Tag: Acquisitions

Eberhard Kornfeld, a prominent Swiss art dealer, auctioneer, and collector, left a valuable bequest of five paintings to the Kunstmuseum in Bern. The collection includes works by renowned artists such

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles recently acquired Sophie Frémiet’s 19th-century painting “Portrait of a Woman,” marking the artist’s first work to join a US museum collection. The

Art dealer Gavin Brown recently donated his gallery archive to the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in New York’s Hudson Valley. The collection includes artist files, catalogues, and

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has acquired “A Drinking and Musical Party” by Bartolomeo Manfredi, a prominent Caravaggisti painter. The painting is now on display at the

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) recently hosted its annual Collectors Committee Weekend, raising nearly $3m and adding ten new acquisitions to its permanent collection. These acquisitions include

George Grosz, known for his caricature-like figuration that critiqued the social and political realities of Berlin in the early 20th century, faced a major art scandal during the Weimar Republic.

Claudine Colin Communication, a leading arts and culture communications agency in France, has been acquired by the US-based marketing firm Finn Partners. The acquisition aims to expand the agency’s international

A rare book of sketches by renowned artist Caspar David Friedrich from 1804 has been acquired by three museum authorities in Berlin, Dresden, and Weimar. Known as the Karlsruhe Sketchbook,

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has secured the purchase of a medieval ivory sculpture depicting Christ’s descent from the cross, outbidding the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) recently made headlines as the first public collection in the country to acquire a major painting by renowned artist Paul Gauguin. The painting, titled