Museums and Institutions

A 4000-year-old limestone sculpture is to go on temporary display before returning to Iraq.

Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum has acquired three paintings for the nation from the estate of George Pinto (1929- 2018).

More than 100 rediscovered works by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) have been acquired by the British Museum.

Chiswick House & Gardens in west London is an 18th century villa and gardens planned by Lord Burlington.

De la Mano Gallery in Madrid has sold five works to The Meadows Museum in Dallas, Texas.

The role of antiques dealers in developing public museums is the focus of a virtual event hosted by the Furniture History Society next month.

The number of archaeological objects unearthed by the British public since the start of The British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) has reached 1.5 million items.

A group of antique clocks has been reported stolen from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

The National Gallery in London has bought a painting by Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923) for £325,000 from London’s Daniel Katz Gallery.

West Dean College of Arts and Conservation has bought a watercolour depicting the grand entrance hall of college's residence.

The National Gallery has taken ownership of three pictures by 18th century greats Jean-Etienne Liotard, Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Thomas Lawrence.

The Bodleian Library has added an unusual piece of culinary history to its collection.

A harpsichord that was sold at The Canterbury Auction Galleries in 2018 to a US buyer and later barred from export by the government has been saved for the nation by Gainsborough’s House museum.

LAPADA launches a webinar series this week with a conversation between the association’s CEO Freya Simms and Tristram Hunt, director of the Victoria and Albert Museum.