The deaccessioning dispute at Valparaiso University’s Brauer Museum of Art centres on works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Frederic Church and Childe Hassam collectively valued at up to $15m

The university’s plans to sell off works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Childe Hassam and Frederic Church prompted a lawsuit and appeals to Indiana state officials

The Gilbert Stuart painting is one of less than 20 versions of the image known to exist

Following a county judge’s ruling in favour of Valparaiso University, both sides are making their case to Indiana’s attorney general

"La Patience" (1948), which was one of two Balthus paintings in the museum’s collection, will go up for auction at Sotheby’s New York in November

Other Greek treasures would come to London in exchange for a loan of the contested sculptures

“Your Move”, a sculptural installation in central Philadelphia, will be permanently removed after it was deemed too costly to maintain

Foreign Office was dismissive of the museum's attempts to lobby for the contested sculptures in 1983

Questions resurface over New York museum’s rationale for consigning works by the artist to auction

Indiana-based Valparaiso University is reportedly hoping to raise $20m with the sale of works by O’Keeffe, Childe Hassam and Frederic Church from its museum’s collection

Museum associations and the university’s former art department chair have spoken out against the planned deaccessioning

The new rule includes a definition of the term “direct care”, whose ambiguity had led to divergent interpretations by museums selling works from their collections

Barry Joule disputes gallery’s claim that trove of sketches and documents, which he donated, was "unsuitable for retention"

Tristram Hunt aims to start a “conversation” about the act next year, arguing that some items should be allowed to be restituted or deaccessioned

Plus, US photographer of queer women, Alice Austen; and Michel Majerus at Art Basel

This month’s New York auctions brought mixed results for museums that sold off works just as pandemic exemptions ended

As stringent restrictions on art sales return after a pandemic reprieve, American institutions seem more polarised than ever

The sale of the canonical early Cubist sculpture will bolster the museum’s acquisitions fund and at no great cost to its collection, which includes another edition of the work

Bedford, like his SFMoMA predecessor Neal Benezra, very publicly ran afoul of industry conventions around deaccessioning and selling works from museum collections

Two bronze Buddha statues are likely to make records for cultural artefacts at auction in Korea

Association of Art Museum Directors should permanently recognise “direct care” of collections as a proper use of art sale proceeds

Institution says the work is being lent by the foundation that swooped in to rescue it when it was deaccessioned by the Newark Museum of Art

Auction at Sotheby’s yields promising yet mixed results for museum’s drive to fund collections care

In an open letter, they denounce the deaccessioning move as a “senseless monetisation” of art from the permanent collection

At a conference on deaccessioning, Christopher Bedford says that museum collections are “a literal manifestation” of prejudice and privilege

Amid debate, AAMD votes 91-88 against exploring a controversial revision of rules to allow proceeds to finance collections care

Institution announces $1.46m in gifts to finance goals such as pay increases for hourly workers and extended visiting hours

Museum director says Justice Department’s legal case only served “to cloud the respectful and serious process of deaccession and repatriation”

Max Hollein argues that more art will not necessarily be sold, although proceeds can now go to other purposes amid the pandemic financial crisis

As museum mulls art sales to finance collections care, critics worry that its example could open the floodgates for US art institutions