Plus, Ralph Rugoff on Southbank Centre's possible closure. Produced in association with Christie's

From capped visitor numbers to surgical gloves and temperature checks, here's how cultural institutions are getting ready to leave lockdown

The museum is expected to reopen in July or August

Glasstire's publisher Brandon Zech shares his personal experience attending the museum's reopening this weekend

As governments loosen lockdown restrictions, institutions map out ways of seeking to limit the spread of coronavirus

The museum also cancels tours, talks, concerts and events through the end of the year

Institution adopts new policies to foster “the safest possible conditions”

National spending package includes emergency support for state museums, arts organisations and cultural businesses

Closure is having a catastrophic impact on the finances of the museum, which normally gets half its income from ticket sales

Art trade associations have been lobbying to be recognised as “non-essential retail” in phase two of the lockdown exit roadmap; museums will have to wait until phase three in July

Museums in South Korea and Hong Kong have also started reopening after coronavirus lockdowns

Museum director Glenn D. Lowry describes it as taking a “chainsaw” to spending

Chief executive Charles Stewart lays plans for the auction house’s flagship sales to be held in New York next month

Poles and ribbons are used at the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art in Cottbus to practice social distancing

Perrotin Gallery leads commercial charge by launching two-month rotating show involving 26 Paris dealers

State museums in the Chinese capital will reopen with crowd control measures for "golden week" of travel

Brussels museums release their planned safety measures along with the museum ethics organisation Cimam

Larger museums are unlikely to be accessible until June

Belgian museum director says his institution is “ready to serve as a test room”

A team will enter the Paris cathedral site on Monday to make arrangements for around 50 construction workers to return from early May

The first museums open today in the state of Brandenburg in a gradual easing of the coronavirus lockdown; bigger museums may take longer to reopen

Temperature and health QR code checks at the entrance are still required

Visitor numbers at some of the world’s most popular art venues have nosedived and uncertainty for the future remains

Shanghai's Power Station of Art and Shanghai Museum welcomed visitors today after China's tough measures helped curb the spread of the disease