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Timeline

    1. December 2022

      1. Black Trustee Alliance releases report from art museum trustee survey Boards / Trustees, Data, Diversity, Museum Boards External Link 1
      2. MASS MoCA First Union Contract Unions External Link 1
      3. 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

    2. November 2022

      1. Mellon Foundation Releases Latest Art Museum Staff Demographic Survey Results Data, Diversity, Staff External Link 1

    3. October 2022

      1. Tacoma Art Museum Workers United Announces Wall-to-Wall Union Campaign Unions External Link 1 External Link 2
      2. Philadelphia Museum of Art Union Agreement Reached Unions External Link 1

    4. September 2022

      1. Philadelphia Museum of Art Union Workers Go on a One-Day ‘Warning’ Strike Staff, Strike, Unions External Link 1
      2. 90% of Staff at Dia Art Foundation Vote in Favor of Unionization Unions External Link 1 External Link 2

    5. August 2022

      1. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announced Lynette L. Allston as next President of Board of Trustees Museum Boards External Link 1
      2. MASS MoCA Workers to Strike Amid Union Contract Negotiations Staff, Strike, Unions External Link 1
      3. 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

    6. July 2022

      1. New Database Shows Which Museum Job Boards Post Salaries Equity, Pay / Compensation External Link 1
      2. Impending Departure of Guggenheim Museum Director Richard Armstrong Announced Departure, Museum Directors External Link 1
      3. Departure of Chinati Foundation Director Jenny Moore Departure External Link 1
      4. The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago names Anslem Elumogo-Gardner as MCA's first Chief of Staff Leadership, Staff External Link 1

    7. June 2022

      1. Departure of Met President and CEO Daniel Weiss Departure External Link 1
      2. Departure of MoMA PS1 Director Kate Fowle Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1

    8. May 2022

      1. Departure of Met Curator and Chair of Modern and Contemporary Art Sheena Wagstaff Departure, Staff External Link 1

    9. April 2022

      1. Open Letter: "Asian American arts workers against White Supremacy" Anti-Asian Hate, Open letter, White Supremacy External Link 1

    10. March 2022

      1. Jewish Museum workers vote to unionize with Local 2110 UAW Staff, Unions External Link 1 External Link 2

    11. February 2022

      1. Departure of Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's Senior Curator and Director of Public Art Allison Glenn Departure, Staff External Link 1 External Link 2

    12. January 2022

      1. Departure of Whitechapel Director Iwona Blazwick Departure, Staff External Link 1

    1. December 2018

      1. MoMA PS1 Art Handlers and Maintenance Workers Protest Unfair Wages Staff, Unions External Link 1

    2. November 2018

      1. Departure of Metropolitan Museum of Art's Social Media Manager Kimberly Drew Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Sarr Savoy report, "The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage: Toward a New Relational Ethics," released. Repatriation, Report External Link 1

    3. September 2018

      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
      2. Report: The Burns Halperin Report on African American artists Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections, Racism External Link 1
      3. Departure of California State Long Beach’s University Art Museum's Director Kimberli Meyer Departure, Staff External Link 1
      4. Departure of Palm Springs Art Museum's Executive Director Elizabeth Armstrong Departure, Staff External Link 1
      5. Report: Invisible no more an evalution of the Smithsonian Institution and Latino Representation Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections, Staff External Link 1

    4. July 2018

      1. Founding of Time's Up Museums
      2. Nikki Columbus files pregnancy discrimination claim against MoMA PS1 Discrimination External Link 1

    5. June 2018

      1. Departure of Brooklyn Museum's Deputy Director and Chief Curator Jennifer Y. Chi Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of Munich's Haus Der Kunst's Director Okwui Enwezor Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1

    6. May 2018

      1. Departure of MOCA Los Angeles Director Philippe Vergne Departure, Museum Directors External Link 1

    7. April 2018

      1. Baltimore Museum controversy over selling "blue chip" works from collection Controversy, Deaccessioning, Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections External Link 1
      2. Departure of Scottsdale Musuem of Contemporary Art's Director and Chief Curator Sara Cochran Departure, Staff External Link 1
      3. Open Letter: Brooklyn Museum "Your Curatorial Crisis is an Opportunity to Decolonize" Diversity, Equity, Open letter External Link 1

    8. March 2018

      1. Departure of MOCA Los Angeles Chief Curator Helen Molesworth Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of Ghent Museum's Director Catherine de Zegher Departure, Staff External Link 1
      3. Departure of Bordeaux's CAPC Musée D'art Contemporain's Director Maria Inés Rodríguez Departure, Staff External Link 1

    9. January 2018

      1. Departure of Queens Museum's Director Laura Raicovich Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of VCU Institute for Contemporary Art's Director Lisa Freiman Departure, Staff External Link 1