The opening months of the year have been defined by the spread of the novel 2019 coronavirus from its origin point in Wuhan, China, to a growing number of cities and countries around the globe. Public-health concerns have led officials and event organizers to modify, delay, or completely shutter large gatherings of all kinds, from professional sporting events and concerts, to university classes and professional conferences.
And perhaps no sector of the world economy to date has had to be more flexible than the art industry—with its for-profit and nonprofit sides equally affected.
As a reference guide, below is a comprehensive list of every art-related event that has either been canceled or postponed due to concerns about the virus’s spread. You will also find information on related museum and gallery closures and a sampling of key upcoming events still proceeding as planned.
The latest developments are listed at the top of each category. We will continuously update the list if and when organizers announce additional cancelations, postponements, or other modifications.
Note: As of 6:00 p.m. EST on Monday, March 16, closures and postponements have grown so widespread that Artnet News will only update the list below to capture significant, independently newsworthy changes to the art-world calendar, such as the delay of major art fairs.
Last updated: Wednesday, April 29 09:36 a.m. EST
Canceled Events, US
Annual events listed below will return in 2021 unless otherwise noted; one-off events are canceled.
April 10: ?? NADA Chicago Invitational – Originally scheduled for September 24–27.
March 19: ?? 1-54 New York – Originally scheduled for May 8–10.
March 18: ?? Frieze New York – Originally scheduled for May 6–10.
March 16: ?? ArtTable Annual Benefit Gala – ArtTable “hope[s] each [prospective attendee] will donate [their] benefit ticket to an annual fund gift.”
March 16: ?? The University of Michigan’s 25th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners – A limited number of works from the exhibition will be shown online in the near future.
March 14: ?? Asia Week New York – Six dealers have cancelled or postponed their exhibitions, and most others will be open by appointment only as of March 16 or 17. Asia Week New York was originally scheduled to run through March 19.
March 14: ?? New York Botanical Garden – “The Orchid Show” is closed as of March 14, and all public programming cancelled March 14–31. The garden grounds remain open at a reduced price.
March 13: ?? Vera List Center for Art and Politics – Public programming suspended until further notice. Some events may be held virtually.
March 13: ?? Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona – Public programming cancelled through April 3.
March 13: ?? “Maria Vespers” at Park Avenue Armory, New York – Originally scheduled for March 21–29.
March 13: ?? Free Arts NYC – All public programs and volunteer training is cancelled through the end of March and potentially through all of April.
March 13: ?? Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California – All First Saturday Art Walk activities, opening receptions, lectures, and public programs for the Spring 2020 semester, are canceled. Galleries will remain open for casual visits.
March 13: ?? Baxter Street Camera Club – Temporarily closed for two weeks starting March 13.
March 13: ?? Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC – All public group events at the AMA have been canceled. AMA will remain open to the public and is taking the following preventive actions: the number of visitors at one time is limited to ten; visitors should use the hand sanitizer at the museum entrance; the sign-in sheet has been removed; and touch-screen computers and other interactive exhibitions have been removed. Update at 2 p.m.: The AMA will be closed March 17–19 for disinfecting.
March 12: ?? The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College – Public tours suspended through April 6.
March 12: ?? Asia Society, New York – Public programming suspended beginning March 12; galleries remain open for normal visiting hours.
March 12: ?? New Mexico’s Museums – All public events have been canceled at New Mexico state museums through April 9, including at the New Mexico Museum of Art and the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe.
March 12: ?? The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia – The museum is open but has canceled or postponed all group activities, events, and tours through early April.
March 12: ?? The New York Academy of Art’s Tribeca Ball – Originally scheduled for April 6. The school has also canceled open studios on April 17.
March 12: ?? DRIFT: EGO, A Live Performance by Lee Ranaldo at Pace Gallery, New York – Originally scheduled for March 12.
March 12: ?? Irish Arts Center, New York – All public programming canceled until April 1.
March 11: ?? Art Dallas Contemporary Art Fair – Originally scheduled for April 16–19 at Dallas Market Center. (Not to be confused with the Dallas Art Fair, which has been rescheduled for October.)
March 11: ?? LA’s Printed Matter Art Book Fair – Originally scheduled for April 3–5 at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary Center.
March 12: ?? The Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts – The Night at the Museum: Steampunk Masquerade, originally scheduled for March 14, is postponed to the fall; galleries remain open for normal visiting hours.
March 10: ?? The Contemporary Austin’s “Art Free for All” event – Originally scheduled for Saturday, March 14.
March 10: ?? Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York – All public programming cancelled through March 30.
Canceled Events, International
April 29: ?? Rencontres d’Arles – Originally scheduled for June 29–September 20.
April 14: ?? Art Paris – Originally scheduled April 2—5 (postponed to 28—31 May).
March 26: ?? Masterpiece London – Originally scheduled for June 24–July 1.
March 17: ??????? Glasgow International – Originally scheduled for April 24–May 10
March 13: ????The Other Art Fair, London Sydney, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Dallas, Melbourne and Chicago – All spring fairs are postponed.
March 11: ?? TEFAF Maastricht – Closed at end of day Wednesday, March 11, instead of March 15 as originally scheduled.
March 5: ?? Artmonte-carlo – Originally scheduled for May 1–3.
February 21: ?? Jingart, Beijing – Originally scheduled for May 21–24.
February 7: ?? Art Central Hong Kong – Originally scheduled for March 18–22.
February 6: ?? Art Basel Hong Kong – Originally scheduled for March 19–21. (Art Basel will offer online viewing rooms for exhibitors from March 18–20 [VIP access] and March 20–25 [public access].)
January 31: ?? Shanghai’s Festival of Design Architecture Conference – Originally scheduled for March 2020.
Postponed or Modified Events, US
April 6: ?? Front Triennial, Cleveland – Postponed to July 16–October 2, 2022, from its original opening in July 2021.
March 24: ?? Hammer Museum’s Made in L.A. Biennial – Postponed from opening June 7; will now run July 19–January 3.
March 20: ?? TEFAF New York Spring – Postponed from May 8–11 to October 31–November 4.
March 19: ?? 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, New York – Postponed from May 8–10, 2020, until 2021.
March 16: ?? The Met Gala, New York – Postponed indefinitely.
March 16: ?? Object & Thing, New York – Postponed from May 7–10 to November 13–15.
March 16: ?? Robin Frohardt’s “The Plastic Bag Store,” New York – Exhibition (presented by Times Square Arts) postponed to future dates yet to be announced.
March 16: ?? High Desert Test Sites – Group exhibition “HDTS 2020: The Guests of Hotel Palenque” postponed from April 18–May 10 to new fall dates to be announced.
March 13: ?? The Kitchen’s Spring Gala – Postponed from April 15 to a new date to be announced.
March 13: ?? The Art World Conference – Postponed from May 1–3 to the fall.
March 13: ?? The Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix – Events and tours through April 3 are canceled including all all on-site and off-site museum programs and events, including daily public and school tours, effective immediately. The Museum remains open during regular operating hours and will continue to monitor and accept recommendations from authorities.
March 13: ?? The Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee – The Kohl’s Art Generation Studio and ArtPack Station is closed. All event through April 14 are canceled. However, the museum remains open.
March 13: ?? The Kitchen, Spring Gala Benefit – The annual benefit honoring Debbie Harry and Cindy Sherman was scheduled for April 15 and has been postponed. Organizers plan to share a new date in coming weeks.
March 13: ?? ?? ?? Lévy Gorvy Gallery, New York, London, and Hong Kong – All events through March 31 are postponed. Starting March 13, locations will have amended gallery hours until further notice. The New York gallery will be open by appointment so that visitors may appreciate the Jutta Koether exhibition In London, Chung Sang-Hwa will be on view on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays and by appointment on Saturdays, Mondays, and Tuesdays. And Tu Hongtao’s exhibition in Hong Kong will be on view Monday to Friday starting March 25, and on weekends by appointment. The Zürich office remains open Monday to Friday.
March 12: ?? Rizzoli Bookstore, New York – All events through March 31 are being postponed.
March 12: ?? 2020 Nasher Prize Celebrations, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas – Postponed from April 2–4 to November.
March 12: ?? Affordable Art Fair New York – Postponed from March 26–29 to dates yet to be announced.
March 12: ?? Dallas Art Fair – Postponed from April 16–19 to October 1–4.
March 11: ?? Art in Bloom festival at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh – The museum’s annual fundraising festival of art and flowers is being postponed to a date yet to be announced.
March 11: ?? Paris Photo, New York – Postponed from April 2–5 to dates yet to be announced.
March 11: ?? Pace and Gagosian’s Donald Marron Collection Exhibition, New York – Postponed from April 24–May 16 to new dates yet to be announced.
Postponed or Modified Events, International
April 21: ?? Folkestone Triennial – Dates have been moved from September 5–November 8 to 2021.
April 21: ?? Berlin Biennale – The Berlin Biennale has been postponed from June 13–September 13 until a later date yet to be announced.
March 27: ?? Liste, Basel – Dates have been moved from June to September 15–20.
March 26: ?? Art Basel, Switzerland – Dates have been moved from June to September 15–20.
March 25: ?? 34th Bienal de Sâo Paulo – Opening date shifted from September 5 to October 3, with a new closing date of December 13.
March 23: ?? Manifesta 13, Marseille – New dates for the traveling biennial have yet to be announced.
March 18: ?? Bourse de Commerce, Paris – The much-anticipated opening of François Pinault’s Paris art museum has been postponed from mid-June until a TBD date in September.
March 17: ?? Photo London – Originally scheduled for May 14–17, will be rescheduled for early autumn (dates TBD).
March 16: ?? Salon du Dessin, Paris – Moved from March 25–30 to May 28–31.
March 16: ?? The National Gallery, London – “Artemisia,” its solo exhibition of works by Artemisia Gentileschi, has been postponed from its April 4 opening to new dates yet to be announced.
March 16: ?? Art Dubai – Postponed to March 17–20, 2021; online-only programming will take place from March 25–28, including an online catalogue, online performance series, and live-streaming of the Global Art Forum. (On March 3, Art Dubai was previously downsized to a program of talks, exhibitions, and events that have since been moved to the digital realm.)
March 13: ???? Mazzoleni, Torino, London – The Torino gallery is temporarily closed. The London gallery remains open to the public from Monday to Friday. It will be closed on Saturdays starting March 14.
March 13: ?? Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp – The opening of Tal R tonight (March 13) is canceled and the gallery is temporarily closed until further notice.
March 13: ?? Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin, Dusseldorf – The opening of “Hans-Peter Feldmann, Thomas Ruff, Juergen Staack“ on the occasion of photo+ and the opening of “Charlotte Posenenske“ planned for tonight, have both been canceled. The gallery in Düsseldorf will be open until 8 pm. On the occasion of photo+ the gallery is open March 14 from 12-6 p.m., and on Sunday from 12- 4 p.m. Both galleries are open by appointment only beginning March 16.
March 13: ?? Institut pour la photographie, Paris – The exhibition, “EN QUÊTE,” initially scheduled to open on April 3, has been postponed until the fall. The nine new exhibitions structured around the theme of photographic investigation, as well as the program of events and workshops will be held from September 10 —November 15.
March 13: ?? Sadie Coles HQ, London – Temporarily closed until further notice. The gallery will be accepting visitors by appointment from March 16 and the private press viewing of “Sarah Lucas: HONEY PIE” will go ahead March 14, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
March 13: ?? Grand Palais, Paris – The “Pompeii” exhibition scheduled for March 25 and “Black & White,” an aesthetic of photography, from the collections of the National Library of France, scheduled for April 8, have both been postponed until further notice.
March 13: ?? Axel Vervoordt, Belgium – The gallery’s space at Kanaal in Wijnegem will temporarily close starting March 14 and receiving private visitors by appointment only. Guided tours of the permanent collection are suspended until further notice.
March 13: ?? Bendana | Pinel Contemporary Art, Paris – Upcoming show “écoute les pierres” by Caio Reisewitz, scheduled to to open on March 21, has been postponed to a later date.
March 13: ?? Berlin Biennale – The temporary project space of the 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art at ExRotaprint complex in Berlin will be closed to visitors starting today March 13 until April 19.
March 13: ?? Eye of the Collector, London – Postponed from May 15–16 until September 8–11.
March 13: ?? Art for Tomorrow Conference – Set to take place during Berlin Gallery Weekend, the conference has now been postponed until September.
March 13: ?? Art Brussels – Postponed from April 23–26 to June 25–28.
March 12: ?? SP-Arte – Suspended from April 1–5, the fair is evaluating ways to make it feasible at “a more opportune time.”
March 12: ?? Art Cologne – Postponed from April 23–26 to November 19–26.
March 12: ?? Affordable Art Fair Brussels – Postponed from March 20–22 to dates yet to be announced.
March 12: ?? ArteBA, Buenos Aires – Postponed from April 16–19 to dates yet to be announced at the instruction of the city government of Buenos Aires.
March 11: ?? Drawing Now Art Fair, Paris – Moved from March 26–29 to May 29–June 1.
March 10: ?? Berlin Gallery Weekend – Exhibitions and small-scale events will proceed on May 1–3, but large-scale events will be moved to September 1–3.
March 10: ?? Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania “Dark Mofo” music festival – Originally scheduled for June 10–22; now canceled.
March 9: ?? The Photography Show and Video Show, Birmingham, UK – Moved from March 14–17 to September 2020 (exact dates to be announced).
March 8: ?? Sharjah Art Foundation’s March Meeting – Moved from March 21–23 to new dates yet to be announced.
March 6: ?? Miart, Milan – Moved from April 17–19 to September 10–13.
March 5: ?? Art Paris – Moved from April 2–5 to May 28–31.
March 5: ?? Venice Architecture Biennale – Moved from May 23–November 29 to August 29–November 29.
March 3: ?? Lille Art Up! – Moved from March 5–8 to June 25–28.
February 27: ?? Milan’s Salon del Mobile – Moved from April 21–26 to June 16–21.
February 5: ?? Gallery Weekend Beijing – Tentatively moved from March 13–20 to mid-April; a final decision about whether the event will be postponed or canceled outright will be announced by March 15.
January 31: ?? Design Shanghai Fair – Moved from March 12–15 to May 26–29.
January 30: ?? CAFA Art Museum’s inaugural Techne Triennial, Beijing – Postponed from its February 20 opening to new dates yet to be announced.
US Institution Closures and Admission Limits
March 16: ?? Nevada Museum of Art, Reno – Galleries closed to the public through Monday, April 6; all public programming cancelled through Monday, May 11.
March 16: ?? Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, California – Museum closed to the public through at least Friday, April 17; all public programs and events cancelled through at least Sunday, April 5.
March 16: ?? The High Line, New York – Closed to the public until further notice; all tours and programming suspended through Thursday, April 30.
March 16: ?? Pérez Art Museum, Miami (PAMM) – Closed to the public until further notice.
March 16: ?? Arsenal Contemporary Art, New York – Closed to the public except by appointment until further notice.
March 16: ?? Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC – Closed from March 16–March 22.
March 16: ?? Nassau County Museum of Art, New York – Closed to the public indefinitely, effective immediately.
March 16: ?? Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio – Closed from March 17 through April 3, with the April 4 reopening date subject to further review.
March 15: ?? Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas – Closed as of March 16, 6 p.m. The Momentary is closed as of Mach 15, 7 p.m. Both venues will be closed until at least March 31.
March 14: ?? Edward Hopper House, Nyack, New York – Closed March 14–22.
March 14: ?? Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University – Closed as of March 14.
March 14: ?? The Grey Art Gallery at NYU, New York – Closed as of March 14.
March 14: ?? 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica – Closed March 14–20.
March 14: ?? Museum of Photographic Arts at Balboa Park, San Diego – Closed as of March 16.
March 14: ?? National Museum of Math, New York – Closed as of March 14.
March 14: ?? Mass MOCA, North Adams, Massachusetts – Closed March 16–31.
March 13: ?? Japan Society, Brooklyn – Closed as of March 13.
March 13: ?? Faurschou Foundation, New York – Closed to the public as of March 13.
March 13: ?? Artists Space, New York – Closed as of March 13.
March 13: ?? The New York Transit Museum – Closed as of March 14.
March 13: ?? The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis – Closed as of March 14.
March 13: ?? Portland Art Museum and Northwest Film Center, Oregon – Closed March 14–31.
March 13: ?? The Bass, Miami Beach – Closed as of March 14.
March 13: ?? Swiss Institute, New York – Closed as of March 13. “Jeremy Shaw: PHASE SHIFTING INDEX,” originally scheduled to open April 2, is postponed until the fall.
March 13: ?? Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh – The Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and the Andy Warhol Museum are closed for at least 14 days as of March 14.
March 13: ?? Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio – Closed until at least April 6.
March 13: ?? Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York – Closed as of March 13.
March 13: ?? Dallas Contemporary, Dallas – Closed as of March 13, 6 p.m. The annual S/S20 Gala, originally schedule for March 28, is postponed until further notice.
March 13: ?? Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago – Closed as of March 14. The remainder of winter term classes are cancelled and the start of spring term will be delayed temporarily.
March 13: ?? International Center of Photography, New York – Closed as of March 13 at 7 p.m. The school’s classes will move online as of March 16.
March 13: ?? The Knockdown Center, Queens – Closed March 14–31.
March 13: ?? Museum of Arts and Design, New York – Closed as of March 14.
March 13: ?? The Museum of the Moving Image, Queens – Closed March 14–29.
March 13: ?? Pioneer Works, Brooklyn – Closed as of March 13, likely last through the end of March.
March 13: ?? CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco – Closed as of March 14 until further notice.
March 13: ?? San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego – Closed to the public from March 14 until further notice.
March 13: ?? The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Greater Los Angeles – All indoor spaces closed effective March 14; garden remains open during normal business hours.
March 13: ?? Fotografiska, New York – Closed for at least seven to 10 business days.
March 13: ?? Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum – Closed beginning March 14 for at least two weeks.
March 13: ?? Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia – Closed until further notice. All public events taking place at the museum through April 17 have been canceled.
March 13: ?? Through the Flower Art Space, Belen, New Mexico – Closed March 13–April 1. The fundraising event for the opening of “On Fire: Judy Chicago Fireworks with Photographs by Donald Woodman” is postponed from March 22 to July 26.
March 13: ?? Hammer Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Natural History Museum, La Brea Tar Pits Museum, William S. Hart Museum, Los Angeles – Closed as of March 14 until further notice.
March 13: ?? Denver Art Museum, Denver – Closed as of March 13 at 8 p.m. until further notice.
March 13: ?? The Clark, Williamstown, Massachusetts – Closed as of March 14. The museum will make an announcement on April 1.
March 13: ?? Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas – Closed as of March 13 at 5 p.m. until further notice.
March 13: ?? Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago – Closed March 14–28.
March 13: ?? Institute for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles – Closed as of March 13 until further notice.
March 13: ?? American University Museum, Washington, DC – Closed to the public beginning March 14 through Friday, June 12. All spring exhibitions and events are cancelled.
March 13: ?? The Museum of Chinese in America, New York – Closed until further notice.
March 13: ?? The National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC, and New York –Closed to the public starting March 14.
March 13: ?? The de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor, including the Asian Art Museum, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco (FAMSF) and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco – Closed as of 5 p.m. March 13. The Asian Art Museum and SFMOMA will tentatively reopen to the public on March 28, and the FAMSF museums will reopen on March 31, 2020. The museums will individually evaluate whether the closure timeframe needs to be extended.
March 13: ?? Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine – Closed to members of the public without a valid Colby ID as of the close of business on March 15, until further notice. The remainder of scheduled public programming is canceled or postponed until further notice.
March 13: ?? El Museo del Barrio, New York – Closed as of March 13 at 6 p.m. All programming postponed until further notice.
March 13: ?? National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC – Closed as of March 14. All public programs through the end of March are cancelled, including Saturday’s #ArtAndFeminism DC, @Wikipedia Edit-athon.
March 13: ?? New York Public Library – All locations will be closed to the public starting March 14 through at least March 31. Friday, March 13 will be the last day that patrons can pick up holds or borrow books until library locations reopen.
March 13: ?? American Museum of Natural History – Closed as of March 13 until further notice.
March 13: ?? Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, Queens – Closed as of March 13. All public programs and scheduled events are canceled through March 31.
March 13: ?? MIT List Visual Art Center, Boston – Closed as of March 13 until further notice.
March 13: ?? The Rubin Museum of Art, New York – Closed as of March 13 at 5:00 p.m. All public programs and events at the museum cancelled until further notice, through at least March 31.
March 13: ?? The Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut – Closed as of March 13 until further notice.
March 13: ?? The Hill Art Foundation, New York – Closed as of March 13 at 3:00 p.m. until further notice.
March 13: ?? The Morgan Library & Museum, New York – Closed as of March 12 at 5 p.m. until March 30.
March 13: ?? New York Historical Society, New York – Closed as of Friday, March 13 at 6 p.m. until the end of March. All onsite programs will be cancelled through the end of April.
March 13: ?? Dia Art Foundation, New York – Temporarily closing indoor artist sites and programmatic spaces in Beacon, New York City and Long Island, Dia Beacon, and Dia Bridgehampton, The New York Earth Room and The Broken Kilometer. Public programs across all of Dia’s sites are cancelled or postponed through March 31.
March 13: ?? The Museum at FIT, New York – Closed as of March 13.
March 13: ?? Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling, New York – Closed as of March 13.
March 13: ?? Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York – Closed as of March 13.
March 13: ?? Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, New York – Closed until further notice.
March 13: ?? The Studio Museum Harlem – Closed as of March 13 until further notice. Programming space Studio Museum 127 also closed.
March 12: ?? Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut – Closed as of March 13.
March 12: ?? Brooklyn Historical Society – Closed March 13–31.
March 12: ?? The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco – Closed March 12 until further notice.
March 12: ?? The Broad, Los Angeles – Closed March 13–31; public programming cancelled through mid-May.
March 12: ?? SculptureCenter, Queens – Closed effective immediately
March 12: ?? Neue Galerie, New York – Closed effective immediately.
March 12: ?? Children’s Museum of Manhattan – The museum will be closed beginning March 14.
March 12: ?? Queens Museum – Closed March 13–20.
March 12: ?? MassArt Art Museum, Boston – Closed March 12–22.
March 12: ?? Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts – Closed beginning March 12, with all public programming cancelled or postponed through April 30.
March 12: ?? Museum of the City of New York – Closed beginning March 13.
March 12: ?? Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, Chicago, and Miami – Closed beginning March 13.
March 12: ?? Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles – Closed until at least March 31.
March 12: ?? Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah – Closed until at least March 27.
March 12: ?? Oakland Museum of California – Closed until at least March 27.
March 12: ?? Meow Wolf, Santa Fe – Closed through at least March 31.
March 12: ?? Davis Museum at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts – Closed through March 31.
March 12: ?? Cantor Art Center and Anderson Collection at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California – Closed to the public until at least April 15 (but open to Stanford ID holders).
March 12: ?? High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia – Closed until further notice.
March 12: ?? The American Folk Art Museum, New York – Closed as of March 13 until at least March 31.
March 12: ?? The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, New York – The Museum of Modern Art on 53rd Street, MoMA PS1 in Queens, and the MoMA Design Stores on 53rd Street and in Soho are closed effective immediately and through March 30.
March 12: ?? The Rubin Museum, New York – Closed as of March 13 at 5 p.m., through at least March 31.
March 12: ?? The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles – The Getty Center in Los Angeles and Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, as well as the Getty Research Institute galleries and Getty Library at the Getty Center are closed as of March 14, until further notice.
March 12: ?? Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington – The Seattle Art Museum’s three sites—the main museum, the Asian Art Museum, and the PACCAR Pavilion at the Olympic Sculpture Park—are closed as of March 13. All public programming is canceled until April 1.
March 12: ?? Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts – Closed March 16–April 30.
March 12: ?? The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC – Closed as of March 13 with a tentative reopening date of April 4.
March 12: ?? The Whitney Museum, New York – Closed as of March 13 at 5 p.m. The museum will review options to reopen on March 27.
March 12: ?? The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York – Closed as of March 13. All public events scheduled through April 30 are canceled or postponed.
March 12: ?? Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo, Washington, DC and New York – Closed as of March 14.
March 12: ?? The Bronx Museum, New York – Closed as of March 13 and all upcoming programs are canceled.
March 12: ?? The New Museum, New York – Closed as of March 13 with plans to re-evaluate the situation in two weeks.
March 12: ?? The Brooklyn Museum, New York – Closed until further notice.
March 12: ?? Neue Galerie, New York – Closed until further notice.
March 12: ?? SculptureCenter, Long Island City, New York – Closed as of March 13. Tishan Hsu and Jesse Wine exhibitions are scheduled to open on May 8.
March 12: ?? The Drawing Center, New York – Closed as of March 13. Public programs are postponed until April 12.
March 12: ?? Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts – Closed as of March 13 until at least April 1.
March 12: ?? The Shed, New York – The galleries are closed and all performances are canceled beginning 6 p.m., March 12, through March 30.
March 12: ?? The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan – The institute, and the Fed Galleries of Kendall College of Art & Design of Ferris State University, which it manages, are closed through March 31.
March 12: ?? The Watermill Center, Water Mill, New York – Closed to the public through March 31.
March 12: ?? The Center for Italian Modern Art, New York – Closed until at least March 31.
March 12: ?? The South Street Seaport Museum, New York – Closed as of March 13 for at least two weeks.
March 12: ?? The Jewish Museum, New York – Closed as of March 13.
March 12: ?? The Brant Foundation, New York – Closed effective immediately.
March 12: ?? Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut – Closed March 13–April 15.
March 12: ?? Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York – Closed as of March 15.
March 12: ?? Ballroom Marfa, Texas – Closed March 12–31.
March 12: ?? Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Institute of Contemporary Art, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Peabody-Essex Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – Closed as of March 13.
March 12: ?? Library of Congress, Washington, DC – Library facilities are closed to the public through March 31.
March 12: ?? Museum at Eldridge Street, New York – Closed as of March 15.
March 12: ?? Frick Collection, New York – Closed effective immediately, with all upcoming events through April 3, including its Young Fellows Ball, originally scheduled for March 12, cancelled.
March 12: ?? Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York – Closed as of March 13. The museum will announce next steps early next week.
March 12: ?? Chinati, Marfa, Texas – Closed March 12–24 at the recommendation of West Texas health officials.
March 11: ?? The Yeh Art Gallery at St. John’s University, Jamaica, Queens – Open by appointment only March 11–27. The opening of “Machine at Work // Warhol’s Polaroids,” originally scheduled for March 19, is postponed.
March 11: ?? John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Somerville, Massachusetts – Closed indefinitely.
March 11: ?? Magazzino Italian Art Foundation, Cold Spring, New York – Closed March 12–26, with a planned March 21 lecture taking place via livestream.
March 11: ?? Frye Art Museum, Seattle – Closed March 12–31; all public programming canceled until April 30.
March 10: ?? Poster House, New York – Closed through March 14.
March 10: ?? Henry Art Gallery, Seattle – Closed through March 30.
March 9: ?? Grace Farms, New Canaan, Connecticut – Closed March 10–24.
International Institution Closures and Admission Limits
March 17: ?? Inhotim Museum – Closed as of March 18 until further notice.
March 17: ?? National Gallery, London – Will close from March 19 through May 4.
March 17: ?? British Museum – Will close beginning March 18 until future notice.
March 17: ?? Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, and Tate St. Ives – Closed to the public until at least May 1.
March 17: ?? Natural History Museum London – Closed until early summer
March 17: ?? Victoria & Albert Museum – Closed from March 18 until further notice
March 16: ?? Kunsthaus Zürich – Closed to the public until at least April 19.
March 16: ?? New Art Centre, Salisbury, UK – Indoor spaces closed to the public except by appointment; outdoor sculpture garden remains open.
March 16: ?? Arsenal Contemporary Art, Montreal and Toronto – Closed to the public except by appointment until further notice.
March 14: ???? Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm, Germany and New York – Closed as of March 14.
March 14: ?? Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain – Closed as of March 14.
March 13: ?? Musée du Louvre, Musée National Eugène-Delacroix, Musée d’Orsay, Musée de l’Orangerie, Palais de Tokyo, Paris – The museums have been closed in accordance with directives issued by the French government, until further notice.
March 13: ?? Museums and historic sites in Greece – Closed, including the entire Acropolis in Athens, until March 31.
March 13: ?? M HKA · Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp – Closed until April 3. Activities including guided tours, workshops and other public activities, guided tours of the Panamarenko House; the cafe, the library, film programming at De Cinema and activities at the M HKA organized by third parties, suspended until further notice.
March 13: ?? BOZAR-Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels – Closed until April 3. All activities either cancelled or postponed until further notice.
March 13: ?? Qatar Museums, Doha: National Museum of Qatar; Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Islamic Art; Fire Station – All museums and heritage sites closed to visitors until further notice. All museum shops, cafés and restaurants and the National Museum of Qatar playground will be closed. Qatar Museums will continue to review and revise plans and processes and follow guidance from the Ministry of Public Health.
March 13: ?? Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan – Closure extended until March 19.
March 12: ?? Museums, archaeological sites, and ancient monuments in Cyprus – Closed until March 20.
March 12: ?? Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, Ireland – Closed until at least March 29.
March 12: ?? Amsterdam’s Museums – Institutions including the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum are closed until at least March 31.
March 12: ?? The Glyptotek Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark – Closed until at least March 31.
March 12: ?? The Louisiana Museum in Humlebaek, Denmark – Closed until at least March 27.
March 12: ?? Berlin Cultural Institutions – The German capital will close all museums and cultural institutions beginning March 13, effective until at least April 20.
March 11: ?? Spain’s Museums – All government-run museums in Madrid, including the Prado, the Museo Reina Sofia, and the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, are closed indefinitely by order of the Spanish Ministry of Culture. La Sagrada Familia has limited visitors to 1,000 people at any given time.
March 11: ?? Poland’s Museums – Closed for at least two weeks from March 12.
March 11: ?? Albertina Modern Museum, Vienna – Grand opening postponed from March 13 to a date yet to be announced.
March 10: ?? The Czech Republic’s Museums – All state-run Czech museums are closed until further notice.
March 8: ?? Italy’s Museums – All museums and heritage sites in the country are closed until April 3.
February 28: ?? Japan’s Museums – All museums closed until March 17; the opening of “Masterpieces From the National Gallery” at Tokyo’s National Museum of Western Art delayed.
February 23: ?? South Korea’s Museums – All national museums and libraries closed until further notice.
February 4: ?? Foshan’s He Art Museum and Beijing’s X Museum – Grand openings postponed indefinitely; the X Museum has launched a “gamified” virtual project space in the interim.
January 28: ?? Hong Kong’s Museums – All government-run museums, stadiums, and public gathering places closed indefinitely.
January 23: ?? China’s Museums – All museums closed until further notice; state officials have directed all institutions to launch online “cloud exhibitions” based on their expected programming.
Closed Art Galleries
March 16: ? Gagosian, Worldwide – All physical locations are closed until further notice.
March 16: ?? The Third Line, Dubai – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 16: ?? ?? Thomas Dane Gallery, London and Naples – London space closed except by appointment; Naples space closed until further notice (effective March 11).
March 16: ?? Maruani Mercier, Belgium – Brussels location closed Saturdays through April 3; Knokke location open by appointment only until April 3.
March 16: ?? Patrick Seguin, Paris – Closed to the public until further notice.
March 16: ?? Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris – Closed to the public until further notice.
March 16: ?? Wilde, Geneva and Basel – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 16: ?? Repetto Gallery, London – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 16: ?? Pilar Corrias Gallery, London – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 16: ?? Hannah Barry Gallery, London – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 16: ?? Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, London – Closed to the public until further notice.
March 16: ?? Carl Freedman Gallery, London – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 16: ?? ?? Victoria Miro, London and Venice – Locations in both cities closed until further notice.
March 16: ?? Alison Jacques Gallery, London – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 16: ?? ?? Hales Gallery, London and New York – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 16: ?? Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York – closed to the public until further notice.
March 16: ?? bitforms gallery, New York – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 16: ?? ???? Hauser & Wirth, London, Zurich, New York, and Los Angeles – The London, Zurich, New York, and Los Angeles locations are closed except by appointment, with all public programming suspended. Hauser & Wirth Somerset remains open, and its outdoor community activities and workshops will continue.
March 16: ?? Richard Saltoun Gallery, London – Open only by appointment until further notice.
March 16: ?? Richard Saltoun Gallery, London – Open only by appointment until further notice.
March 16: ?? ?? ?? Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac – All locations (Salzburg, London, and Paris) closed until further notice.
March 16: ?? ?? ?? David Zwirner – After shuttering its New York locations on March 12, the gallery also closed its London and Paris locations until further notice. David Zwirner Hong Kong is expected to reopen soon.
March 14: ?? Goodman Gallery, London – Closed except by appointment until further notice. The gallery’s locations in Cape Town and Johannesburg remain open.
March 14: ?? South London Gallery closed as of March 14 until further notice.
March 14: ?? Xavier Hufkens, Belgium – All locations closed until further notice.
March 14: ?? ?? Galeria Nara Roesler – Open by appointment only starting March 14.
March 14: ?? 1969 Gallery, New York – Closed as of March 14.
March 14: ???? Kaufmann Repetto, New York and Milan – New York location closed as of March 14.
March 14: ?? Heron Arts, San Francisco – Closed as of March 14.
March 14: ?? Galerie Lefebvre & Fils, Paris – Open by appointment only starting March 14.
March 14: ?? A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn – Closed as of March 14.
March 14: ?? Cathouse Proper, Brooklyn – Closed as of March 14.
March 13: ?? ?? Timothy Taylor, London and New York – Starting March 14, the London gallery will be open by appointment only, and the New York gallery will be closed until further notice.
March 13: ?? Marianne Boesky, New York – Open by appointment only starting March 14.
March 13: ?? ?? ?? Lisson, London, New York, and Shanghai – Closed except by appointment until further notice.
March 13: ???? Gladstone, New York and Brussels – Closed as of March 13.
March 13: ?? L.A. Louver, Los Angeles – Closed as of March 14.
March 13: ?? The Untitled Space, New York – Open by appointment only March 14–31.
March 13: ?? Vielmetter Los Angeles – Open by appointment only starting March 14.
March 13: ?? Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles – Open by appointment only starting March 14.
March 13: ?? Paula Cooper Gallery, New York – Closed as of March 14.
March 13: ?? apexart, New York – Closed March 14–21.
March 13: ?? Richard Taittinger Gallery, New York – Closed March 14–21.
March 13: ?? Kate Werble Gallery, New York – Closed March 14–21.
March 13: ?? Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York – Closed as of March 13.
March 13: ?? Jack Shainman, New York – The New York City galleries are closed March 14–23. The School, in Kinderhook, New York, will be closed March 14.
March 13: ?? Hollis Taggart, New York – Closed as of March 13.
March 13: ?? Jane Lombard Gallery, New York – Closed as of March 14.
March 13: ?? Mariane Ibrahim, Chicago – Closed as of March 13.
March 13: ?? Galerie Lelong & Co., New York – Closed as of March 14 until further notice.
March 13: ?? Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York – Open by apartment through March 24.
March 13: ?? James Fuentes, New York – Closed as of March 13. A March 14 talk between Reginald Sylvester and Humberto Moro, deputy director and senior curator at Museo Tamayo, has been canceled.
March 13: ?? Bortolami Gallery, New York – Open by appointment only through March 31. Gallery staff available remotely via phone and email.
March 13: ?? Regen Projects, Los Angeles – Open by appointment only starting March 14.
March 13: ?? Roberts Projects, Los Angeles – Closed until further notice.
March 13: ?? Friedman Benda, New York – Open by appointment starting March 13.
March 13: ?? Edward Tyler Nahem, New York – Open by appointment starting March 13.
March 13: ?? Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York – Open by appointment only starting March 14.
March 13: ?? Shrine, New York – Open by appointment only starting March 13. The online preview for the current exhibition “GOOD LUCK” is available for viewing.
March 13: ?? Chambers Fine Art, New York – Both the Greenwich Village space and the Lower East Side gallery are open by appointment only starting March 13.
March 13: ?? David Nolan Gallery, New York – Open by appointment only. There will be no public reception for “Jorinde Voight: The State of Play,” an exhibition of new works on view from March 18–May 2.
March 13: ?? Tilton Gallery, New York – Open by appointment only starting March 13.
March 13: ?? ?? Michael Werner Gallery, New York and London- The New York gallery will be open by appointment only, Monday–Friday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., beginning March 13. Gallery operations continue both in the office and remotely, and staff can be reached by telephone or email. The London gallery is open to the public and following usual business hours.
March 13: ?????? Marian Goodman Gallery, London, Paris, and New York – The New York gallery is closed for two weeks beginning March 14. Limited viewing appointments will be taken on a case by case basis. The London gallery is open by appointment only and the Paris gallery will remain open through the duration of its James Welling show, which closes on March 18, 2020. Special events are on hold across all three Marian Goodman Gallery locations until further notice.
March 13: ???? Skarstedt Gallery, London, New York – Closing starting March 13 in New York and London March 14 until further notice.
March 13: ?? Cheim & Read, New York – Open by appointment starting March 13.
March 13: ?? Chimento Contemporary, Los Angeles – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 13: ?? Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 13: ?? McClain Gallery, Houston – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 13: ?? Luhring Augustine, New York – The opening reception for Richard Rezac, originally scheduled for March 13 has been canceled. Starting March 17, and until further notice, the gallery will be open by appointment only.
March 13: ?? P.P.O.W Gallery, New York – Open by appointment today and closed March 14.
March 13: ?? Van Doren Waxter Gallery, New York – Open by appointment only starting March 13, until further notice.
March 13: ?? Mnuchin Gallery, New York – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 13: ?????? Simon Lee Gallery, London, Hong Kong, and New York – Open by appointment only until further notice. Gallery operations continue through remote working.
March 13: ?? Sargent’s Daughters, New York – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 13: ?? CHART, New York – Open by appointment as of March 14 until further notice.
March 13: ?? Metro Pictures, New York – Open by appointment as of March 14.
March 13: ?????? Sprüth Magers, Berlin, London, and Los Angeles – Closed until further notice.
March 13: ?? Alexandre Gallery, New York – Open by appointment only until further notice. All public events scheduled for new exhibition “Pat Adams: Works from the 1970s and 80s” postponed indefinitely, including the opening reception originally scheduled for March 21.
March 13: ?? Leila Heller Gallery, New York – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 13: ?? Printed Matter Bookstore, New York – Closed as of March 13. Bookstore events through mid April have been postponed and will be rescheduled.
March 13: ?? Bodega Gallery, New York – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 13: ?? Kasmin Gallery, New York – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 13: ?? David Benrimon Fine Art, New York – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 12: ?? Nahmad Contemporary, New York – Closed until further notice.
March 13: ?? Breeder Gallery, Athens – Open by appointment only until further notice.
March 12: ???? Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York and Rome – Both locations are closed for the next two weeks.
March 12: ?? Pace Gallery, New York – The New York galleries are closed except by appointment on a case-by-case basis.
March 12: ?? David Lewis, New York – The gallery is closed indefinitely.
March 12: ?? Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, New York – The gallery will be closed indefinitely beginning March 14.
March 12: ?? François Ghebaly, Los Angeles – The gallery will stay open through the end of its current exhibitions on March 29, but is postponing upcoming shows and moving to an appointment-only structure.
Auction Postponements and Auction-House Closures
March 25: ?? Sotheby’s Hong Kong Sales – The location’s spring auctions of Modern and contemporary art, originally scheduled to be held the week of April 3 (before temporarily being transferred to New York later the same month), will now take place in July in Hong Kong. They will join Sotheby’s Hong Kong’s (nominal) spring sales of jewelry, watches, wine, and Asian art, all of which were shifted to July dates on February 24.
March 20: ? Sotheby’s – The house announced that it would transition its remaining March and April sales of design, photographs, prints & multiples, and contemporary art from their originally scheduled physical locations to online-only sales.
March 19: ?? ?? Christie’s, New York and London – Christie’s will hold a consolidated set of auctions in New York from June 23 to June 28. The slate will encompass the auctions of Modernism & Impressionism and postwar & contemporary art normally held in New York in May, as well as the auctions in the same categories that were originally to be held at Christie’s London in June.
March 19: ?? ?? Phillips, New York and London – Phillips will hold a consolidated set of auctions in New York during the week of June 22. The slate will encompass all sales of 20th century & contemporary art that were to be held in New York in May, as well as all sales of the same category that were scheduled for June in London.
March 17: ?? Christie’s London – Employees are now working remotely for the next two weeks, with a small staff in the offices, until March 20, when all staff will work from home.
March 16: ?? Sotheby’s, New York – For its spring season, the auction house announced that it “plan[s] to make final decisions about each event approximately 30 days prior to the existing sale date.”
March 16: ?? Drouot, Paris – The auction house is closed until further notice by order of the French government.
March 14: ?? ?? Phillips, US and Europe – All sales in the US and Europe postponed until mid-May, including the 20th-century and contemporary evening and day sales in New York in early May; all offices in the US and Europe closed until further notice.
March 13: ?? ?? Christie’s, New York and Paris – A total of 14 sales in New York and Paris originally scheduled to be held in March and April will be postponed to dates to be determined, with additional “significant changes to the sales calendar in the Americas and Europe” to follow; offices in 26 locations worldwide closed immediately until further notice.
March 11: ?? Asia Week New York Auctions – Nearly all themed sales by Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Bonhams, Doyle, Heritage, and iGavel rescheduled from March 12–19 to the week of June 22 (see “Key Upcoming Events to Watch” for more details); sales were originally postponed on February 12 with no new dates specified.
February 14: ?? Hong Kong Art Gallery Association’s Art Gallery Day – Moved from March 19 to April 3; South Island Art Day moved from March 16 to April 4; an Outdoor Sculpture Installation and Exhibition has been added to the calendar for March 26–April 26, and an Art Talk and Art Picnic has been for March 28.
February 11: ?? Bonhams Hong Kong Sales – Sales scheduled for March have been postponed to new dates yet to be announced.
February 7: ?? Christie’s Hong Kong Sales – 20th-century and contemporary art sales moved from March 19–20 to May 30–31; sales of fine wine and rare spirits moved from the week of March 16 to May 29–30.
Reopenings
March 20: ?? Centre Pompidous x West Bund Museum Project, Shanghai – Two of the institution’s exhibition halls can receive up to 500 visitors per day.
March 20: ?? Villepin Gallery, Hong Kong, grand opening
March 13: ?? China Art Museum, Shanghai
March 13: ?? Shanghai Power Station of Art – The total number of visitors is limited to 500 per day, and reservations must be made in advance through the museum’s WeChat channel. The museum has also set up emergency quarantine areas on each floor.
March 13: ?? Shanghai Museum, Shanghai – Guests will have their temperatures taken upon entry, and will have to wear masks for the duration of their visits.
March 13: ?? Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong and Shanghai
March 13: ?? Art + Shanghai Gallery, Shanghai
March 13: ?? ArtCN, Shanghai