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The interior of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza photographed during construction in September 2019.

Opening of Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza postponed until 2021

Art news daily: 7 April

7 Apr 2020

The Whitney Museum of American Art in 2014. Photo: Timothy Schenck

Whitney lays off 76 staff members

Art news daily: 6 April

6 Apr 2020

The Getty Center.

Getty Trust creates $10m fund for arts organisations in Los Angeles

Art news daily: 3 April

3 Apr 2020

Philip Long.

National Trust for Scotland appoints Philip Long as chief executive

Art news daily: 2 April

2 Apr 2020

Derek Jarman’s cottage at Dungeness, Kent.

Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage saved for the nation

Art news daily: 1 April

1 Apr 2020

Alan Jones.

Alan Jones steps down temporarily as president of RIBA

Art news daily: 31 March

31 Mar 2020

The Singer Laren Museum.

Vincent Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum

Art news daily: 30 March

30 Mar 2020

Michael Sorkin.

Michael Sorkin (1948–2020)

Art news daily: 27 March

27 Mar 2020

This year’s Masterpiece London cancelled and Art Basel postponed

Art news daily: 26 March

26 Mar 2020

Maurice Berger in 2019.

Maurice Berger (1956–2020)

Art news daily: 25 March

25 Mar 2020

Paul Kasmin at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2018.

Paul Kasmin (1960–2020)

Art news daily: 24 March

24 Mar 2020

View of Marseille.

Manifesta 13 and other biennials postponed

Art news daily: 23 March

23 Mar 2020

The American Alliance of Museums has written to Congress at the United States Capitol.

American Alliance of Museums asks Congress for $4bn for nonprofit museums; NADA asks for relief for New York galleries

Art news daily: 20 March

20 Mar 2020

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Met anticipates losses of $100m and closure until July

Art news daily: 19 March

19 Mar 2020

National Gallery, British Museum and Royal Academy temporarily close

Art news daily: 18 March

18 Mar 2020

Tate Britain in London.

Tate, V&A, ICA and Serpentine among major London museums to temporarily close

Art news daily: 17 March

17 Mar 2020

Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford.

Three paintings stolen from Christ Church Picture Gallery in Oxford

Art news daily: 16 March

16 Mar 2020

The Louvre. Photo: Dennis Jarvis/Wikimedia Commons

Louvre announces closure, as do more major museums worldwide

Art news daily: 13 March

13 Mar 2020

A notice announcing the closure of the Albertina in Vienna on 11 March 2020.

Museums close internationally and more fairs are cancelled

Art news daily: 12 March

12 Mar 2020

TEFAF to close early after exhibitor tests positive for coronavirus

Art news daily: 11 March

11 Mar 2020

St. Peter's Square and Basilica.

Vatican closes St Peter’s Square to contain Covid-19

Art news daily: 10 March

10 Mar 2020

Madonna del Granduca (detail; c. 1505), Raphael.

Museums across Italy shuttered until April

Art news daily: 9 March

9 Mar 2020

Griselda Pollock. Photo: Griselda Pollock/Wikimedia Commons

Griselda Pollock is first art historian to win Holberg Prize

Art news daily: 6 March

6 Mar 2020

The Musée d’Orsay in Paris.

Musée d’Orsay receives €20m gift to kickstart major expansion project

Art news daily: 5 March

5 Mar 2020

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