Museum gifts
MoMA store recalls popular Yoshitomo Nara snow globes over ‘laceration hazard’
To date almost 40 of the cutesy snow globes that were sold last November have either fractured or cracked
Rose Art Museum, once on the brink of closure, celebrates 60th anniversary with gift of 86 works
After a proposed shutdown and sell-off in 2009, Brandeis University has repaired trust with donors, its director says
Salvator Mundi-mania comes to Brooklyn
“Museum” features reproductions, artefacts and even Salvator Mundi pasta sauce
Uli Sigg's huge gift to Hong Kong museum M+
The Swiss collector is donating 1,463 Chinese contemporary works, with plans to sell another 47
Two museums promised a third of one of the great collections of modern American art
Which poses the question: will the late Hannelore Schulhof’s heirs sell major works?
Pompidou welcomes Daniel and Florence Guerlain’s deferred gift of 1000 contemporary drawings
The Guerlains are mindful of the fate of an ancestor’s impressionist works, having no wish for their collection to be divvied up in the same manner
Collector’s £100m art bequest to the UK
Denis Mahon’s gift of the century comes with conditions
Donating to Museum Ludwig's foundation is more profitable than giving to the museum directly
Foundation lures collectors
Artists should have same tax deductions as collectors when donating works of art
The Art Dealers Association of America is lobbying the government to change the law
Seattle Art Museum gets $1bn worth of art from 'incredibly devoted group of collectors'
The gift from 53 local patrons is one of the largest in the history of institutional donations
Miami Art Museum and Miami Art Central may merge
Collectors show their support for Miami art museums
New legislation could lead to the end of partial gifts to museums
Changes to US tax law could discourage collectors from giving
Denver Art Museum gets $60m contemporary art gift
The collectors Kent and Vicki Logan donate 300 works of art and an endowment
MoMA committee to vote on major drawings collection gifted by Judith Rothschild Foundation
The foundation has offered the museum a collection of more than 2,500 drawings by 400 international artists
Villa Borghese Orangery to be renamed the Bilotti Museum
Rome says yes to collector’s demands
Collector gets tax break for donating cylinder seals to university
Archaeologists say the artefacts are likely to have been smuggled out of Iraq
Former Met lawyer to advise private collectors and museums
Reflecting the continuous rise in the value of art and importance of provenance
Charles Saatchi announces gift of 100 works of art, worth £500,000, to the Arts Council Collection
Is the gift an act of virtuous self-regard?
Collector interview: Peter Maenz. “It felt like home”
The former Cologne art dealer has given, lent, and sold parts of his collection to Weimar, in eastern Germany
Collector interview: Yonfan offers a tribute to the Princess of Wales from Hong Kong to Paris
Photographer and film director Yonfan has given eight Chinese paintings to the Musée Guimet in Paris
Sir Denis Mahon retracts his gift to the Walker in protest against entry charges
Baroque paintings given to National Gallery of Ireland instead
Sir Denis Mahon threatens to withdraw pictures from Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery
Veteran collector and lobbyist for the arts opposes introduction of entrance fees
International designer fashion gift to the V&A
200 outfits to enter the collection
Artist Derek Hill gives over eighty works of art to Mottisfont Abbey
First modern art collection for the National Trust
Mixed reactions to Gilbert gift of £75 million decorative arts donation
It has been well received in Britain. In Los Angeles, there are divided opinions on the collection and its owner
The acceptance of items of national heritage in lieu of inheritance tax continues to provide public collections in Britain with new material
A Tanguy for the Tate, important furniture for the V&A