Institutions agree to donors’ restrictions when the prize is worth it
Zoodram 5 (Recollection) is being jointly acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Foundation acquires political work by Longo and Murakami’s biggest painting
The 18th-century work is an early example of racial profiling
The paintings were shown in the artist's recent White Cube exhibition
The museum is committed to diversifying their collection
The globalisation of Tate's collection continues
The artist's work is among 287 purchases made by Tate in the last year
Both have set up acquisition committees concentrating on the region
In his first interview since taking over, the new director outlines his priorities
Museums should beware of being used as marketing tools by collectors
The faux-ethnographic sculptures may be the gallery's most expensive contemporary art purchase
Billionaire is set to open new Venice museum in 2009
The gender imbalance within the Tate's holdings is to be redressed, following in the footsteps of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm
José Berardo has bought eight large sculptures from the Cass Sculpture Foundation to display outside Parliament in Lisbon
Sotheby's is auctioning 200 antiquities and pre-Modern works worth $15m from the US museum's collection to raise funds to purchase Modern and contemporary art
The museums owns around 3,000 works of Latin American art
The gallery is hoping to display all three Rigi watercolours in January, uniting them for the first time
A complete list of Tate's acquisitions from the last two years, and what they paid for them
In an unprecedented move, the gallery has published the cost of all its purchases for the last two years
The Charity Commission is now investigating all acquisitions made from artists while they were serving as trustees
Piasa gets revamp after falling out of top six
Tate Modern's first rehang includes Marlene Dumas
MLA director apologises as Tate reserves right to decide over national accreditation—without loss of privilege
As it is not accredited by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council due to its deacquisition guidelines