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February 2024
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After three weeks, MASS MoCA strike ends as union workers, management agree to two-year contract
Strike, Unions
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MoMA PS1 Workers Urge Director Connie Butler to “Settle a Fair Contract”
Museum Directors, Unions
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Minneapolis Institute of Art Staffers Allege Toxic Work Environment
Protest, Staff, Unions
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Adrienne Edwards Appointed Senior Curator and Associate Director of Curatorial Programming at the Whitney Museum
Staff
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Marilyn Jackson Named the New President and CEO of the American Alliance of Museums
Leadership, Museum Directors
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Oakland Museum Union Announced Amid a National Wave of Museum Organizing
Unions
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Portland Museum of Art to Cut 13 Positions, Citing Pandemic Fallout
Staff
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Protesters Take to MoMA, Demanding Museum Drop Its Board Chair
Boards / Trustees, Free Palestine Movement, Protest
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Workers Announce Union Campaign
Unions
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Anti-Zionist Protesters Crash Event at NYC’s Jewish Museum
Free Palestine Movement, Protest
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MoMA Promotes Michelle Kuo to Chief Curator at Large and Publisher
Staff
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Open Letter: MoMA Employees Regarding the Ongoing Crisis in Palestine
Free Palestine Movement, Open letter
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ArtTable Survey Sheds Light on Hardships Faced by Arts Workers of Color
Data, Racial Injustice, Survey
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Newfields' handling of CEO's exit is 'an unforced error' eroding public trust, experts say
Departure, Museum Directors
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Ongoing Dispute Over Contract Enforcement at PMA
Pay / Compensation, Unions
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December 2022
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Black Trustee Alliance releases report from art museum trustee survey
Boards / Trustees, Data, Diversity, Museum Boards
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MASS MoCA First Union Contract
Unions
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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
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November 2022
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Mellon Foundation Releases Latest Art Museum Staff Demographic Survey Results
Data, Diversity, Staff
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September 2022
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Philadelphia Museum of Art Union Workers Go on a One-Day ‘Warning’ Strike
Staff, Strike, Unions
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90% of Staff at Dia Art Foundation Vote in Favor of Unionization
Unions
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August 2022
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced Lynette L. Allston as next President of Board of Trustees
Museum Boards
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MASS MoCA Workers to Strike Amid Union Contract Negotiations
Staff, Strike, Unions
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Katherine Fleming takes the helm at the J. Paul Getty Trust as the Trust's first appointed female CEO
Leadership, Museum Directors
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July 2022
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New Database Shows Which Museum Job Boards Post Salaries
Equity, Pay / Compensation
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Impending Departure of Guggenheim Museum Director Richard Armstrong Announced
Departure, Museum Directors
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Departure of Chinati Foundation Director Jenny Moore
Departure
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago names Anslem Elumogo-Gardner as MCA's first Chief of Staff
Leadership, Staff
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June 2022
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Departure of Met President and CEO Daniel Weiss
Departure
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Departure of MoMA PS1 Director Kate Fowle
Departure, Museum Directors, Staff
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May 2022
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Departure of Met Curator and Chair of Modern and Contemporary Art Sheena Wagstaff
Departure, Staff
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April 2022
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Open Letter: "Asian American arts workers against White Supremacy"
Anti-Asian Hate, Open letter, White Supremacy
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February 2022
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Departure of Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's Senior Curator and Director of Public Art Allison Glenn
Departure, Staff
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January 2022
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Departure of Whitechapel Director Iwona Blazwick
Departure, Staff
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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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