The São Paulo collector James Kung Wei Li, whose father was a Chinese ambassador in South America, says the donation is his family’s repayment for American educational largesse

Liebieghaus sculpture museum says the acquisition of Reiner Winkler’s collection is the largest in its history

Moral painting of Venus and Cupid by the German Renaissance master shows the young god of desire being attacked by bees

The museum will show the underrecognised African American artist's work alongside pieces by his contemporaries

Our pick of the most significant new gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from Dalí’s lobster telephone to a bumper gift of indigenous art

Collectors Thomas Druyan and Alice Ladner were drawn by the Saskatchewan museum’s dedication to indigenous and aboriginal art from around the globe

Our pick of the most significant new gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from a vintage Hawaiian shirt to an heirloom Chinese art collection

A low-key request from the San Antonio Museum of Art director resulted in a big gift from Lake Taihu near Wuxi

We look back at ten significant gifts and purchases that entered public collections in 2018

Klaus Albrecht Schröder says contemporary art acquisitions, criticised by Austrian Court of Audit, will fill a gap in country’s public museums

The University of Texas at Dallas is building its first museum to house the gift

Gallerist Claude Lemand and his wife France also set up a fund to support the museum

Structure will be re-installed as part of Therme Group's art and architecture initiative

Contemporary Art Society buys Kehinde Wiley film for The Box in Plymouth, while first Camden Arts Centre Emerging Artist prizewinner is also announced

Purchase is part of a new programme known as the African American Art History Initiative

In this week’s podcast, hear how the British collector changed his mind and acquired the National Gallery's star attraction

The British auction house brings in former Sotheby’s financial executive Bruno Vinciguerra as part of the deal

$450.3m Leonardo da Vinci painting was due to be unveiled at museum in two weeks but its display has now been delayed

Italian government claims licence application did not state portrait was of Prince Camillo Borghese

Institution recognises the “transformational” final gift of its late trustee Margaret McDermott with a special exhibition and new wall labels for more than 400 works she helped acquire

Piece by Italian Baroque painter was sold in Paris last year for €2.4m

The painting will be lent to the Louvre in Paris next year for an exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of artist's death

The works, which came from Iturbide's own collection, include gifts from the Mexican artist

The organisation wants to get its collection "out into the world", the director says

The Descent from the Cross is the museum's first acquisition backed by the Marguerite and Robert Hoffman Fund, a hefty $17m endowment

The V&A acquired a fragment of London's Robin Hood Gardens before it was demolished

The defunct museum has given the last of its 20,000 works to 22 institutions in Washington, DC

We exclusively reveal the details of the plans for a “historic” collaboration

Ten works are added to the permanent collection, including a striking slavery themed installation by Betye Saar and the museum's first sculpture by Ruth Asawa