Art World The Prado Museum Is Expecting to Lose 70 Percent of Its Income as It Prepares to Reopen With Limited Capacity The museum has postponed its 2020 exhibitions indefinitely, and is still not sure when it can reopen. By Kate Brown, Apr 29, 2020
Market A Hilma af Klint Watercolor of a Burning Heart Could Fetch $500,000 in a Rare Sale of the Artist’s Work in Sweden The artist once decreed that her work should never be sold. By Kate Brown, Apr 27, 2020
People Why Artist Meriem Bennani’s Wildly Popular Videos About Two Chill Lizards Perfectly Capture the Weirdness of Our New Reality Social borders and virtuality were subjects of her work long before the present moment. By Kate Brown, Apr 26, 2020
Politics Germany’s Culture Ministers Request More Support for Arts Workers as Last Month’s Staggering €50 Billion Aid Package Proves Insufficient The cultural heads of Germany's 16 states are asking for the federal government to give more aid. By Kate Brown, Apr 24, 2020
People The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, Is Also a Professional Artist. Here’s How He Is Balancing Those Roles During the Coronavirus Pandemic The nation head talks art and politics from under lockdown. By Kate Brown, Apr 22, 2020
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 7, 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