Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections
Though many institutions are suffering from serious reductions in revenue, collections expanded via restricted acquisition funds
Woodland scene by Jan Brueghel the Elder heads to Washington DC; London’s National Portrait Gallery gets a Gainsborough via acceptance in lieu
National scheme gains significance in the pandemic as "a shift away from blockbuster touring shows" will place greater importance on public collections
The historically Black men’s college in Atlanta, Georgia will receive works by Mickalene Thomas, Rashid Johnson, Amy Sherald, McArthur Binion, and Ivy Haldeman
Describing the donation as the most significant to the department in nearly 80 years, museum will rename galleries after the philanthropist
The city bought the piece from the local dealer David Castillo’s virtual Art Basel in Miami Beach display as part of its Legacy Purchase Program
The 25-year-old Japanese self-taught artist’s densely layered Yokai is his first piece to enter a museum’s collection
The museum, due to open in April 2021, has acquired the 25-foot prop model for its permanent collection
Both artists have been detained by Russian authorities
The director and film-maker has donated around 375 works to his hometown institution—and will have a pair of restrooms named after him
British Columbia brothers donate paintings their grandmothers acquired to Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
The screenprints are an abridged version of the artist’s 41-panel tempera series devoted to the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture
The Cree artist says the work, on view in the museum's Great Hall, reflects on the “colonial version of history” in museum collections
Acting on relaxed rules, it will use the funds for collection care and salary increases as well as diverse acquisitions
In Avant et Après—just acquired by London's Courtauld Gallery—Gauguin details his tumultuous time with Van Gogh
Trove donated by collector Audrey B. Heckler includes examples of European Art Brut and works by African-American artists
Dutch entrepreneur Rob Defares has donated €10m to the new initiative
Original book with nearly 30 images has been acquired by London's Courtauld Gallery and will go on display next year
103 forgotten works by the renowned Japanese artist resurfaced at a Paris auction after slipping out of sight for more than 70 years
Initiative follows accusations by employees of entrenched racism at the New York museum
Museum welcomes monumental 2018 works by Huma Bhabha and Sterling Ruby
Over 300 works chart the career of a feminist pioneer in revelatory detail
Government plans to buy 150 works to help overcome the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic
The gift from the late patron’s husband will also help create a photography endowment fund through the sale of some works
“Tall, dark, rather handsome”, his description of Gauguin in Breton garb
Arte Povera sculptor hopes that his donations of hundreds of works on paper will start a dialogue
Philanthropic couple’s promised donation to New-York Historical Society boosts collection’s 20th-century holdings
Franklin Sirmans, the director of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, explains the impetus behind the Collectors Council’s largest group acquisition ever
Acquisition from the artist's estate heralds a wave of works being dispersed across UK public collections