The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the Harvard Art Museums have banned cloth masks, requiring visitors wear more robust face coverings, while other museums ponder new restrictions as cases skyrocket

The fair is the most recent casualty of the new Covid-19 variant, moving its opening back by three months

Will 2022 see a return to normal for exhibition schedules? Or will surging cases mean plans have to be torn up again? We asked museum directors and head curators how confident they are for the year ahead

South Asia's largest art fair has been forced to reschedule its 13th edition from February to April in light of rising Covid-19 case numbers

US dominance, industry collaborations and increased concern about climate change are all on art market experts’ minds—and, of course, NFTs

The Metropolitan Museum will stay opened at reduced capacity, while others like the Yale University Art Gallery and the Baltimore Museum of Art close temporarily

My trip to Munich's Alte Pinakothek was worth the multiple levels of Covid-related admin

She "championed women, particularly those who made important contributions to the development and legacies of feminism"

Natural History Museum closes due to front-of-house staff shortages caused by Covid-19

The Art Newspaper team picks apart this year’s most important developments, from demands for colonial restitution to the return of culture wars

Restrictions will come into force between 30 October and 7 November after cases reached highest-ever level since start of pandemic

The first edition of Art Basel to take place since the onset of the global pandemic is full of new works created in the midst of lockdown

Research “has proven that art can be beneficial for health, both mental and physical,” the city’s head of culture tells a Belgian newspaper

Leader oversaw an ambitious series of construction projects but has also contended with reports of midlevel management abuses and equity issues

Job cuts came after major retrospective in Beijing was cancelled due to the pandemic

Some US and European galleries at events such as Photo London in September had threatened to drop out due to added cost of isolating in hotels

New York institution says it lost over $37m when it was forced to shut down, but insurance company caps potential coverage at $200,000

Collectors are told they must be fully vaccinated or supply a negative Covid-19 test in line with Swiss government regulations

Cultural institutions—like religious buildings—can be spaces of good and harm, we cannot simply denounce their histories as one or the other, says museum director Nicholas Thomas

As Israel and Denmark introduce Covid-19 status certificates, institutions are concerned that government schemes may keep visitors away

Our expert panel of artists and storytellers review extended reality exhibitions and events

After a year in which the coronavirus wreaked havoc, vaccines offer hope. We look at the the state of play, and the outlook, for countries around the world

Online sales, a growing pool of billionaires and reduced overheads all helped sustain the trade when physical art fairs and auctions all but disappeared

Amid decline in Covid-19 cases, governor lifts a closure mandate that had stirred some dissent

Although “thumbstoppable” social media content is essential, the online world has dark consequences too, says Tristram Hunt, the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum

With lockdown lifted for nail salons and zoos, anger rises over arts institutions’ continued closure, estimated to cost the sector $22m a day

Mega-gallery's closure will not affect Californian city's small but vibrant art scene, local dealers say—this is "not a place that responds to grandiose braggadoci"

With vaccines now being deployed and a return to normality on the horizon, institutions may find they have been shortsighted in letting their employees go

As the funding body, UK Research and Innovation, restricts additional funding, students are being asked to rethink projects