Re-localization in arts and culture

Today, with the spread of the COVID-19 virus all around the world, everyone is minimizing the time they spend with others. However, as human beings, we are entitled and conditioned to communicate fully all the time. Considering that art is a way and medium of communication, we are opening a new path in the arts and culture world with new kinds of communication systems. Self-isolation and physical distancing are a challenge, but there is still a chance when we consider the arts and culture world to communicate with the viewer. As each opinion leader suggests a new world order, this might come with technology while keeping communication alive.

For the contemporary art scene, the effects of the virus started when Italy saw the peak and that's when the professionals started to consider a new system to show and appreciate art. From museums to art galleries a new era has begun. Of course, in the coming days, we will be able to visit museums and art fairs physically, the only problem is we do not know when.

So, a new order is still necessary for the art world. The first museum to go online and virtual was China's X Museum. After Italy's breakdown, Art Brussels decided to be set for June, Art Cologne was postponed to November and so the rest came along. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the reality to turn everything into digital platforms became a must. According to Frieze's article, titled Letter from Italy, Frieze's contributing editor Barbara Casavecchia said, in the short term, it'd be bad for business.

"But I have long argued for the necessity of a re-localization in the arts: Focusing on place, rather than depending on an accelerating pace of cross-continental travel, events, fairs, and far-off shows. At the risk of parochialism, some sitting-still...

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