acquisitions

The J. Paul Getty Museum announces that the acquisition of Joseph Wright of Derby's "Two Boys with a Bladder" will proceed, following the granting of an export license by the Arts Council of…

The large Baroque painting of the baby Moses being found amongst the reeds has hung in the National Gallery, London for nearly twenty years. Unmissable at nearly ten feet wide with figures clad in…

The Dallas Museum of Art has announced the establishment of the Works on Paper Department and the creation of a new curatorial position, supported by a group of visionary gifts to the Museum.
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) has announced a radical new plan to make their museum and its collection more inclusive. As part of their 2020 Vision strategic plan, the museum will only purchase…
The J. Paul Getty Museum recently announced the purchase of two extraordinary works of Italian art.
The High Museum of Art announces that Atlanta-based philanthropists Doris and Shouky Shaheen have donated their entire impressionist, postimpressionist and modernist painting collection, totaling 24…

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has announced “Feel the Sun in Your Mouth: Recent Acquisitions to the Hirshhorn Collection,” a new exhibition that will bring together…

Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) is pleased to announce a major gift of 46 artworks from Los Angeles-based collector, scholar, and advocate Gordon W. Bailey.
Landscape with Three Trees, Rembrandt’s largest etched landscape, a masterful combination of technical virtuosity and skillful composition, was recently acquired by the Princeton University Art…
Last week a group of foundations came together to ensure the preservation of an important trove of American history.

LOS ANGELES—The Museum of Contemporary Art has acquired a performance piece titled In Just a Blink of an Eye by Chinese artist Xu Zhen. The work will be on view at MOCA’s Grand Avenue…

The Museum of Modern Art announces a major gift of 45 works of African contemporary art from the prolific collector Jean Pigozzi.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has announced 11 new acquisitions by 10 artists: Rebecca Belmore, Forrest Bess, Frank Bowling, Leonora Carrington, Lygia Clark, Norman Lewis,…
The Princeton University Art Museum recently acquired a significant group of drawings by the renowned American architect and designer Michael Graves (1934-2015). The nearly 5,000 drawings, which come…
The J. Paul Getty Museum acquired at auction last week a group of seventeen ancient engraved gems from the collection of Roman art dealer Giorgio Sangiorgi (1886-1965).