February - A painting of aHead of an Old Man, previously rejected as an authenticRembrandt, from the reserve collection of theAshmolean Museum in Oxford, England, is confirmed throughdendrochronology as painted on a board which had been in Rembrandt's studio.[2]
May 26 - It is announced that this year'sTurner Prize award in the United Kingdom is to be replaced by abursary for 10 artists which will be announced in July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15]
June 11 - Fugitive art dealerInigo Philbrick, accused of swindling artworks valued in excess of $20 million US is apprehended and arrested by U.S. government agents on the South Pacific Island nation ofVanuatu and then transported to the U.S. territory ofGuam to face federal charges.[17][18][19]
July - It is announced that the history ofSalvator Mundi (c.1500) byLeonardo da Vinci, the most expensive artwork on record ever sold will be the subject of a forthcomingBroadway musical set to take the stage in 2021.[22]
July 15 - A statue rendered in black resin byMarc Quinn of a British Black Lives Matter protestor,A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020, is installed clandestinely by the artist on the plinth vacated by overthrow of theStatue of Edward Colston in Bristol without official permission;[24] it is removed from this location 24 hours later byBristol City Council whichtweets "This morning we removed the sculpture. It will be held at our museum for the artist to collect or donate to our collection".[25]
July 22 -Berlin-based American-born German curatorRebeccah Blum is murdered and the suspect in the case, her former partner, the English Berlin-based photographer, Saul Fletcher, commits suicide.[26][27]
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