Museum of Liverpool acquires Mel Giedroyc’s Eurovision butter churn
Institution launches collecting drive to capture ‘humour, joy and inclusivity’ of contest
Collecting
Campaign to jointly acquire portrait by Reynolds reaches £50m target
Portrait of Mai acquired by National Portrait Gallery and Getty
Q&A | ‘An exciting new chapter in the history of drawing’
Isabel Seligman talks to us about curating a show on some of the youngest artists ever collected by the British Museum
Spain | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Helga de Alvear, Cáceres
Eleanor Mills talks to the pioneering collector immortalised in a gallery of artworks she has donated
Home collections are being lost
Treasures are waiting to be discovered, says Maureen Roberts
Two Paula Rego artworks go on display at National Museum Cardiff
Works acquired for Derek Williams Trust collection
Acquisitions fund toasts successful year
NFA distributed £86,354 in 27 grants to 17 organisations across Scotland in 2020/21
‘Once in a generation’: Institutions join forces in bid to acquire rare private library
Sotheby’s agrees to postpone impending auction of Honresfield collection
Art Fund announces New Collecting Awards
Five curators share £300,000 to grow their collections
Museums to collect Covid dreams from Londoners
Oral history project gathering dreams as personal testimonies is a first for museums
Transforming collections
Iniva is looking for a museum or gallery partner for its Future Collect project
A watershed for the sector
Museums have learned a huge amount while acquiring items related to the pandemic and it could have a lasting impact on the sector. Simon Stephens reports