Sargent’s painting of Amy Phipps Guest, made at the peak of his success as a society portraitist, was gifted to the West Palm Beach museum by her grandson and his family

The institutions that won the fair's Northern Trust Purchase Prize selected artwork by artists Mohau Modisakeng, Wole Lagunju and Claudia Peña Salinas for their permanent collections

Disputed attribution claims rarely play out in court, but two recent legal cases could provide valuable lessons for acquisitions teams at cultural institutions across the UK

The "icon of British portraiture" will be shown alternately between London and Los Angeles

The export deferral on the famed painting has been extended to 10 June, giving London’s National Portrait Gallery a few more weeks to work out a deal, possibly with the Getty

The painting was one of four Carr works featured in the first Canadian presentation at the Venice Biennale, in 1952

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Plus, the Institut du Monde Arabe's major gift and expansion plans and an unflinching self-portrait by a Rococo woman artist

As the painting’s export licence is due to expire, the Californian museum might step in to help keep it in the UK

The Arkansas-based non-profit was founded by Walmart heiress Alice Walton

The large, woven basket by the the Mono Lake Paiute artist Wutoni won first prize at a 1929 competition and, in 2005, set an auction record for a Native American basket

The acquisition, the first of its kind by a major French public museum, includes works by Jonas Lund, Robness, Agnieszka Kurant and Sarah Meyohas

Pseudonymous NFT collector Cozomo de’ Medici gives Los Angeles County Museum of Art "largest collection of its kind in a US museum"

Epiris private equity group, which owns the auction house, has reportedly approached JP Morgan Chase & Co to advise on the deal

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Work by Italian artist Bernardo Cavallino was acquired at Sotheby's New York

“Boating Party” painting will tour France next year to mark Impressionism milestone

The untitled 1961 painting, by Chippewa artist George Morrison, is the first by a Native American member of the New York School movement in the NGA’s collection

According to the museum, the portrait by Giovanni Battista Moroni is “the most significant Italian Renaissance painting” it has acquired in more than half a century

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Rare work by Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi, valued at £277,990, will go on show at Ulster Museum

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Extensive new research across 31 US museums reveals that works by female artists make up just 11% of acquisitions, while Black American artists of all genders account for only 6.3% of exhibitions

Data from the Burns Halperin Report 2022, published 13 December, shows the limited purchasing power of museums and how much they rely on donors to shape their collections

Valdés's work will join pieces by Amoako Boafo, Sanford Biggers and others on long-term public display

The museum has until March 2023 to stop the work leaving the UK

The museum has put the newly acquired still life, which set an auction record for Moillon’s work in March, on display

The drawing, Grotesque Head of an Old Woman (1489-90), was last displayed at the museum in 2017 and is now available for study

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The programme's launch follows the recent acquisition of a painting by 16th-century Mannerist Lavinia Fontana and a polychrome statue by 17th-century sculptor Luisa Roldán