Аннотация: The article is devoted to the worldwide crisis which were caused by the covid-19 pandemic. The covid-19 pandemic had a sudden impact on the art and cultural heritage sectors. The global health crisis and the uncertainly resulting from it profoundly affected organizations’ operations as well as individuals-both employed and independent across the sector. Arts and culture sector organizations attempted to uphold their mission to provide access to cultural heritage to the community, maintain the safety of their employees, and the public, while reacting to the unexpected change in their business model with an unknown end.
UNESCO is launching initiatives to support cultural industries and cultural heritage as billions of people around the world turn to culture for comfort and to overcome social isolation during the Covid-19 sanitary crisis, which is hitting the culture sector hard. The closure of heritage sites, museums, theatres and cinemas and other cultural institutions is jeopardizing funding for artists and creative industries, and for the conservation of extraordinary places and the livelihoods of local communities and cultural professionals. Covid-19 has put many intangible cultural heritage practices, including rituals and ceremonies, on hold, impacting communities everywhere. It has also cost many jobs and across the globe, artists, most of whom rely on activities to supplement income from their art, are now unable to make ends meet.