acquisitions

Kent Monkman large-scale painting of Native Americans on the shore
The Met acquires commissioned works by Cree artist Kent Monkman
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced the acquisition of a grand diptych by Kent Monkman, mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People), created by the Ontario-based Cree artist.
Jan Groover photograph of spoons, forks and green bell peppers on a pink tablecloth with reflected light
A Look Inside MoMA's Transformative New Photography Collection
This major gift to the Museum of Modern Art comprises more than 300 works by 103 photographers.
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, I See Red: Target (detail), 1992.
NGA Acquires First Major Work by a Native American Artist
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s large-scale work on canvas holds its own in the National Gallery of Art's museum’s pop art gallery, where it currently hangs beside works by Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol.
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Collecting Experiential Art: Capturing the Ephemeral
How artists, collectors, curators and museums value memory.
Charles Ray sculpture Two Horses bas relief in Granite, The ten-by-fourteen-foot granite relief by the acclaimed artist portrays two horses in profile, one fully articulated and a second figure behind it that is partially seen, evoking a ghost-like presence
The Met Acquires Monumental Charles Ray Sculpture
The Met announced today the acquisition of the monumental sculptural relief Two Horses (2019) by American artist Charles Ray (b. 1953).
Geoffrey Beene designs.
Phoenix Art Museum accepts major gift of Geoffrey Beene fashion designs
Spanning the 1980s through the 1990s, the gift of more than 350 custom-made Geoffrey Beene ensembles and accessories, including jumpsuits, trousers, vests, boleros, gowns, collars, and more,…
Dale Chihuly glass sculpture of organic forms in primary colors
TMA Debuts New Dale Chihuly Chandelier and Other Acquisitions
The Toledo Museum of Art has several recent acquisitions now on view, including a Dale Chihuly (American, 1941) chandelier that was donated to the Museum by a generous benefactor.
Joseph Wright of Derby, Two Boys with a Bladder, oil painting
Getty wins right to export “Two Boys with a Bladder”
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 England.