A dozen countries in the Asia-Pacific region have seen an alarming clampdown on freedom of expression during the COVID-19 crisis, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday.

In her appeal to authorities that any action they take to stop the spread of false information should adhere to the principles of legality, necessity, proportionality, Ms. Bachelet said that “in these times of great uncertainty”, citizens had a right to voice their concerns.

Chiharu Shiota’s installations, often involving everyday objects entangled in a sea of blood-red, black or white yarn, leave a searing impression in the minds of viewers; not only for their exceptional beauty, but also because of the poignant way in which they represent personal narratives, and articulate complex feelings of longing and loss.

What began as an attempt by two music insiders to pause business as usual across the industry on Tuesday, in response to the protests sweeping the nation, broadened and morphed overnight on social media into a less focused action, resulting in a sea of black boxes across Instagram and other platforms.

Facing a series of art fair cancellations, one Berlin dealer is setting up his own impromptu event. Johann König is offering works by artists including Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol, Anne Imhof and Katharina Grosse in a week-long “fair” to coincide with the original dates of Art Basel. The live Basel fair has been provisionally postponed until September and instead, online viewing rooms will open from 19 June.

Art survives all. And it helps humanity survive everything. Keeping this in mind, galleries from India and Dubai have come together to initiate a digital exhibitions platform—In Touch.

"Works from Anju Dodiya and Shilpa Gupta are being offered to collectors for the first time. Special attention has been paid to pricing and scale.”

From 2011 through 2019, Anelli -- whose most well-known project involved documenting Marina Abramović as she sat for over 700 hours for her 2010 performance "The Artist is Present," -- captured 43 artists including Abramović, Shirin Neshat, Joan Jonas and Matthew Barney in the intimate seclusion of their workspaces. Anelli's book speaks to the enduring mystique and magic of artist studios, where myriad materials and concepts re-emerge as objets d'art.

Museums are closed now, everywhere. But something remarkable is also happening: They are making their collections available online as never before, with new websites, special programs on favorite artists and their works, and curators even taking you on a visit to a masterpiece with cocktail in hand.