Museums, galleries, music venues and opera houses across the world are shutting their doors temporarily to help slow the spread of coronavirus – but we can still experience the arts from the comfort of our living rooms. Some of the world’s best-known cultural institutions have been working to lift the […]

In the age of coronavirus (COVID-19), museums are facing unprecedented difficulties and uncertainty. In the past weeks, three-quarters of museums have shut down, starting with behemoths like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the Smithsonian’s museums. While these indefinite closures are presenting challenges, museum professionals have acted rapidly and […]

As museums remain on lockdown in China, we reveal the full extent of the crisis for both state and private institutions and their innovative short-term solutions

As part of widespread efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, many of the world’s major cultural institutions have closed their doors. Museums across the globe have announced temporary closures, from the Vatican Museums and New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Smithsonian Museums, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to […]

As government across the world implement “social distancing” efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus, in some cities, bars, restaurants and other public spaces have been ordered to close. That leaves self-quarantined people with a lot of free time and nowhere to go.

Even in the absence of a crisis, museums are refuges of calm and contemplation; in these anxious times, they are more needed than ever. But most museums and art galleries are now closed because of the coronavirus and we’re all stuck at home for a while, so what to do? […]

While it’s hard to beat the experience of seeing a seminal piece of fine art or important historical artifact with your own two eyes, you could easily spend a lifetime traveling the world in search of all of them. Fortunately, the digital age has made it possible—easy, even—to visit some […]

When a dangerous virus is slowly spreading all over the world, it makes sense that museums would be closed down in the interest of public safety: museums are often huge spaces where hundreds or thousands of people congregate on any given day, making it much easier for viruses to spread. […]

Museums, theaters and concert halls in the United States are steeling themselves for fearful patrons, lighter crowds and possible government shutdowns. As the coronavirus spreads in the United States, theaters, museums and concert halls are hyperaware that their establishments could become petri dishes for a virus that is spread person-to-person through respiratory droplets. These institutions are […]

Art has always depended on wealthy patrons; see the Medicis, Frick and Morgan. In contrast to Europe, where museums receive significant (though now decreasing) state funding, most American museums rely heavily on private donors. And, since the late 1990s, when MoMA’s current push to expand began, its trustees appear to […]