Museum acquisitions
Museum acquisitionsarchive
With the Castle Howard Guercino, Timothy Clifford has saved from export one more in a long line of masterpieces. Is he the last of Britain’s great acquirers?
The successes and (rare) failures of a passionate collector
Interviewarchive
An interview with Peter Galassi, Chief Curator of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
“It is impossible to say in advance when photography is an art and when it is not”
Tatearchive
Contemporary from the Froehlich Foundation and sculptures from the friends to swell ranks at Tate
Austrian industrialist Joseph Froehlich is loaning major works of German and American art to the museum while Friends of the Tate contribute several new gifts
William Morrisarchive
Victoria and Albert loses out on William Morris collection
Berger collection to go to Huntington after two-year silence from the London museum
Victoria & Albert Museumarchive
Letters: V&A has 6,000 pieces of glass to install
Installation of new glass gallery postponed for a year
Alexander Calderarchive
Major gift of works by Calder to Chicago’s contemporary museum
This ups the museums holdings of the artist to 22
Nicholas Serotaarchive
Nick Serota on his second Tate rehang and his vision for what will be “one of the great museums of late twentieth-century art”
Defending his acquisitions and looking to the future, Serita talks on exhibitions and an international outlook
German Reuinificationarchive
East Berlin museums chief defends his record, revealing how the East German museums sold in order to buy'
We did not pursue any party political nonsense on the Museum Island': Professor Günther Schade stands by his position