Opinion Letter From Madrid: The Director of the Reina Sofia on What It Will Take for Museums to Rise Again—and What They Can Do in the Meantime The director of Madrid's Reina Sofia Museum calls for a Marshall Plan-style effort to rebuild culture in the wake of the crisis. By Manuel Borja-Villel, 12 hours ago
People 7 Scientific Pioneers Who Were Also Artistic Visionaries, From the Inventor of the Morse Code to the Founder of Neurobiology Who says you can only have one calling? By Katie White, 18 hours ago
Art World Museums Across the US Are Furloughing and Laying Off Workers—But Hopeful They’ll Get Help From the Federal Government The MFA Boston has furloughed more than 300 staff members—about 40 percent of its workforce—as it anticipates losses of more than $12 million. By Eileen Kinsella, 19 mins ago
Art World Do You Miss Your Coworkers? We Do, Too—So Join Us for Our First Artnet News Watercooler Chat Join us for a Zoom discussion about the ways the US and Germany are assisting their artists and art workers—and why they're so different. By Artnet News, 49 mins ago
Events and Parties Editors’ Picks: 10 Things Not to Miss in the Virtual Art World This Week Our picks include a live conversation with Trevor Paglen and Kate Crawford, creators of ImageNet Roulette. By Sarah Cascone, 8 hours ago
Galleries With the Launch of Two More Online Sales Initiatives, Mega-Gallerist David Zwirner Says He Is Already Envisioning Less Need for Art Fairs Zwirner's "Studio" platform kicks off with Wolfgang Tillmans, while its "Exceptional Works" secondary-market venue debuts with Josef Albers. By Julia Halperin, 8 hours ago
Art World For the First Time in a Century, Conservators Took This Mummy Out of Her Coffin—and Found a Hidden Painting of a Goddess Buried With Her The paintings depict the goddess Amentet in a red dress. By Sarah Cascone, 8 hours ago
Market The National Gallery of Art Returned a Picasso to the Heirs of a German-Jewish Banker Last Week. This Week, Gagosian Is Selling It for $10 Million The museum returned the painting, though denied the validity of the family’s restitution claim. By Taylor Dafoe, 9 hours ago
On View A New Show in Denver Offers a Sweeping 500-Year History of Images of British-ness in Art—See It Here While museums are closed to the public, we are spotlighting an inspiring exhibition somewhere around the globe each day. By Caroline Goldstein, 9 hours ago
Art World Almost 98 Percent of ‘Eastern Mediterranean’ Antiquities Sold in Germany Are of Questionable Origin, a New Report Has Found A damning report spells out the problem. The solution might not be that straightforward. By Naomi Rea, 12 hours ago
Art World After China Eased Social-Distancing Rules, 20,000 Visitors Flooded This UNESCO World Heritage Site—Forcing It to Shut Down Again The throngs of visitors were taking advantage of temporary free admission. By Caroline Goldstein, 12 hours ago
Art World Singapore’s Museums and Galleries Will Close for a Month as Its Prime Minister Abandons Crowd-Control Measures for a Full Lockdown The city-state had previously been using more incremental measures to protect public health. By Taylor Dafoe, 13 hours ago
Art World In an Odd Partnership, Sales of a Toilet-Paper Artwork by the Late Born-Again Artist Thomas Kinkade Will Benefit Shuttered NADA Galleries The Kinkade Family Foundation is teaming up with NADA to deliver the aid. By Eileen Kinsella, 14 hours ago
Art World Art Industry News: After Her Tumultuous Queens Museum Tenure, Activist Director Laura Raicovich Lands an Influential New Post + Other Stories Plus, Spike Lee and Pedro Almodóvar will advise on the Academy Museum's debut shows and MoMA terminates its contracts with museum educators. By Artnet News, 16 hours ago
Market As Asia’s Art Market Begins to Reopen, Here’s Everything You Need to Know About Three of Its Most Vibrant (and Underrated) Art Capitals Asia's art scene has a whole lot more going for it than just Hong Kong. By Vivienne Chow, 24 hours ago
Opinion The Gray Market: Why the European Art World Will Recover Faster Than the American One (and Other Insights) Our columnist digs into the US and Europe's economic rescue plans to show why one stabilizes the arts much better than the other. By Tim Schneider, 1 day ago
Art World ‘The Artist Is Present’ Online: One Inventive Artist Is Recreating Famous Works in Nintendo’s Wildly Popular ‘Animal Crossing’ Game Check out video-game recreations of Spiral Jetty, Urban Light, and the Artist Is Present. By Sarah Cascone, 1 day ago
