Wadsworth Atheneum

Acquisitions round-up: photography trove is Czech Republic's largest art donation in decades

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

Wadsworth reunites pastel quartet by Rosalba Carriera, 18th-century artist of kings and nobles

Two rediscovered pastels by Carriera, one of the few women artists from the era who gained international acclaim in her lifetime, were reunited with two more from the same series

On the heels of director’s resignation, board president of Wadsworth Atheneum also steps down

Connecticut museum, which has been seeking to expand involvement with local community, cites “personal reasons”

Booksreview

First book on art collection of the draughtsman and cult figure Edward Gorey

Gorey inexplicably left his collection to the Wadsworth Atheneum