Curated reading list on tensions in art museums
Below is a selection of pertinent articles and reports from MMF's research archive, which includes a timeline, bibliography, and the Art Museum Unions Index.
Cultural Institutions Cashed in, Workers Got Sold Out by AFSCME Cultural Workers United
The hangover after the museum party: institutions in the US are facing a funding crisis by Julia Halperin
Why Are Museums So Plutocratic, and What Can We Do About It? A conversation with Michelle Millar Fisher and Andrea Fraser
To Save Museums, Treat Them Like Highways by Laura Raicovich and Laura Hannah
Resistant Transparency and Nonprofit Labor: Challenging Precarity in the Art + Museum Wage Transparency Campaign by Carolin M. Südkamp and Sarah E. Dempsey
Museum Unions Aren’t Just Demanding Higher Pay. They’re Also Fundamentally Questioning the Way Their Institutions Work by Catherine Wagley
More from the authors
Mutual Aid and Organizing for Museum Workers in Crisis by Members of the Museum Workers Speak collective: Anniessa Antar, Alyssa Greenberg, Gwendolyn Fernandez, Hannah Heller, and Kate Swisher
Museums and Wealth: The Politics of Contemporary Art Collections by Nizan Shaked
Dear Billionaire by Nizan Shaked