrates the Scottish Colourist F. C. B. Cadell
Pop art for Chicago; a Duchamp archive for Stockholm; and a Dreamhouse for the Dia Art Foundation
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
From the first printed bibles to contemporary Inuit sculpture and astrophotography...
New year, new acquistions: from Jérôme Bonaparte's chandelier to an entire country cottage
The Metropolitan Museum gains a collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts, while Tate takes home some contemporary work from Frieze
From 17th-century embroideries to 20th-century photography: some notable recent museum acquisitions
A quiet month for acquisitions, but not everyone's been resting on their laurels...
Deaccessioning is in the news, but what of the museums that have been acquiring new work?