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Chicago's Intuit Art Museum gifted 61 works by self-taught artists

Intuit Art Museum's collection grows by 61 works through two major gifts expanding representation of self-taught and African American artists.

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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events

1 week ago

Acquisitions round-up: a 17ft sculpture by Anselm Kiefer, a $1.7m dinosaur skull, and a 17th-century genre painting

Major museums are acquiring and receiving significant contemporary artworks and rare paleontological specimens for public research and display.

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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events

1 month ago

More US artists forced to pay for their own shows as museum and culture budgets shrink

Artists increasingly must subsidize production costs for museum commissions and exhibitions, while support funds like Fountainhead fall far short of pervasive financial need.

fromHyperallergic

1 month ago

15 Landmark Museum Acquisitions in 2025

For instance, the Louvre did not own a single video artwork until this year, when Mohamed Bourouissa's piece documenting the Tuileries Garden made its way into the collection. Acquisitions also illustrate networks of power and exchange in the art world. One of Tate Modern's big gets, a stunning Joan Mitchell triptych, came from none other than Miami-based developer and museum founder Jorge Pérez and his wife Darlene.

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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events

3 months ago

'A static collection is a dead collection': how the British Museum is acquiring for a global public

The Sir Percival David Foundation gifted a near-£1bn Chinese ceramics collection to the British Museum, expanding its Chinese holdings to 10,000 pieces.

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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events

3 months ago

Chinese prints and a rare stringed wood carving by Barbara Hepworth: the latest museum acquisitions

Major museums acquired significant Suzhou polychrome woodblock prints and a rare Barbara Hepworth wood carving, expanding collections with preserved, cross-cultural artworks.

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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events

4 months ago

Palestinian artist 'cancelled' by US museum comes to Frieze Masters

Samia Halaby advocates optimism and resilience amid censorship, attracting strong public support, auction success, and growing institutional interest.

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fromForbes

4 months ago

Everyday Rebellions: A Brooklyn Museum Exhibition Asks You To Contemplate

Everyday Rebellions showcases new acquisitions to examine feminist-informed methodologies and integrates the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art with the Brooklyn Museum's historic collections.

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fromwww.theguardian.com

5 months ago

Art lovers rejoice: the National Gallery can finally show us when painting really gets exciting | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The National Gallery will drop its 1900 cut-off to include 20th-century painting, enabling display of influential late works like Cezanne's Bathers.

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Chicago's Intuit Art Museum gifted 61 works by self-taught artists

Acquisitions round-up: a 17ft sculpture by Anselm Kiefer, a $1.7m dinosaur skull, and a 17th-century genre painting

More US artists forced to pay for their own shows as museum and culture budgets shrink

15 Landmark Museum Acquisitions in 2025

'A static collection is a dead collection': how the British Museum is acquiring for a global public

Chinese prints and a rare stringed wood carving by Barbara Hepworth: the latest museum acquisitions

Palestinian artist 'cancelled' by US museum comes to Frieze Masters

Everyday Rebellions: A Brooklyn Museum Exhibition Asks You To Contemplate

Art lovers rejoice: the National Gallery can finally show us when painting really gets exciting | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

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