NewsVenice
Culture war erupts over Venice mayor's closure of Doge's Palace and other civic museums until April
Luigi Brugnaro's "entrepreneurial" decision violates Venice's historic agreement with Italian state to keep the landmark open to the public
NewsMuseums
Closure of London's Florence Nightingale Museum fuels fears that the pandemic will force smaller UK institutions to shut
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum in Birkenhead is also under threat of closure as part of cost-cutting measures by local council
Newscoronavirus
Russia sends Moscow’s museums into second lockdown until mid-January
Cultural workers voice frustration at mixed closure orders, as theatres, concert halls and restaurants are allowed to stay open
NewsMuseums
German museum chiefs say enforced November closure is 'wrong decision'
More than 40 directors sign an open letter to regional governments saying museums should not be included in month-long coronavirus lockdown
NewsClosures
Marian Goodman to close London gallery
The New York-based art dealer will instead launch a project initiative in the city, with no permanent space, starting next autumn
NewsSingapore
Singapore art space prepares final show in Gillman Barracks after Covid-19 shortfall
NTU Centre for Contemporary Art to close physical venue in March, casting doubt on future of gallery district
NewsClosures
Artist Kader Attia 'heartbroken' as Covid-19 forces closure of his decolonial Paris art hub
The French-Algerian is now looking for a new, smaller space in the city's suburbs
AnalysisMuseums & Heritage
'There is no fast track back to normal': museums confront economic fallout of the pandemic
Closed museums are losing millions in income, ushering in job cuts, appeals for emergency relief and lasting changes in strategy
NewsClosures
Here are the museums that have closed (so far) due to coronavirus
Updates on which cultural institutions are temporarily closing to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic
Newscoronavirus
Coronavirus: Louvre closes while Italian museums reopen following government green light
Italian officials say cultural institutions can open to the public so long as they ensure “visitors respect a distance of at least a metre between each other”
NewsArt market
Blain Southern goes into administration as artists reveal debts owed by gallery
Abrupt closure of three spaces has prompted criticism from some about the way the business was run
CommentMuseums
Letter to the editor | Necessity, not secrecy, will close NPG’s doors
Nicholas Cullinan, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, responds to criticism about the museum's three-year closure
BlogDiary of an art historian
Why was the National Portrait Gallery so secretive about its closure?
The London museum will close between 2020 and 2023, but the announcement was buried in the fourth paragraph of a press release
NewsChina
Guangzhou museum given three days’ notice to evacuate before demolition
Privately funded Redtory Museum of Contemporary Art says its forced closure follows “a long period of disputation” with the local authorities
NewsParasol Unit
Parasol Unit to close east London gallery
From next spring the foundation will hold exhibitions "in whatever part of the world I feel the dialogue is needed”, says founder Ziba Ardalan
NewsArt market
Historic Bernheim-Jeune and Fine Art Society galleries shut up shop
A sign of the times, two of London and Paris’s oldest firms closed their premises in the traditional art heartlands of the cities
NewsContemporary art
What's next for the Met after its 2020 Breuer exit?
Sheena Wagstaff says the move is part of a “positive, forward-thinking” new regime under Max Hollein’s directorship
NewsArt market
‘Oversaturated’ Berlin loses two more galleries
Exile gallery has moved to Vienna, while Gillmeier Rech closes
News
London’s National Portrait Gallery to partially close for London Fashion Week event (again)
Decision follows a controversial closure in February for Erdem’s runway show
NewsClosures
Interview Magazine, founded by Andy Warhol, folds after nearly 50 years
The publication has recently been involved in a rent dispute, departure of upper-level staff and lawsuits from former employees
News
Scotland's pioneering Inverleith House gallery saved from closure
Exhibition space in Edinburgh's botanic gardens has reopened after public outcry
NewsOpenings
David Roberts to close London space and open sculpture park in Somerset
Scottish collector hopes to attract a bigger audience in the countryside than in Camden
NewsClosures
London's pioneering Wilkinson Gallery to close as owners go separate ways
Amanda and Anthony Wilkinson are setting up independent businesses in new locations
NewsClosures
Singapore branch of Pinacothèque de Paris shuts too
Founder blames disappointing attendance on closure of Asian branch of for-profit museum
NewsClosures
Austria’s Essl Museum to shut its doors after 17 years
Contemporary art collection will be kept in storage but there will be no more exhibitions
News
Poor visitor numbers forces Madrid museum to close within its first year
NewsClosures
The end is nigh for New York’s Museum of Biblical Art
Unable to afford Manhattan’s astronomical rents, the small secular museum will close in June with its hit exhibition of Donatello sculptures on loan from the Duomo museum
ArchiveMuseums
Kunstmuseum Basel to close for refurbishment
The museum will shut for just over a year to allow for improvements and additions to its infrastructure
ArchiveArt market
Christie’s close down Spink and take over the building for corporate headquarters
Serving a possibly premature coup de grâce to the oldest art dealership in the world
CommentClosures
'Another yawning gap': radical London Print Studio closes its doors
Art world pays tribute to vital public space that served community organisations as well as artists including Lucian Freud, Billy Childish and Shezad Dawood
Hettie Judah