Politics Berlin Museums Just Got the Green Light to Reopen in Early May. Here’s How They Are Working to Make It Safe Museums will have to manage heightened security and hygiene-related costs, alongside a predicted dip in ticketing income. By Kate Brown, Apr 22, 2020
Reviews The Staff of a Tiny Locked-Down Dutch Museum Is Offering to Talk to Anyone Who Wants to Chat About Art. So I Gave Them a Call. The LAM Museum is keeping the public engaged by offering one-on-one phone calls with its employees. By Kate Brown, Apr 20, 2020
Galleries ‘Bring Your Own Mask’: German Art Galleries Will Reopen in a New Reality Next Week, Giving Other Dealers a Preview of Things to Come Attendance numbers will be strictly limited, and some dealers are requiring visitors to wear masks. By Kate Brown, Apr 17, 2020
Market Germany Is Giving Out Tens of Millions of Euros to Cultural Workers Hit by Its Faltering Economy. Some Say It’s Not Nearly Enough Although the country has been praised for its efforts, many in the art world say they need more relief. By Kate Brown, Apr 16, 2020
Art & Exhibitions With Museums Locked Down Across Europe, Bored Artists in Berlin Turned Their Balconies Into Mini Art Galleries to Combat Isolation The writer Tom McCarthy and artist Olaf Nicolai were among those participating in the artistic Easter egg hunt. By Kate Brown, Apr 14, 2020
Galleries A Hardscrabble Initiative Is Bringing More Than a Dozen Galleries From Vienna Together to Launch the City’s First Virtual Art Week A Berlin edition is set to launch on April 11. By Kate Brown, Apr 8, 2020
Art World A Fire Broke Out at Berlin’s $700 Million Humbolt Forum Museum Complex, Injuring a Worker and Flooding the City With Black Smoke The blaze caused limited damage and officials say the opening of the museum is still on track for September. By Kate Brown, Apr 8, 2020
Analysis ‘Bergamo Is a Besieged Territory’: Dealers, Artists, and Curators on How Northern Italy’s Art Scene Is Surviving Under Its Second Month of Lockdown If Milan offers a window into what other cities may experience in a few weeks, the takeaway is that the art world will always find a way to connect. By Kate Brown, Apr 8, 2020
Art World Italian Health Authorities Are Transforming One of Turin’s Top Art Venues Into a Temporary 100-Bed Hospital Last summer, the OGR cultural hub hosted the Biennale of Moving Images. By Kate Brown, Apr 3, 2020
Art World A 200-Foot Section of the Berlin Wall Has Been Torn Down to Make Way for Condos, Leaving Historians Appalled One of the largest remaining stretches of the inner wall was tucked quietly away in a suburb. By Kate Brown, Apr 2, 2020
Market 7 Hard-Won Lessons From Art Dealers Who Survived Past Recessions on How to Navigate a Financial Downturn We canvassed insiders for advice about what to do in the months ahead. By Kate Brown & Eileen Kinsella, Apr 2, 2020
Galleries 32 Years After Opening a Gallery to Show Female Artists, the Veteran Art Dealer Barbara Gross Reflects on How the Market Has—and Hasn’t—Changed The modest and erudite dealer looks back as she prepares to close her gallery for good. By Kate Brown, Mar 31, 2020
Politics ‘There Will Be Enough for Everyone’: Berlin Distributes €500 Million to Artists and Freelancers Within Four Days of Launching Its Grant Program The Berlin government built an effective grant program for freelancers and small businesses in just a few days, but it wasn't without its issues. By Kate Brown & Naomi Rea, Mar 31, 2020
Politics Germany Has Rolled Out a Staggering €50 Billion Aid Package For Small Businesses That Boosts Artists and Galleries—and Puts Other Countries to Shame "Artists are not only indispensable, but also vital, especially now," says the country's culture minister. By Kate Brown, Mar 25, 2020
Art World A Groundbreaking Discovery of Early Stone Age Tools Shows How the Human Race Once Survived a Prehistoric Volcanic Super-Eruption The finding proves that more humans survived catastrophic climate change than was previously thought. By Kate Brown, Mar 24, 2020