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
London’s National Portrait Gallery launches appeal to buy unfinished Duke of Wellington portrait by Thomas Lawrence
Museum has raised £1m but needs a further £300,000 by next March
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