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A view of Museum Island and the Bode Museum in Berlin.

The week in art news – museums in Germany prepare to reopen

The week in art news: 24 April

24 Apr 2020
The Bourse de Commerce in Paris.

Pinault collection opening in Paris postponed to spring 2021

Our round-up of news from the art world  Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection opening postponed to spring 2021 |…

17 Apr 2020
The Getty Center.
The empty Tuileries in Paris during the lockdown in April 2020.
Smoke at the site of the Humboldt Forum construction site on the morning of 8 April 2020

Fire at construction site of Humboldt Forum in Berlin

Art news daily: 8 April

8 Apr 2020
The interior of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza photographed during construction in September 2019.
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.
Philip Long.
Derek Jarman’s cottage at Dungeness, Kent.
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
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.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Met anticipates losses of $100m and closure until July

Art news daily: 19 March

19 Mar 2020
Tate Britain in London.
Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford.
The Louvre. Photo: Dennis Jarvis/Wikimedia Commons
A notice announcing the closure of the Albertina in Vienna on 11 March 2020.