Acquisitions

Major acquisitions announced for Louvre Abu Dhabi

New pieces bolster museum’s collection of more than 600 works

US hedge funder rejects National Gallery's £30m offer to buy Pontormo portrait

Brexit pound slump means that Tom Hill would have lost $10m, but he breaks commitment

Behind the scenes of Poland’s €100m art deal

Not everyone is happy that the country has bought the prized Czartoryski Collection, which includes Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady with an Ermine

Rare Hebrew books and manuscripts acquired by National Library of Israel

Collection of the late Jack Lunzer to be displayed in new Herzog & de Meuron-designed building

Dig deep to put the finishing touch to Vasari’s spectacular ceiling

Charities and the Italian government need help to buy the final panel of a renowned Venetian painting

Smithsonian expands its folk art holdings with donation of 93 works

The gift comes from the son of the late Margaret Robson, the American patron and advocate for self-taught artists

Paris museum agrees to strict terms to secure Post-Impressionist trove

Nashville-based couple's decision to send their 600-strong collection abroad raises eyebrows at home

National Gallery's acquisition of Pontormo portrait under threat

London institution raised more than £30m to buy it, but fall in pound’s value may be presenting a new obstacle

Not just mummies: British Museum to expand collection with work from modern Egypt

Printed materials, textiles, photographs and items of everyday homeware from the 20th and 21st centuries to be shown alongside museum’s renowned holdings of ancient art

MoMA boosts Latin American holdings with Cisneros collection

The Venezeulan collectors have given more than 100 works to the New York museum ahead of expansion

London’s National Gallery close to buying £30m Pontormo portrait

Treasury agrees tax refund to help keep painting from going to America

Dusseldorf museums acquire 200 works by Nauman, Flavin, LeWitt and more

Collection of Dorothee and Konrad Fischer, pioneering champions of conceptual art, to be exhibited at K20 museum

Tate buys portrait by one of Britain's earliest female artists

Work by Joan Carlile was discovered in a country auction

Detroit invests $3.7m in African-American art

The DIA’s director wants collection to better reflect the city’s population

London’s V&A buys rare Hans Coper bird bowl

1950s ceramic, which was at risk of being exported from the UK, purchased in memory of the late writer Annabel Freyberg<br> <br>

Royal Museums Greenwich secures Armada Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I

The acquisition was made possible by a £7.4m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, one of the largest it has ever made

German collector Thomas Borgmann bolsters Stedelijk Museum's contemporary art collection with 600-strong donation

Dutch institution’s holdings have expanded to include works by Wolfgang Tillmans and Cosima von Bonin

And here’s what they buy: some of the key recent acquisitions in Tate Modern’s new displays

From El Anatsui's splashy tapestry, to Cildo Meireles's tower of radios, to Kader Attia's couscous citadel

Centre Pompidou’s chief US fundraiser awarded France’s top honour for boosting acquisitions of American art

The Beaubourg gallery also appoints a new curator tasked with discovering young Chinese artists