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
- SFMoMA Cuts 20 Jobs, Citing Low Attendance Staff External Link 1 External Link 2
- Tacoma Art Museum Workers Vote Unanimously in Favor of Union Unions 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
- New Recruitment Agency Supports Workers of Color in the Art World 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
- Smithsonian Cafeteria Workers Call for Higher Wages Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
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March 2023
- Resignation of Smithsonian National Museum of African Art's Director Departure External Link 1 External Link 2
- Announced departure of Whitney Museum Director Adam Weinberg Departure External Link 1 External Link 2
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February 2023
- Four Art Foundations Award $5 million for Latinx Curatorial Positions Diversity, Staff External Link 1
- Whitney Union Members Protest Outside Museum Fundraiser Protest, Unions 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 2022
- Black Trustee Alliance releases report from art museum trustee survey Boards / Trustees, Data, Diversity, Museum Boards External Link 1
- MASS MoCA First Union Contract Unions External Link 1
- 2022 Burns Halperin Report explores representation of female-identifying and Black American artists in U.S. museums and the international art market Data, Diversity, Museum Collections External Link 1
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November 2022
- Mellon Foundation Releases Latest Art Museum Staff Demographic Survey Results Data, Diversity, Staff External Link 1
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October 2022
- Tacoma Art Museum Workers United Announces Wall-to-Wall Union Campaign Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
- Philadelphia Museum of Art Union Agreement Reached Unions External Link 1
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September 2022
- Philadelphia Museum of Art Union Workers Go on a One-Day ‘Warning’ Strike Staff, Strike, Unions External Link 1
- 90% of Staff at Dia Art Foundation Vote in Favor of Unionization Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
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August 2022
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced Lynette L. Allston as next President of Board of Trustees Museum Boards External Link 1
- MASS MoCA Workers to Strike Amid Union Contract Negotiations Staff, Strike, Unions External Link 1
- Katherine Fleming takes the helm at the J. Paul Getty Trust as the Trust's first appointed female CEO Leadership, Museum Directors External Link 1 External Link 2
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July 2022
- New Database Shows Which Museum Job Boards Post Salaries Equity, Pay / Compensation External Link 1
- Impending Departure of Guggenheim Museum Director Richard Armstrong Announced Departure, Museum Directors External Link 1
- Departure of Chinati Foundation Director Jenny Moore Departure External Link 1
- The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago names Anslem Elumogo-Gardner as MCA's first Chief of Staff Leadership, Staff External Link 1
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June 2022
- Departure of Met President and CEO Daniel Weiss Departure External Link 1
- Departure of MoMA PS1 Director Kate Fowle Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1
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May 2022
- Departure of Met Curator and Chair of Modern and Contemporary Art Sheena Wagstaff Departure, Staff External Link 1
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April 2022
- Open Letter: "Asian American arts workers against White Supremacy" Anti-Asian Hate, Open letter, White Supremacy External Link 1
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March 2022
- Jewish Museum workers vote to unionize with Local 2110 UAW Staff, Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
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February 2022
- Departure of Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's Senior Curator and Director of Public Art Allison Glenn Departure, Staff External Link 1 External Link 2
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January 2022
- Departure of Whitechapel Director Iwona Blazwick Departure, Staff External Link 1
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December 2014
- Joint statement from museum bloggers & colleagues on Ferguson & related events Museum Advocacy External Link 1
- #museumsrespondtoferguson coined by Aleia Brown and Adrianne Russell Museum Advocacy External Link 1
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August 2014
- Murder of Michael Brown and subsequent nationwide wide protests in Ferguson, Missouri Racial Injustice 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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