Timeline
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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 2021
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"Virginia's Massive Robert E. Lee Statue Has Been Removed"
Monuments, Protest
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MOCA Los Angeles employees still negotiating first contract with museum leaders after unionizing two years ago
Staff, Unions
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September 2021
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Departure of MOCA Los Angeles Director Klaus Bisenbach
Departure, Museum Directors, Staff
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July 2021
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Departure of Philadelphia Museum of Art's Director and CEO Timothy Rub
Departure, Museum Directors
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Departure of the Phillips Collection's Director and CEO's Dorothy Kosinski
Departure, Museum Directors
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Departure of Palm Springs Art Museum's Curator Rochelle Steiner
Departure, Staff
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June 2021
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Departure of Phoenix Art Museum's Director Tim Rodgers
Departure, Museum Directors
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Berlin Museum Board to Negotiate Return of Benin Bronzes
Repatriation
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Departure of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art's Director Emily Ballew Neff
Departure, Museum Directors
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May 2021
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Departure of PAFA's Director Brooke Davis Anderson
Departure, Museum Directors
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Departure of Winterthur Museum's Director and CEO Carol B. Cadou
Departure, Museum Directors
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March 2021
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Departure of MoMA Chairman Leon Black
Boards / Trustees, Museum
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Departure of Bellevue Arts Museum Executive Director Benedict Heywood
Departure, Staff
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Atlanta spa shootings
Anti-Asian Hate, Mass Shooting, Racism
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Artists pull out of Chicago MCA Exhibition in Protest of Worker Layoffs
Artist-Driven Activism, Protest, Staff
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February 2021
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Baltimore Museum of Art receives $1M for equity initiatives
Diversity, Exhibitions, Museum Collections
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Departure of MOCA Los Angeles Human Resources Director Carlos Viramontes
Departure, Staff
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Departure of Newfield's Director and CEO Charles Venable
Departure, Museum Directors
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First Collective Bargaining Agreement with IUOE Local 30 Guggenheim Workers Union
Staff, Unions
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Cultural Workers address Indianapolis Museum of Art job posting controversy
Controversy, Racism, Staff
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Departure of SFMOMA's Director Neal Benezra
Departure, Museum Directors, Staff
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Metropolitan Museum of Art considers deaccessioning part of their collection to gather funds for care of their collection due to COVID-19 challenges.
Museum Collections, Staff
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Departure of Carnegie Museum of Art's Deputy Director Ronald Lee Newman
Departure, Staff
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January 2021
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Departure of MCA Chicago's Chief Curator Michael Darling
Departure, Staff
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Naomi Beckwith Named Deputy Director and Chief Curator at Guggenheim Museum
Leadership, Museum Directors
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Time's Up Museums changes its name to Museums Moving Forward
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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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