Chris Ofili's work—donated by hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen—was once at the centre of a New York culture war

The work will first goes on loan in Massachusetts and possibly elsewhere

Gift includes Polke, Warhol, Twombly, Emin, Tillmans

Putting aside museum ethics, Martin Gammon looks at the financial viability of museums deaccessioning their collection as a quick fix for financial trouble

Sixty works donated by European and Arab artists will stay at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris until a permanent home is built

Initial research into provenance 'gave no concrete cause for suspicion that these works were looted', Berlin State Museums says

Artist donated his design for Austin to the Blanton Museum in 2015, the year he died

Trove of photographs, films, manuscripts and letters date back to the 1920s

James Hyman hopes the gift will improve the status of British photography both at home and abroad

Acquisition heralds triptych of London shows dedicated to Dean

State stepped in and purchased major pieces by important female sculptor at auction

The 90 works given to MoMA take the museum “in a new direction”, says director Glenn Lowry

We look back at some of most important purchases and donations that entered public collections this year

Francis Kéré’s structure in London will head to Kuala Lumpur next year in deal struck with Ilham Gallery

It's the first work acquired as part of the fair's new acquisition fund for the Miami museum

The collection of more than 20,000 works by 1,000 artists from throughout the former USSR was secretly amassed over decades by the US economist Norton Dodge

Museum of Fine Arts confirms acquisition to bring together Modern masterpieces originally commissioned for billionaire's Manhattan penthouse

Renaissance manuscript with gold binding is being sold by London jeweller

Frieze Tate Fund picks four works from fair

Five thousand items, shared between Whitney and artist's boyhood home, could inspire new exhibitions

It is the first time a major installation by the US-Cuban duo has entered the collection of a Miami museum

Luca Padulli has been amassing the treasure trove of works at auction over the last 17 years, sources say

The Toronto museum becomes the second largest holder of the photographer’s work in the world with the purchase of 522 prints

Foundation helps museums across the US to acquire works by self-taught African-American artists of the South

Joint programme will see pieces by artists such as Helen Johnson and Richard Bell shared between London and Sydney

The septuagenarian American artist is currently showing in institution’s landmark exhibition about black female artists

The collection of 197 works is largely by Vancouver-based artists like Ian Wallace, Rodney Graham, Damien Moppet, Brian Jungen and Geoffrey Farmer, but also includes an important piece by Doris Salcedo

Purchase of Ibrahim El-Salahi’s work builds on recent efforts to diversify permanent collection

Sculptures, photos, drawings, archives, property and other artists’ works go to the upstate New York museum the artist wanted to be the home for her art

Wilhelm Hack Museum acquires The Judgement of Paris from heir