Timeline
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October 2019
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Departure of New York’s Cultural Affairs Leader Tom Finkelpearl
Departure, Staff
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September 2019
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Report: The Burns Halperin Report on female-identifying artists
Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections, Sexism
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Departure of ICA Philadelphia's Director Amy Sadao
Departure, Museum Directors, Staff
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August 2019
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"A New Definition of 'Museum' Sparks International Debate"
Controversy, Museum
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July 2019
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Op-ed: Darren Walker "Museums Need to Step Into the Future"
Museum Boards
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"Warren Kanders Quits Whitney Board After Tear Gas Protests"
Museum Boards
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Organizing the Work of the Art Museum
Internal Strategy, Museum Directors, Staff
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Op-ed: Xaviera Simmons "Whiteness must undo itself to make way for the truly radical turn in contemporary culture"
Racism, Whiteness
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Art + Museum Transparency Shares Google Sheet Highlighting Unpaid Internships
Equity, Staff
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May 2019
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#AAM2019 Keynote: Kippen de Alba Chu and Kimberly Drew
Equity, Staff
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Art + Museum Shares Google Sheet of Salary Transparency
Equity, Staff
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Founding of Art + Museum Transparency
Equity, Staff
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March 2019
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Decolonize This Place launched 9 Weeks of Art + Action to address the crisis at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Artist-Driven Activism
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Nikki Columbus settles claim against MoMA PS1
Discrimination
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January 2019
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Report: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Study on Museum Staff Demographics
Diversity, Staff
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Founding of New Museum Union
Staff, Unions
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Survey: POWarts Salary Survey
Equity, Staff
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December 2017
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Departure of Jewish Museum's Curator Jens Hoffmann
Departure, Staff
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November 2017
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Departure of Artforum Publisher Knight Landesman
Departure, Harassment
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Departure of Walker Art Center's Executive Director Olga Viso
Departure, Museum Directors, Staff
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October 2017
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Petition: We are not surprised
Sexism, Workplace Harrassment
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Departure of Stedelijk Museum's Director Beatrix Ruf
Departure, Staff
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Departure of Aldrich Museum's Executive Director Alyson Baker
Departure, Staff
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September 2017
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Departure of MoMA Deputy Director Kathy Halbreich
Departure, Staff
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Departure of Carnegie Museum of Art's Director Lynn Zelevansky
Departure, Staff
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August 2017
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Founding of Museums Are Not Neutral
White Supremacy
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February 2017
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Departure of Metropolitan Museum’s Director Thomas P. Campbell
Departure, Staff
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ANTI-TRUMP PROTEST ERUPTS INSIDE MOMA
Artist-Driven Activism
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January 2017
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Founding of J20 Art Strike: an invitation to cultural institutions
Museums, Protest
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MeToo movement spreads virally as hashtag on social media
Broader Culture, Sexism
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December 2014
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Joint statement from museum bloggers & colleagues on Ferguson & related events
Museum Advocacy
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#museumsrespondtoferguson coined by Aleia Brown and Adrianne Russell
Museum Advocacy
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August 2014
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Murder of Michael Brown and subsequent nationwide wide protests in Ferguson, Missouri
Racial Injustice
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