Timeline
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December 2018
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MoMA PS1 Art Handlers and Maintenance Workers Protest Unfair Wages
Staff, Unions
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November 2018
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Departure of Metropolitan Museum of Art's Social Media Manager Kimberly Drew
Departure, Staff
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Sarr Savoy report, "The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage: Toward a New Relational Ethics," released.
Repatriation, Report
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September 2018
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Report: The Burns Halperin Report on African American artists
Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections, Racism
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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
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Departure of California State Long Beach’s University Art Museum's Director Kimberli Meyer
Departure, Staff
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Departure of Palm Springs Art Museum's Executive Director Elizabeth Armstrong
Departure, Staff
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Report: Invisible no more an evalution of the Smithsonian Institution and Latino Representation
Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections, Staff
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July 2018
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Nikki Columbus files pregnancy discrimination claim against MoMA PS1
Discrimination
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Founding of Time's Up Museums
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June 2018
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Departure of Brooklyn Museum's Deputy Director and Chief Curator Jennifer Y. Chi
Departure, Staff
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Departure of Munich's Haus Der Kunst's Director Okwui Enwezor
Departure, Museum Directors, Staff
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May 2018
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Departure of MOCA Los Angeles Director Philippe Vergne
Departure, Museum Directors
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April 2018
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Baltimore Museum controversy over selling "blue chip" works from collection
Controversy, Deaccessioning, Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections
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Departure of Scottsdale Musuem of Contemporary Art's Director and Chief Curator Sara Cochran
Departure, Staff
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Open Letter: Brooklyn Museum "Your Curatorial Crisis is an Opportunity to Decolonize"
Diversity, Equity, Open letter
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March 2018
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Departure of MOCA Los Angeles Chief Curator Helen Molesworth
Departure, Staff
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Departure of Ghent Museum's Director Catherine de Zegher
Departure, Staff
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Departure of Bordeaux's CAPC Musée D'art Contemporain's Director Maria Inés Rodríguez
Departure, Staff
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January 2018
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Departure of Queens Museum's Director Laura Raicovich
Departure, Museum Directors, Staff
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Departure of VCU Institute for Contemporary Art's Director Lisa Freiman
Departure, 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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MeToo movement spreads virally as hashtag on social media
Broader Culture, Sexism
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Founding of J20 Art Strike: an invitation to cultural institutions
Museums, Protest
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