As the coronavirus shuts down exhibitions, museums and galleries have taken to virtual showcases to connect with viewers Museums like The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Musée du Louvre in Paris have closed indefinitely owing to the pandemic while Art Dubai and Art Basel Hong Kong have had to cancel this year’s fairs.
Closer home, the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is temporarily shut and galleries such as Gallery Latitude 28 have had to postpone major projects such as Playhouse Of Her Mind, scheduled for this month at the Nehru Centre, London.
But art institutions are trying to create new ways of seeing and sharing knowledge. Virtual showcases by the NGMA in Delhi, the Louvre in Paris and the Smithsonian National Museum