In Australia, Museums Shutter and Sydney Biennial Closes Early to Move Online

As museums have closed in cycles in an effort to stall the spread of the coronavirus around the world, the most significant arts institutions in Australia hoped to avoid such a fate. But now they too have announced plans to close.
As of Monday, notices of closures have been sent by museums including the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) in South Brisbane, the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, and all the venues of the Biennale of Sydney.
In its statement, the Nation