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Around Paris
Construction on the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris to repair fire damage from last year has been halted by the coronavirus outbreak. [Libération]
François Pinault’s much-anticipated Bourse de Commerce, a private museum in Paris set in a former stock exchange, has moved its opening date from June to September. [Le Figaro]
Changes
With the coronavirus keeping Italians and tourists inside, the water in Venice’s canals has suddenly become much clearer. [The Art Newspaper]
The Savannah College of Art and Design has announced a decision to permanently close its Hong Kong school, causing students to protest. The Hong Kong school had reportedly been in financial turmoil. [ArtAsiaPacific]
An expert on Nazi-looted art has quit a museum in Germany’s Bavaria region after she reportedly realized that no one wanted to return works she suspected may have been stolen. [The New York Times]
Going Digital
The Winklevoss twins, best known for their early involvement in the development of Facebook, have launched a marketplace for digital art. [Bloomberg]
Like Art Basel Hong Kong, which today launches its online viewing rooms after canceling this year’s fair, the Art Dubai fair has gone digital. After indefinitely postponing this year’s edition, the fair has revealed plans to offer an online catalogue of works that would have appeared there. [The National]
The Critics
As the virus continues sweeping through Europe, critic Jonathan Jones looks back at how Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Titian addressed outbreaks during their time. [The Guardian]
Critic Christopher Knight discusses his main quarantine activity—organizing his massive art-book library. [Los Angeles Times]
With the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, both turning 150 this year, critic Holland Cotter offers some ideas for how both institutions can change. [The New York Times]
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