ART WORLD CORONAVIRUS TRACKER
Since its emergence in Wuhan, China, last December, the novel coronavirus Covid-19 has upended numerous cities and countries across the globe. Among the various sectors that have been heavily affected is the art world—an industry fueled by perpetual itinerancy as well as social gatherings of mass scale and close proximity. As the public health crisis escalates, arts organizations have shut down events, have announced postponements, or are carefully trying to trudge forward. Here is a continually refreshed list of major events and institutions that have made such decisions due to the virus as well as a list of resources for artists and arts institutions impacted by the pandemic:
RESCHEDULED EVENTS
Venice Art and Architecture Biennales: The opening of the seventeenth edition of the architecture biennial has been pushed back to 2021. It will now take place from May 22 to November 21, 2021. The art biennial will be held from April 23 to November 27, 2022.
Expo Chicago: The annual art fair, originally to take place this September, will be postponed to April 2021.
Sydney Contemporary: The fifth edition, which was originally scheduled for September 10 to September 13, 2020, will now take place in September 2021.
La Paris Biennale: The thirty-second edition of the fair will return in September 2021.
Gwangju Biennale: The thirteenth edition, titled “Minds Rising, Spirits Tuning,” will now be held from February 26 to May 9, 2021.
Biennale de Lyon: Scheduled for 2021, the exhibition has announced it will push its sixteenth edition back to September 2022.
Asia Society Museum Triennial: The inaugural event is now slated to open October 27, 2020 and run through June 27, 2021.
Biennale of Casablanca: The fifth edition has been moved to 2021 and will run from May 24 through August 1, 2021.
Prospect New Orleans: “Prospect.5: Yesterday We Said Tomorrow,” will now open October 23, 2021 and remain on view until January 23, 2022.
Folkestone Triennial 2020: “The Plot” has announced it will now run from September 2021 to November 2021.
Berlin Biennale: The eleventh edition was slated to open June 13; it has been rescheduled for September 5 to November 1, 2020.
Art Brussels: Originally scheduled for June 2020, the fair will now take place from April 22 to April 25, 2021.
Front International: Originally scheduled for 2021, the triennial will now be held from July 16, 2022 to October 2, 2022.
Helsinki Biennial: Originally scheduled to take place from June 12–September 27, the exhibition has been pushed back to 2021.
June Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland: The 2020 edition will run from September 14–September 20.
Liste Art Fair Basel, Switzerland: The event will be held from September 14–September 20, coinciding with Art Basel.
Art Basel, Switzerland: Organizers have moved the fair from June to September. It will now take place from September 17 to September 20, with preview days on September 15 and September 16.
Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil: The event has been pushed back one month and will reschedule all programming that would have led up to the fair; it will now kick off on October 3.
The Other Art Fair, London, Sydney, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Dallas, Melbourne, Chicago: The fair postponed all of its 2020 spring editions.
Made in LA 2020: a version: Originally slated to open at the Hammer Museum and the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens on June 7, the biennial will now run from July 19 through January 3, 2021.
Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA2): Originally scheduled for May 16–October 11, the exhibition has been postponed.
Biennale de Sydney: The twenty-second edition of the exhibition, which opened on March 14, has closed. Organizers are teaming up with Google to launch a virtual edition of the biennial for the public, which will remain live until the physical exhibition is able to reopen.
Manifesta 13, Marseille: The biennial, which was set to open on June 7, will now run from August 28 to November 29. While Manifesta’s project space at Tiers QG at 57 rue Bernard du Bois will reopen June 12, for now its second space—Espace Manifesta 13 at 42 La Canebière—remains closed.
TEFAF New York: Originally scheduled for May 8–11, the fair will now take place October 31–November 4, with a preview day on October 30.
Cannes Film Festival, France: Originally scheduled for May 12–May 23, the festival will announce new dates in the coming weeks.
sonsbeek 20→24, Arnhem, the Netherlands: Originally scheduled for June 5–September 13, the twelfth edition of sonsbeek will now be held in 2021.
1-54 New York: Originally scheduled for May 8–10, the fair will now take place in 2021.
Photo London: Originally scheduled for May 14–17, the fair will be held in the fall.
Object & Thing, New York: Originally scheduled for May 7–10, the fair has been moved to November 13–15.
MIA Photo Fair, Milan: Originally scheduled for March 19–22, the fair will now be held September 10–September 13.
Art on theMART, Chicago: The fair’s spring launch has been postponed.
Glasgow International: Originally scheduled for April 24–May 10. The visual arts festival will be restaged in 2021.
NYCxDESIGN: The May festival will instead present programming in October.
Sotheby’s: The auction house has closed its auction houses in Dubai, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Milan, New York, Paris, and Zurich until further notice and has announced changes in its spring sales schedule.
The Met Gala: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has indefinitely postponed its biggest annual fundraiser. The event, which is one of New York’s biggest annual fashion events, was supposed to take place on May 4.
Christie’s, New York and Europe: The auction house has postponed sales scheduled for March and April. New dates have yet to be determined.
Phillips: The auction house has postponed all of its sales and events globally until May.
Art Brussels: Originally scheduled for April 23–April 26, the fair was originally pushed back to June 25–June 28, 2020, but has now been cancelled. Next year’s edition will run from April 22–April 25, 2021.
SP–Arte, São Paulo: Originally scheduled for April 1–April 5. New dates have yet to be announced.
Affordable Art Fair, Brussels: Originally scheduled for March 20–March 22. Rescheduled for September 11–September 13.
Affordable Art Fair, New York: Originally scheduled for March 26–March 29. Rescheduled for September 24–September 27.
Eye of the Collector, London: Originally scheduled for May 13–May 16. The inaugural fair will be staged September 8–September 11.
Dallas Art Fair: Originally scheduled for April 16–April 19. The fair has been moved to October 1–October 4.
ART COLOGNE: Originally scheduled for April 23–April 26. The fair will now be held November 19–November 22.
Paris Photo New York: Originally scheduled for April 2–April 5. New dates to be announced.
Sharjah Art Foundation’s 2020 March Meeting, UAE: Originally scheduled for March 21–March 23. The event will be postponed until further notice.
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, California: Originally scheduled for April 10–April 12 and April 17–April 19. The festival will now take place October 9–October 11 and October 16–October 18.
DRAWING NOW Art Fair, Paris: Originally scheduled for March 26–March 29. The fair has been moved to May 29 through June 1.
Berlin Gallery Weekend: Organizers have downsized the event, which is scheduled for May 1–May 3, and have moved large-scale programming to September 11–September 13, coinciding with Berlin Art Week.
The Photography Show and the Video Show, Birmingham, UK: Originally scheduled for March 14–March 17. The event will now be held September 19–September 22.
MiArt, Milan: Originally scheduled for April 17–April 19. The fair will now take place September 11–September 13, with a VIP preview day on September 10.
Málaga Film Festival: Originally scheduled for March 13–March 22. The twenty-third edition of the festival has yet to announce new dates.
Art Paris: Originally scheduled for April 2–April 5. This year’s edition, originally moved to May 28–May 31, is now cancelled, and the new dates are April 7–April 11, 2021. A digital edition of the fair will open May 28, 2020.
Art Dubai: Originally scheduled for March 25–March 28. New dates to be announced.
Lille Art Up!, France: Originally scheduled for March 5–March 8. It will now take place June 25–June 28.
Salon del Mobile, Milan: Originally scheduled for April 21–April 26. The exhibition has been moved to June 16–June 21.
Gallery Weekend Beijing: Originally scheduled to take place from March 13–March 20, the event was rescheduled for the end of May. After VIP Days from May 22 to May 24, the event will be open to the public from May 26 to May 31.
Design Shanghai Fair: Originally scheduled for March 12–March 15. The fair will now be held May 26–May 29.
CAFAM Techne Triennial, Beijing: Originally supposed to begin on January 18, the inaugural edition has been suspended.
CANCELED EVENTS
Seattle Art Fair: Originally scheduled for July 23–July 26.
Rencontres d’Arles, France: Originally scheduled for June 29 to September 20.
Art Paris: Originally scheduled for April 2–5.
NADA Chicago: Originally scheduled for September 24–27.
American Ballet Theater, New York: The company has canceled its upcoming season at the Metropolitan Opera House.
1-54 New York: Originally scheduled for May 8–10.
Masterpiece London: Originally scheduled for June 24–July 1.
Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Edinburgh Art Festival, and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: All five of the Scottish city’s August festivals have been canceled.
Metropolitan Opera House, New York: The theater has canceled the rest of its 2020 season.
Frieze New York: The fair has canceled its ninth edition, which was originally scheduled for May 6–10. The satellite event Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center will still be held, but will be moved to the summer.
Park Avenue Armory, New York: All performances of Deep Blue Sea, originally scheduled to run April 14–25, have been canceled.
Cleveland International Film Festival: Originally scheduled for March 25–April 5. The event will be back next year.
Brooklyn Academy of Live Music, New York: All live programming has been suspended through March 29.
Lincoln Center, New York: All programming has been suspended for the month of March.
LA Art Book Fair: Originally scheduled for April 3–April 5.
TEFAF Maastricht, the Netherlands: Originally scheduled for March 7–March 15. The fair opened as planned but called off the event on March 11 after an exhibitor tested positive for the virus.
South by Southwest, Austin, Texas: The thirty-fourth annual festival was originally scheduled for March 13–March 22.
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC: All events have been canceled through the end of March.
Yale Architecture: The school announced on March 11 that it is suspending all events and programming through at least April 5.
London Book Fair: Originally scheduled for March 10–March 12.
Salon du Livre Paris 2020: Originally scheduled for March 20–March 23.
Tucson Festival of Books, Arizona: Originally scheduled for March 14–March 15.
Jingart, Beijing: Originally scheduled for May 21–May 24.
Art Central Hong Kong: Originally scheduled for March 18–March 22.
Art Basel Hong Kong: Originally scheduled for March 19–March 21.
FotoFocus Biennial: Originally scheduled for October 2020, the next FotoFocus will take place in October 2022.
LIST OF COVID-19 RELIEF FOR ARTISTS AND ARTS INSTITUTIONS:
The noncollecting contemporary art museum’s Fulcrum Fund will award sixty emergency relief grants of $1,000 each, totaling $60,000, to individual artists living and working within an eighty-mile radius of Albuquerque, New Mexico, that have lost income, or anticipate losing income, as a result of cancellations caused by the pandemic.
50 Arts COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund
ArtsFund, along with a coalition of arts and cultural organizations, has created the COVID-19 Arts Emergency Relief Fund to provide short-term relief in the form of unrestricted grants to nonprofit arts organizations in King County, Washington, which have been particularly hard hit during this public health emergency. Award amounts will vary based on scope of programs, emerging needs, and total resources available.
The fund will distribute $1 million in Covid-19 relief to the cultural sector in King County, Washington, in the coming months. The first round of funding will be available April 1 through May 15.
The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant
The grant program provides interim financial assistance to painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation.
Anonymous Was A Woman Emergency Relief Grant
The program will distribute $250,000 in grants, up to $2,500 apiece, to women-identifying visual artists who have experienced financial hardship from loss of income or opportunity as a direct result of the coronavirus crisis. Eligible applicants must be over the age of forty and based in the United States.
Art Interrupted Emergency Arts Fund
Launched by Twenty Summers in Massachusetts, the fund will support artists and arts organizations facing unmanageable financial loss as a result of Covid-19. Artists and organizations must be nominated to receive funding.
Launched by the Abrons Arts Center and Henry Street Settlement, the microgrant program will provide one-time payments of $250 to artists and arts workers based in Chinatown and the Lower East Side in Manhattan who were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Artist Relief will distribute $5,000 grants to artists facing dire financial emergencies due to Covid-19; serve as an ongoing informational resource; and colaunch the COVID-19 Impact Survey for Artists and Creative Workers, designed by Americans for the Arts, to better identify and address the needs of artists moving forward.
Any artist in any discipline who has been impacted by Covid-19–related cancellations and closures may apply for assistance. Short-term relief in the form of $200 stipends and support will be given on a first-come, first-serve basis, with the only limitation being how much money the initiative was are able to fundraise. The first round of awardees will receive monetary aid around April 16.
This fund offers short-term financial assistance to those pursuing careers as artists and whose income has been directly impacted by the global health crisis.
The COVID-19 Artist Trust Relief Fund is open to individual artists of all disciplines residing in Washington State. Unrestricted cash grants are intended to support working artists who have lost wages and earnings and need help with medical bills, rent and mortgage payments, food, utilities, and other living expenses. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Grants range from $500–$5,000 based on artists’ needs.
Individuals including artists, artisans, and other culture workers are encouraged to apply for one-time grants of $1,500, which are awarded expediently and based on a lottery system. Arts organizations grants are likewise based on a combination of need and lost revenue from the crisis. The application portal for individual artists will close temporarily on Wednesday, April 8, at 5:00 PM CST for processing and fundraising. The application will reopen in May.
The fund is designed to help writers, including book authors, dramatists, and journalists, continue their careers by providing no-strings-attached “loans” to pay for pressing expenses. Repayment of this emergency support is not required.
The Boston Artist Relief Fund will award grants of $500 to individual Boston-based artists whose creative practices and incomes are being adversely impacted by the coronavirus. The fund will prioritize applications from lower income artists and artists who have not been funded through city-led grants during this fiscal year.
CERF+ emergency assistance is available to established artists working in a craft discipline who have earned the majority of their livelihoods from artmaking and are in need of immediate financial assistance. CERF+ grants typically total around $3,000.
The fund is a collaboration between Denver Arts & Venues’ Imagine2020 Artist Assistance Fund, Colorado Creative Industries, and RedLine’s INSITE Fund.
Hear Fort Worth and Film Fort Worth with assistance from United Way of Tarrant County have established a creative industry relief fund to help support musicians, artists, performers, and filmmakers who have lost work due to Covid-19. The fund is open to local Fort Worth musicians, filmmakers, and artists. Qualified applicants will be eligible for a one-time grant of $300. All applications received will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.
Creative Response Fund Emergency Grants
A New Orleans-based relief effort that will provide $2,000 individual emergency grants to local artists and culture workers who have lived in the greater New Orleans metro area for at least twelve months and are at least twenty-one years of age or older. Applicants must rely primarily on income from their creative practice and communicate a dire need as a result of the pandemic.
ConvertKit established a $50,000 fund to help creators in need during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has since grown to more than $185,000. One-time awards of $500 will be granted to cultural producers who need help with medical, childcare, housing, or grocery needs.
Dance NYC COVID-19 Dance Relief Fund
Freelance dance workers are eligible to apply for monthly awards of $500 with a maximum of $1,500 across the grant period, from March 2020 to June 2020. Applicants may submit applications for any month and will be able to carry over information from one application to the next, as needed.
The Dancers’ Fund Financial Assistance
The Dancers’ Fund provides short-term financial assistance to Chicago dance professionals diagnosed with a critical health need. Those who are eligible include company and freelance dancers, choreographers, musical theater dancers, dance instructors, rehearsal musicians, dance administrators and producers, and technical personnel. The award amount of up to $4,000 may be used for doctor and hospital visits, surgery, medical testing, therapy, rehabilitation, and medication, as well as home healthcare, housing, utilities, and insurance.
Artists in need across Southern California, including the Coachella Valley, who have been directly impacted by the current Covid-19 pandemic, are invited to apply now for emergency relief grants. One-time unrestricted cash grants of $1,000 will be administered on a rolling basis.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
The Foundation will disburse one-time $1,500 grants to artists who have had performances or exhibitions canceled or postponed because of the pandemic. Applicants must be individual artists, or an individual representing an artist collective, ensemble, or group. Curators, producers, workshop organizers, organizations, or arts presenters are not eligible to apply.
Operated by Working Today, a nonprofit subsidiary of the Freelancers Union, the fund provides assistance of up to $1,000 per household to qualifying freelancers to cover lost income and essential expenses. Applicants will be asked to submit a detailed funding request outlining their needs. Funding amounts will be determined by magnitude of income loss as a result of Covid-19.
The Frederick Artist Relief Fund
The fund will award grants of $250–$500 to individual artists who live in Frederick County, Maryland, and whose creative practices and incomes are being adversely impacted by the coronavirus. This fund is for individual artists only, not organizations or nonprofits.
Greater Columbus Arts Council COVID-19 Emergency Relief Grants
The program is designed to assist artists of all disciplines living in Franklin County, Ohio, with the financial impacts of Covid-19 including recouping financial loss due to canceled events such as performances, paid speaking engagements, readings, exhibitions, and festival/fairs and offsetting loss of income for teaching artists who are not able to teach during this time due to canceled lessons/classes and school closures. Artists are eligible to request up to $1,000, with priority being given to those with the direst needs of shelter, food, and other essentials. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis and awarded weekly until funds are exhausted.
Kinkade Family Foundation Emergency Grant for Curators
The program will provide one-time grants of up to $5,000 to curators for unexpected emergencies related to the Covid-19 pandemic. Priority is being given to curators who focus on contemporary art and who have secured venues for projects that are scheduled to open, or were supposed to open, no later than December 2020.
The New York–based organization will provide emergency funding and resources to professionals in the creative arts who have professionally or personally demonstrated a financial need for medical aid, legal aid, or housing. Funding is determined according to the individual’s need and is disbursed in the form of a grant not to exceed $1,000.
Mayer Foundation Economic Relief Grants
The foundation makes economic relief grants to individuals and private foundations in New York who are distressed or suffering as a result of poverty, low income, or lack of financial resources. The grant sizes vary but generally amount to about $2,000. The funds can be used for health care and medical needs.
Must be a musician of any genre who has worked in the United States for a period of at least five years to apply. Grants typically range between $500 and $3,000.
National Endowment for the Arts
The $75 million in funding made available to the agency through the federal CARES Act is now available. One-time grants of $50,000 will be awarded to eligible nonprofit organizations including arts organizations, local arts agencies, statewide assemblies of local arts agencies, arts service organizations, units of state or local government, federally recognized tribal communities or tribes. Organizations may request $100,000 or $250,000 for subgranting programs. All applicants must be previous NEA award recipients from the past four years (fiscal years 2017–2020).
Sending grants of up to $200 to artists in Wake County, North Carolina, as well as other areas of the state that do not have a dedicated fund already set up (see a full list here).
NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund
The fund is providing grants and no-interest loans to small and mid-size New York City nonprofit organizations working in the human services, with particular interest in those supporting essential healthcare, food delivery, homeless services, workforce development, educational support, and early childhood education, and arts and culture. Loans will range from $100,000 to $3 million and can be used for a variety of purposes.
Will offer up to $500 to cover lost income due to the novel coronavirus. Open to visual artists who live in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
PEN American Writers’ Emergency Fund
The organization will distribute grants of $500 to $1,000. Applicants must be professional writers who are based in the United States and are able to demonstrate that this one-time grant will be meaningful in helping them to address an emergency situation.
Performing Arts Worker Relief Fund
Created for performing arts workers who are facing a loss of income due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. Open to Bay Area individuals working in all aspects of the performing arts including actors, administrators, box office/event staff, carpenters, dancers, designers, directors, dramaturgs, musicians, playwrights, production staff, singers, teaching artists, and technicians.
Philadelphia Performing Artists’ Emergency Fund
The fund was created to assist performing artists in Philadelphia whose income has been impacted by show cancellations, slowing ticket sales, or low turnout during this pandemic. Financial aid of up to $250 per person can be requested by any cabaret, drag, burlesque, theater, or performance artists facing a financial hardship caused by Covid-19.
Self-employed photographers who are facing financial hardships are invited to apply. The fund offers assistance of up to $500 per person.
The fund supports the personal expenses of Muslim artists and activists whose livelihoods are being negatively impacted by the coronavirus and with $500 grants to individuals.
Pittsburgh Arts Council Emergency Fund for Artists
Artists whose creative practices and incomes are being adversely impacted by the coronavirus or other emergencies, may apply for up to $500 in assistance.
Portland Area Artist Emergency Relief Fund
Established by Portland’s creative laureate, Subashini Ganesan, and Oregon’s poet laureate, Kim Stafford, this fund is for freelance and independent artists residing in the Portland tri-county area—Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington—who are facing guaranteed lost income from March 18 to June 10.
Beginning in May 2020, the program will provide visual and media artists and choreographers with one-time grants of up to $5,000 for medical emergencies. The grants are available to visual and media artists and choreographers who are US citizens or permanent residents in the United States, District of Columbia, or US territories.
Relief Fund for L.A. County Visual Artists
Launched by the California Community Foundation, the J. Paul Getty Trust, the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts, the Sam Francis Foundation, and the Shepard and Amanda Fairey Foundation, the fund will distribute $655,000 to help visual artists in Los Angeles County. Applicants will be asked to describe their financial plight and are requested to apply only if they have immediate need of aid. Each grantee will receive up to $2,000.
San Francisco Arts and Artists Relief Fund
Will initially provide $1.5 million to mitigate Covid-19-related financial losses suffered by artists and small to mid-size arts and culture organizations and will prioritize those serving financially vulnerable communities.
San Francisco Foundation Emergency Response Fund for Nonprofits
The fund is providing one-time grants between $5,000 and $25,000 to nonprofits addressing racial bias, worker protection, homelessness and housing security, and food security.
South Asian Arts Resiliency Fund
The fund will distribute project grants of at least $1,000 (up to $2,000 depending on financial need and availability of funds) to assist United States–based arts workers of South Asian descent (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) in performing arts, film, visual arts, and/or literature.
Springboard for the Arts Personal Emergency Relief Fund
The fund is a resource for Minnesota-based artists. Cultural Producers can request up to $500 to compensate for canceled work that was scheduled and lost.
Spokane Artists and Creatives Fund
The fund is for individual artists who live in Spokane, Washington and is capping disbursements at $500 at this time.
Will distribute one-time unrestricted cash grants of $2,000 each to freelance, contract, or unsalaried archivists, art handlers, artist/photographer’s assistants, cataloguers, database specialists, digital assets specialists, image scanners/digitizers, and registrars. Applicants must show proof of residency in Connecticut, New Jersey, and/or New York from the last two years; have a minimum of five years experience in the visual arts; and be able to show proof of critical financial need due to loss of income directly related to the Covid-19 crisis. There will be three cycles of applications that will be open from May 5–May 6, May 19–May 20, and June 2–June 3.
Freelance, hourly, and wage-working artists who have graduated from a Bay Area institution or have lived in the Bay Area for two years as a working artist are eligible for grants of $250.
Funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Wherewithal Grants are a funding source for visual artists inside the DC-area Beltway. The program is offering $1,000 recovery grants, which are available to professional visual artists, and research grants ranging from $2,500 to $5,000, which provide project-based support for research, presentation, or critical reflection.
UNITED STATES: MUSEUM AND GALLERY UPDATES
NORTHEAST
Albright-Knox Northland, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13. All public events through July 31 are postponed.
American Folk Art Museum, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York: Closed indefinitely, will receive visitors by appointment only.
Artists Space, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland: Closed through the end of April.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine: Closed until further notice, beginning March 16.
Brooklyn Museum, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Casey Kaplan, New York: Closed until further notice, will receive visitors by appointment only.
Center for Italian Modern Art, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Ceysson & Bénétière, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Chart, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
The Clark, Williamstown, Massachusetts: Closed through May 4.
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire: Closed beginning March 16, will re-evaluate in early May.
David Zwirner, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Dia Art Foundation, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
The Drawing Center, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Edward Hopper House, Nyack, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
El Museo del Barrio, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia: Closed until further notice, beginning March 16.
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine: Reopening on June 25.
The Frick Collection, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 12.
Gagosian, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Grey Art Gallery at New York University: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Hales Gallery, New York: Open by appointment only, beginning March 16.
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Hauser & Wirth, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13. The gallery’s Hong Kong location will receive visitors by appointment only.
The High Line, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 16.
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
International Center of Photography, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13; the ICP’s school will close on March 15 and its classes will be moved online as of March 16.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston: Closed for a minimum of fourteen days, beginning March 13.
Japan Society, New York: Closed March 13–May 31.
Jewish Museum, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Judd Foundation, New York: Closed for a minimum of four weeks, beginning March 13.
Kasmin, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Kaufmann Repetto, New York: Open by appointment until further notice.
The Kitchen, New York: All 2020 winter and spring events have been canceled.
Lehmann Maupin, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Lesley Heller Gallery, New York: Open by appointment only, beginning Sunday, March 15.
Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire: On March 13, the residency program announced that current artists-in-residence will be assisted with early departures and no new fellows would arrive until the “danger of virus transmission is contained.”
Magazzino Italian Art, Cold Spring, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 12.
Mana Contemporary, Jersey City: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams: Closed through May 1.
MassArt Art Museum, Boston: Closed until further notice, beginning March 12.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York: Open by appointment only, beginning Sunday, March 15.
Michael Werner Gallery, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Morgan Library and Museum, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Museum of Arts and Design, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Museum of the City of New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Closed for a minimum of thirty days, beginning March 13.
Museum of the Moving Image, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, and MoMA Design Stores, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Nassau County Museum of Art, New York: Closed until further notice.
Neue Galerie, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 12.
New Museum, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
New York Historical Society Museum and Library: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Noguchi Museum, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 12.
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Massachusetts: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Pace Gallery, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13. Will receive visitors by appointment only.
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery at Stony Brook University, New York: Closed until further notice.
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Perrotin, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13. Will receive visitors by appointment only.
Peter Blum Gallery, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Philadelphia Museum of Art: Closed through June 30.
Pioneer Works, New York: Closed until further notice.
Portland Museum of Art, Maine: Closed until further notice.
Poster House, New York: Closed until further notice.
Queens Museum, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Rhode Island School of Design Museum: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts: Closed until further notice, beginning March 16.
Rubin Museum of Art, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
SculptureCenter, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 12.
signs and symbols, New York: Open by appointment only, beginning Sunday, March 15.
The Shed, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 12.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Swiss Institute, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Van Doren Waxter, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
The Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut: Closed until further notice, beginning March 12.
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
MIDWEST
Akron Art Museum, Ohio: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Art Institute of Chicago: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14. Events canceled though May 10.
Chicago Architecture Center: Closed since March 14.
Children’s Museum of Cleveland: Closed until further notice as of April 3.
Cincinnati Art Museum: Closed until further notice as of April 3.
Cleveland Museum of Art: Closed until further notice as of April 3.
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati: Closed since March 13.
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Missouri: Closed until further notice, beginning March 16.
Detroit Institute of Arts: Closed since March 13.
DuSable Museum of African American History, Chicago: Closed until further notice.
Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Intuit: The Center For Intuitive And Outsider Art, Chicago: Closed since March 15.
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha: Closed from March 16 through the end of April.
Mana Contemporary, Chicago: Closed until further notice, as of April 3.
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago: Closed until further notice, as of April 3.
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland: Closed until further notice, as of April 3.
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago: Closed until further notice, as of April 3.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri: Closed until further notice, as of April 3.
Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University, Bloomington: Closed until further notice.
Smart Museum, Chicago: Closed until further notice, beginning March 15.
Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati: Closed until further notice, as of April 3.
The Arts Club of Chicago: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
The Renaissance Society, Chicago: Closed until further notice, beginning March 15.
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio: Closed until further notice, beginning March 15.
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Closed until further notice, as of April 3.
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Wexner Art Center at Ohio State University: Closeduntil further notice, beginning March 13.
SOUTH
Arkansas Arts Center, Riverdale: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Ballroom Marfa, Texas: Closed until further notice, beginning March 12.
The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama: Closed until further notice.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art: Closed until further notice, beginning March 15.
Chinati, Marfa, Texas: Closed until further notice, beginning March 12.
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia: Closed March 14–June 1.
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston: Closed until further notice, beginning March 16.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas: Reopened on June 10.
Dallas Contemporary, Texas: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Denver Art Museum: Closed from March 14 until at least mid-May. June reopening of the Martin Building and the new Sie Welcome Center has also been postponed.
Frist Art Museum, Nashville: Closed on March 22, reopening in stages beginning June 22.
The Gallery at University of Texas at Arlington: Closed until further notice.
Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia: Closed until further notice, beginning March 17.
Greater Reston Arts Center, Virginia: Closed from March 13 through May.
High Museum, Atlanta: Closed until further notice, beginning March 12.
Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Judd Foundation, Marfa, Texas: Closed for a minimum of four weeks, beginning March 13.
Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee: Closed until further notice, beginning March 16.
Mana Contemporary, Miami: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami: Closed until further notice.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia, Virginia Beach: Closed until further notice.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: Reopened on May 23.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC: Closed since March 14.
New Orleans Museum of Art: Closed until further notice, beginning March 16.
Oolite Arts, Miami Beach: Closed until further notice, beginning March 13.
Pérez Art Museum Miami: Closed until further notice, beginning March 16.
Philbrook Museum of Art and Gardens, Tulsa: Closed until further notice, beginning March 16.
The Phillips Collection, Washington DC: Closed until further notice as of March 24.
Ruby City, San Antonio: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
San Antonio Museum of Art: Reopened on May 28.
Salvador Dalí Museum, Saint Petersburg, Florida: Closed until further notice.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, and New York: Closed until further notice, beginning March 14.
Speed Art Museum, Louisville: Closed until further notice.
Telfair Museums, Savannah, Georgia: Closed until further notice.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond: Closed since March 14
The Wolfsonian at Florida International University, Miami Beach: Closed unitl further notice.
WEST
Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles: Announced on June 8 that it will not reopen.
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco: Temporarily closed since March 14.
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California: Reopening scheduled for June 19.
The Broad, Los Angeles: Temporarily closed since March 13.
Burke Museum at the University of Washington, Seattle: Temporarily closed since March 12.
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco: Temporarily closed since March 13.
The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco: Temporarily closed since March 13.
Frye Art Museum, Seattle: Temporarily closed since March 12.
The Getty Center and Villa, Los Angeles and Pacific Palisades: Temporarily closed since March 14.
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles: Temporarily closed since March 14.
Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles: Temporarily closed since March 13. The gallery will receive visitors by appointment only.
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Greater Los Angeles: Will begin a phased reopening on July 1.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Temporarily closed since March 14.
MoPOP, Seattle: Temporarily closed since March 12.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles: Temporarily closed since March 13.
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California: Temporarily closed since March 15.
Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, California: Reopening on July 16.
Oakland Museum of California: Temporarily closed since since March 13.
Palm Springs Art Museum, California: Temporarily closed since March 13.
Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center, California: Temporarily closed since March 13.
Portland Art Museum and Northwest Film Center, Portland, Oregon: Temporarily closed since March 14.
Roberts Projects, Los Angeles: Temporarily closed since March 13.
San Diego Museum of Art, California: According to its website it will reopen soon.
Seattle Art Museum and Asian Art Museum: Temporarily closed since March 13.
SFMoMA, San Francisco: Temporarily closed since March 28.
Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles: Temporarily closed since March 14.
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, California: Temporarily closed through June 13.
USC Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, California: Temporarily closed since March 16.
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City: Temporarily closed since March 13.
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