Timeline
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December 2023
- Guggenheim Museum Lays off 10 Workers, Citing "Rising Costs and Inflation" Staff External Link 1
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November 2023
- Union Drive Announced at Buffalo AKG Art Museum Unions External Link 1
- Guggenheim Museum Names the First Woman to Serve as Its Director and CEO Leadership, Museum Directors External Link 1 External Link 2
- Tacoma Art Museum Workers Vote Unanimously in Favor of Union Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
- SFMoMA Cuts 20 Jobs, Citing Low Attendance Staff External Link 1 External Link 2
- Resignation of Newfields CEO, Colette Pierce Burnette, after 15 Months in the Job Leadership, Museum Directors, Resignation External Link 1 External Link 2
- Open Letter: A Statement by Brooklyn Museum Workers in Support of Palestine Free Palestine Movement, Open letter External Link 1
- After Nearly Two Years of Negotiations, Brooklyn Museum Workers Ratify First Union Contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
- Dallas Museum of Art Lays of 8% of Staff Ahead of Major Expansion Staff External Link 1 External Link 2
- The Frick Pittsburgh Faces Backlash for Postponing Islamic Art Show Controversy, Free Palestine Movement External Link 1 External Link 2
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October 2023
- Artists Call for Boycott of Artforum After Firing of Editor-in-Chief Artist-Driven Activism, Controversy, Free Palestine Movement External Link 1 External Link 2
- Response from Artforum Publishers on Open Letter Broader Culture, Controversy, Free Palestine Movement External Link 1 External Link 2
- El Museo del Barrio Rejects Artwork Featuring Palestinian Flag Controversy, Free Palestine Movement External Link 1 External Link 2
- Mia Lopez Named First Curator of Latinx Art at McNay Art Museum Diversity, Staff External Link 1 External Link 2
- Thousands in the arts community sign Open Letter to Cultural Institutions in Support of Palestinian Liberation Free Palestine Movement, Open letter External Link 1 External Link 2 External Link 3
- Hammer Museum Announces Retirement of Director Ann Philbin Departure External Link 1 External Link 2
- Jewish Museum Workers Ratify First Contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
- Museums Moving Forward Publishes Inaugural Data Study Data External Link 1 External Link 2
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September 2023
- Belinda Tate Named Director of Indianapolis Museum of Art Leadership, Museum Directors External Link 1 External Link 2
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August 2023
- New York Times reports on art executive compensation and benefits Leadership, Museum Directors External Link 1 External Link 2 External Link 3
- Art Institue of Chicago Workers Ratify First Union Contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
- Guggenheim Workers Union Ratifies First Union Contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
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June 2023
- The Association of Art Museum Curators Publishes Best Practices in Artist Demographic Data Coordination Data External Link 1 External Link 2
- Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Union Accuses Management of Reneging on Contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
- Brooklyn Museum Hires First Full-Time Curator of Indigenous Art Indigenous Rights, Staff External Link 1 External Link 2
- After two year legal battle, Walters Art Museum workers vote yes on forming a union Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
- Protestors at MoMA Gala over Board Chair's Ties to Fossil Fuels Museum Boards, Protest External Link 1 External Link 2
- W.A.G.E Launches New Platform and Raises Compensation Standards for Artists Pay / Compensation External Link 1 External Link 2
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May 2023
- After two month strike, Hispanic Society Museum and Library workers approve first union contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
- Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Workers Ratify First Union Contract Unions External Link 1 External Link 2 External Link 3
- MoMA PS1 Names Connie Butler as its New Director Leadership, Museum Directors External Link 1 External Link 2
- Funders Announce $11 million initiative to diversify museum leadership Leadership, Museum Directors External Link 1 External Link 2
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April 2023
- Ryan N. Dennis Named Senior Curator at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Diversity, Staff External Link 1 External Link 2
- Claudia Zapata Named First Curator of Latino Art at Blanton Museum of Art Diversity, Staff External Link 1 External Link 2
- New Recruitment Agency Supports Workers of Color in the Art World Diversity, Staff External Link 1 External Link 2
- Smithsonian Cafeteria Workers Call for Higher Wages Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
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March 2023
- Announced departure of Whitney Museum Director Adam Weinberg Departure External Link 1 External Link 2
- Resignation of Smithsonian National Museum of African Art's Director Departure External Link 1 External Link 2
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February 2023
- Whitney Union Members Protest Outside Museum Fundraiser Protest, Unions External Link 1
- Four Art Foundations Award $5 million for Latinx Curatorial Positions Diversity, Staff External Link 1
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January 2023
- Asma Naeem Named Director of Baltimore Museum of Art Leadership, Museum Directors External Link 1 External Link 2
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December 2018
- MoMA PS1 Art Handlers and Maintenance Workers Protest Unfair Wages Staff, Unions External Link 1
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November 2018
- Departure of Metropolitan Museum of Art's Social Media Manager Kimberly Drew Departure, Staff External Link 1
- Sarr Savoy report, "The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage: Toward a New Relational Ethics," released. Repatriation, Report External Link 1
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September 2018
- Report: The Burns Halperin Report on African American artists Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections, Racism External Link 1
- Report: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's and Ithaka S-R's Case Studies on Institutional Practices in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion from Eight Art Museums Diversity, Staff External Link 1
- Departure of California State Long Beach’s University Art Museum's Director Kimberli Meyer Departure, Staff External Link 1
- Departure of Palm Springs Art Museum's Executive Director Elizabeth Armstrong Departure, Staff External Link 1
- Report: Invisible no more an evalution of the Smithsonian Institution and Latino Representation Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections, Staff External Link 1
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July 2018
- Founding of Time's Up Museums
- Nikki Columbus files pregnancy discrimination claim against MoMA PS1 Discrimination External Link 1
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June 2018
- Departure of Brooklyn Museum's Deputy Director and Chief Curator Jennifer Y. Chi Departure, Staff External Link 1
- Departure of Munich's Haus Der Kunst's Director Okwui Enwezor Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1
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May 2018
- Departure of MOCA Los Angeles Director Philippe Vergne Departure, Museum Directors External Link 1
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April 2018
- Baltimore Museum controversy over selling "blue chip" works from collection Controversy, Deaccessioning, Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections External Link 1
- Departure of Scottsdale Musuem of Contemporary Art's Director and Chief Curator Sara Cochran Departure, Staff External Link 1
- Open Letter: Brooklyn Museum "Your Curatorial Crisis is an Opportunity to Decolonize" Diversity, Equity, Open letter External Link 1
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March 2018
- Departure of MOCA Los Angeles Chief Curator Helen Molesworth Departure, Staff External Link 1
- Departure of Ghent Museum's Director Catherine de Zegher Departure, Staff External Link 1
- Departure of Bordeaux's CAPC Musée D'art Contemporain's Director Maria Inés Rodríguez Departure, Staff External Link 1
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January 2018
- Departure of Queens Museum's Director Laura Raicovich Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1
- Departure of VCU Institute for Contemporary Art's Director Lisa Freiman Departure, Staff External Link 1
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January 2013
- Founding of Black Lives Matter Broader Culture, Racial Injustice External Link 1
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