Philip B. Lind left the Toronto museum a trove of works by Stan Douglas, Jeff Wall, Ai Weiwei, William Kentridge, Laurie Simmons and others

Maria Sibylla Merian was accused of exploiting native knowledge of enslaved people without credit for her 1705 book Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium

The three museums will share 260 pieces from the collection of Jarl and Pamela Mohn, plus recent and future acquisitions of works by local artists

The painting, purchased with the help of Christie’s auction house, is a prime example of the Victorian artist’s interest in antiquity

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide

The museum, which is hosting a major survey of the post-Impressionist artist's work, paid $6.5m for 'The blue roof' or 'Farm at Le Pouldu'

The purchase was made possible after an export license for the Romanesque carving was deferred by the UK authorities last year

The sketchbook will be shown in all three cities to mark what would be the artist's 250th birthday

Founder Claudine Colin says she made the decision to secure the future of the communications company and to promote its development

The monumental works highlight both the might and the fragility of US government institutions

The museum recently purchased the 1840s daguerreotype of Dolley Madison at auction

At today’s prices, few museums are able to purchase paintings by Vincent—the artist who failed to sell his own work

The extensive archive, which includes client correspondence and daily records, will be catalogued over the course of the next few years

The German artist was charged with “publicly insulting the institutions of the Christian churches”

Hasani Sahlehe’s Trying Green, acquired by the Georgia Museum of Art with help from fashion company Stone Island, gives uniforms a pop of colour at The Shed

The gifts and acquisitions occurred during the museum’s annual Collectors Committee Weekend

The painting, which was estimated at between $4m and $6m when it was offered at Christie’s in 2022, is now on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum

Plus, Morel cup enters the Musée d'Orsay and non-profit Joy of Giving Something gifts photography collection to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

It is the first US-museum acquisition of a work by the talented pupil of Jacques-Louis David

Acquisition a month before museum's 200th anniversary makes Gonzalès just the 20th woman artist to be represented in the collection

Bard's Center for Curatorial Studies will receive artist files, catalogues and more from the more than 25 years the dealer operated Gavin Brown's Enterprise

Kornfeld died last year, shortly before turning 100

Plus, the UK’s first permanent public sculpture by a Black female artist goes to Warwick University, and National Gallery of Art lands a collection of 20 shadow boxes by Joseph Cornell

After years of financial problems, the troubled institution will enter its next chapter with help from the Apple dynasty

Sculpture by Mustafa Ali Clayton and textile Gary Tyler enter collections

Plus, Olmec statuette becomes Kimbell Art Museum’s “most significant work of ancient American art” and Madrid’s Museo del Romanticismo buys an early Goya

The portrait of Moses surfaced in Paris in 2022 and will form part of a loan exhibition at Waddesdon Manor in March

The performance by Jefferson Pinder is one of more than 100 new acquisitions recently announced by the institution

Plus, last Donatello in private hands is sold to Bargello and Courtauld’s Claudette Johnson purchase helps demarginalise Black women

More than 40 items worth over £52m allocated to galleries nationwide including a £10.5m miniature Renaissance bronze