Artnet reports Hong Kong art scene is open, but NYC is closed. Why?

'''A New Show in Hong Kong Explores the Many Ways Contemporary Chinese Artists Are Inspired by Magic—See It Here

Take a sneak peek at a gallery that has just reopened to the public.'''

https://news.artnet.com/exhibitions/show-of-the-day-blindspot-gallery-1865406?utm_content=from_&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=US%204%3A30%20p.m.%20afternoon%20newsletter%20for%205%2F20%2F20&utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BAFTERNOON%5D

'''The Met Now Expects to Be Closed Almost All Summer—and It Just Canceled All Events Through 2020 (Meaning No Met Gala)

The museum was previously hoping to welcome visitors on July 1'''

The gala, the Costume Institute’s annual benefit hosted by Vogue, had been indefinitely postponed. Although fashion’s biggest night out is taking the year off—aside from an online version staged by precocious Gen Zers on the traditional first Monday in May—”About Time: Fashion and Duration,” the show the evening would have celebrated, will be on view from October 29 through February 7, 2021.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/met-cancels-gala-wont-reopen-mid-august-1866360?utm_content=from_&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=US%204%3A30%20p.m.%20afternoon%20newsletter%20for%205%2F20%2F20&utm_term=US%20Daily%20Newsletter%20%5BAFTERNOON%5D