Reopenings
Penn State university's art museum reopens in new $85m building that seeks to blend art with nature
The Palmer Museum of Art in the city of State College, Pennsylvania, has nearly doubled its space
The National Museum of Women in the Arts reopens after $67.5m makeover
The Washington, DC, museum opens on 21 October with an ambitious show of previously unseen large-scale sculptures and immersive installations
Artist Julius von Bismarck engages with his chancellor forebear at newly reopened Berlinische Galerie
Following a four-month closure, the Berlin museum reopens today with five exhibitions
Closed since the start of the pandemic, a museum reopens with a dramatic gesture—an exhibition without art
The gallery at St. John's College in Maryland has reopened as the revamped Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Art Museum
Goodbye pink marble, farewell 1980s office vibe: inside the Hammer Museum’s 24-year transformation
A radical renovation and expansion overseen by director Ann Philbin and architect Michael Maltzan is just weeks from completion
Manchester Museum gets £15m revamp—and hires UK's first curator focused on Indigenous perspectives
Reopening this month, the English institution plans to explicitly deal with its links to colonialism and actively support repatriation
London's National Portrait Gallery to reopen its doors in June 2023 after three-year closure
The refurbishment is backed by a raft of sponsors including British-American billionaire Leonard Blavatnik and international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills
Gainsborough’s new home: museum dedicated to artist reopens in 'sweet' English village
The newly restored galleries will also exhibit loan shows and house collections by Suffolk’s own Cedric Morris and John Constable
Revamped Museum of Islamic Art in Doha to reopen with more than 1,000 new objects
After 18-month closure, Qatar gallery to relaunch on 5 October in time for Fifa World Cup
London's Courtauld Gallery to reopen in November with new exhibition spaces and a commission by Cecily Brown
LVMH Great Room and Blavatnik Fine Rooms reflect generous backing from sponsors
After warnings that a third of US museums could close, a survey indicates that just 15% are at significant risk
Poll conducted in April yields optimism that financial fallout from the pandemic will be less severe than feared
Smithsonian will reopen its remaining 10 museums on a staggered schedule starting next month
Venues in Washington, DC and New York will require masks and many will have reduced hours
Smithsonian will reopen eight museums and other venues in May after more than five-month closures
National of Gallery of Art also plans to open its West Building in Washington, DC
Confronting Land Art and the Western frontier: Lucy Raven on how the two US cultural legacies influenced her new works at Dia Chelsea
New York-based artist's exhibitions opens at Dia Art Foundation's new and improved space in New York
Los Angeles museums are revving up to reopen
Amid decline in Covid-19 cases, governor lifts a closure mandate that had stirred some dissent
Five Philadelphia museums jointly announce that they are reopening this month
Institutions act on go-ahead from the city after their second closing in November
Discover Raphael’s creative process with new state-of-the-art renovation of V&A's Cartoons Court
New 3D imagery reveals secrets of the Renaissance masterpieces as space reopens in time for 500th anniversary of Old Master's death
Letting the art, and the visitors, breathe: a Covid-conscious Met and MoMA return from lockdown
Anxiety gives way to enlightenment as museums spring back to life
New York clears the way for the city's museums to reopen
MoMA, the Whitney, the Morgan, the American Folk Art Museum, the New Museum, the Guggenheim and the Brooklyn Museum announce plans to welcome the public, joining the Met and the New-York Historical Society
Picasso show sells out before it even reopens—but Royal Academy of Arts is still making a loss
The London institution has reopened after four months of coronavirus lockdown but under very different circumstances
Art Gallery of Ontario reopens with other Canadian museums to follow this month
Institutions across the country are cautiously welcoming back visitors
'I am not too worried by crowd problems': Louvre director predicts visitor numbers will drop by 80%
Jean-Luc Martinez believes that capitalising on the museum's permanent collection will be key to recovery
Met plans to reopen flagship building on 29 August after five-month shutdown
Other New York museums are expected to follow its lead, but it all depends on the city entering Phase 4 of reopening
Visitors return to Crystal Bridges amid adaptations and provocations
The contemporary American art museum in Bentonville, Arkansas reopened with timely exhibitions and installations on racial injustice
Gallery Weekend Beijing draws a local crowd to a city cautiously reawakening
Event was postponed from March due to coronavirus and, while China is still closed to international visitors, mainland collectors were eager to attend and spend
High Museum in Atlanta will open for child summer art camps in June
School-ages visitors will have the run of the institution for a month before it opens to members, front-line and healthcare workers, with public reopening set for 18 July
London's Tate museums set to open early August—here's how it will work
Director of the Tate, Maria Balshaw, tells us about financial concerns, coordinating openings with other institutions, and how many visitors they are expecting
New outbreak of coronavirus in Seoul has caused the re-closure of its museums, perhaps a sign of things to come
Some art institutions foresee a rolling series of partial lockdowns in future
French museums reveal plans to re-open in June and July
Louvre is "is working towards a planned reopening on 6 July" with strict rules for social distancing and 70% of the museum open to the public
Houston, do we have a problem? The verdict on early museum openings in Texas
Plus, Ralph Rugoff on Southbank Centre's possible closure. Produced in association with Christie's