Museums, galleries and art fairs around the world have felt the impact of the COVID-19 virus, with some institutions in China and Hong Kong being closed since late January.
Globally, some museums have begun closing their doors, at least temporarily, to ward off the spread of the virus – including The Louvre in Paris, Palazzo Reale in Milan, the the Palazzo Ducale and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, and the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, among many others – while the new norm is supplying hand sanitiser, auto-ticketing and minimised crowd control.
