The Met Will Auction Prints and Photos to Make Up for Pandemic Losses

Due to closures, the art world was hit particularly hard during the pandemic. In a survey of 1000 museum directors, the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) reported that in 2020 alone, three-quarters of them lost incomes of nearly 40% on average. As first reported by Artnet News, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced losses of $150m USD and will look to fill that deficit in a new auction of prints. In conjunction with Christie's, the event will take place over three sales and feature work that...