Museums in Belgium and Italy to re-open mid-May under phased lifting of lockdown
Belgian museum director says his institution is “ready to serve as a test room”
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Coronavirus News
When Libraries Open Up, They May Quaratine Books Between Checkouts
Logical, right? (Maybe? Who actually knows?)
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Boston’s Institute Of Contemporary Art Is Using One An Outpost To Feed Local Families
ICA Watershed in East Boston is closed, of course – but then the staff of the ICA learned that East Boston had one of the area’s highest rates of Covid-19 infection and that the people of the area were in some serious need.
Detroit’s Library Street Collective launches virtual exhibitions inside historic city buildings
The first group show will place digital renderings of work by artists Daniel Arsham, José Parlá, and Kennedy Yanko in the abandoned Beaux-Arts-style State Saving Bank
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Greetings from a museum leaving lockdown: lessons from Beijing’s UCCA Center for Contemporary Art
Philip Tinari, the director and CEO of the Chinese museum, shares what the institution has learned during closure and its future plans
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AAMD loosens rules for museums seeking to divert income amid coronavirus crisis
While legal hurdles remain, the museum directors’ association will not penalise members who redirect restricted funds to cover operating expenses
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Can’t pay your rent? Here’s what you can do if you’re a UK gallery
Coronavirus has left many art businesses struggling to pay their bills, but there are resources available to help
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Coronavirus might be limiting our travels but one painting is still on the move (somewhere)
Terry Frost’s work, which was last seen on a train between London Euston and Crewe, joins a long list of disappearances associated with public transport
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More than 40 UK museums and conservators donate personal protective equipment to help NHS fight coronavirus
Conservation departments are sending gloves, masks and Tyvek suits to hospitals and ambulance services
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Irish Museum of Modern Art to be used as mortuary to cope with coronavirus pandemic
Museum will house a temporary structure in its grounds as the “country prepares Public Health facilities to deal with Covid-19”
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