The trade association of art dealers in France (Comité professionnel des galeries d’art) has warned that a third of French galleries may be forced to close before the end of the year due to coronavirus. This is based on the findings of a survey of the association’s 279 members, which suggests that a total of €184m will have been lost between March and June. Americans for the Arts, meanwhile, has released results from a survey of 11,500 US organisations, which estimates that a total of $4.5 billion has been lost due to the crisis.
For decades, the story of the Arab world has often been told through the eyes of outsiders. At the Bassam Freiha Art Foundation on Saadiyat Island, a new exhibition is shifting that perspective entirely.