O Saldo da pandemia

perspectivas de mudança para os museus de arte

Abstract

The pandemic's balance:  perspectives of change for art museums

Abstract: This article adresses possible effects of Covid-19 pandemic on art museums. I argue that it is not possible to make a proper prognostic of art museum’s future in a post-pandemic context, since there is a deep differenciation between those institutions, mainly concerning the finantial resources they have. In spite of this difficulty, I suppose, based on the eletronic maiI  I received from art newspapers and art museums, during the pandemic, that the virtual visibility of art museums on sites and platforms may be one of the main effects of Coivd-19 pandemic. Of course this sort of visibility does not replace the experience of  presential visit to exibitions neither the finantial support due to the payment of museum visits. But it may turn out to be one criteria for the evaluation of  art museums communication with their publics.  Moreover, I point out the selling of pieces of  north-american art museum’s  collections as an example of  disturbing  pandemic effects on art museums.

Keywords: art museums, pandemic, changes, virtual visibiity