Acquisitions

Something new out of Africa

The market is hotting up for the continent’s artists, but a boom seems far off

Published online: 14 June 2013

 
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MoMA buys Kelly’s sculpture

Museum acquires Black Form II from current Matthew Marks Gallery show

Published online: 12 June 2013

Tate purchases Constable for £23.1m

Heritage Lottery Fund gives £15.8m, the largest amount of money for a single work in its history, to secure painting for the nation

Published online: 23 May 2013

M+ gets a Tino Sehgal

Thirteen collectors and artists donate 280 works to the museum

Published online: 22 May 2013

How to look after your latest acquisition in China

A guide for collectors with questions about insurance, conservation, transport and China’s tax system

Published online: 22 May 2013

Qatar reportedly buys Picasso’s Child with a Dove

The oil rich Gulf state has snapped up the UK’s most famous work by Modern master, according to French news

Published online: 10 April 2013

Met buys Ritz hotel's uncovered masterpiece

This previously unrecorded canvas by Charles Le Brun, the official painter to Louis XIV, was sold at auction in Paris this week to the...

MoMA powers-up video game collection

Dig into the couch cushions to find those spare quarters and get ready to have some video gaming fun at New York’s newest arcade called…...

 

Paris Photo 2012: Recent museum acquisitions

We spoke to the head of photography at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the directors of the Fotomuseum Winterthur and Huis Marseille about their approaches to collecting and the stories behind some of their recent purchases.