Commercial Art Galleries in Germany Must Close Again as the Government Mandates Stricter Lockdown Measures
Art galleries had dodged the earlier lockdown, which began in November.
December 14, 2020
Germany s government, headed by Chancellor Angela Merkel, announced another, stricter lockdown over the weekend. Germany has seen record numbers of daily new coronavirus infections and deaths in recent days. Photo by Rainer Keuenhof-Pool/Getty Images.
Germany is headed into another strict lockdown to beat back the coronavirus pandemic, and its entire art world will effectively be put on pause until the second week of January at the soonest.
In a special meeting held over the weekend, the heads of Germany’s 16 states took the major step to curb rising infection and death rates across the nation. With just two days warning, the country is going back into a lockdown nearly as severe as the one it endured in March. All non-essential shops will be closed, as well as schools, daycares, and