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Unionised workers at MOCA Los Angeles ratify first contract with museum
Negotiations between museum leadership and the union had repeatedly been delayed due to Covid-19, administrative shakeups and more issues
Whitney Museum workers protest outside the institution’s fundraising gala over union contract negotiations
Around 100 demonstrators rallied outside the institution during its gala, hoping to give greater urgency to ongoing negotiations with museum leaders
Non-tenured faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago hold rally in support of union push
If successful, they would join staff at the school and its namesake museum who voted overwhelmingly in favour of unionising in January
‘It’s not surprising, but it’s totally shocking’: artists respond to leaked US Supreme Court document threatening abortion access
Artists in the US and beyond expressed outrage, frustration and anger after a leaked draft of a decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade
Mothers with babies denied entry at New York’s Independent art fair
The fair’s Covid-19 policy effectively means that children under five cannot attend
Staff, faculty and students at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts hold rally amid union vote and negotiations
The rally comes as faculty who have already unionised seek to secure their first contract and staff members undertake a vote to form their own union
The 2022 Whitney Biennial spotlights video artists who are pushing the medium forward
Works by Alfredo Jaar, Dave McKenzie and the collective Moved by the Motion are among the most powerful in the crowded exhibition
California College of the Arts and two unions reach agreements on new contracts
The agreements come after many months of negotiations and a strike in February
AI uncovers Warhol’s true voice in Netflix documentary
The Andy Warhol Diaries foregrounds the Pop artist’s personal relationships and struggles—with an artificial intelligence Warhol as narrator
Workers at Ohio State University’s Wexner Center for the Arts move to form union
Staff at the arts centre recently informed the administration of their intention to unionise with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Netflix miniseries chronicling the infamous ‘Soho scammer’ Anna Delvey chooses flash over substance
‘Inventing Anna’ falls flat when it comes to depicting the art world
California College of the Arts workers go on strike
Staff, faculty and students have joined the picket lines, some over protracted contract negotiations, others in solidarity with their colleagues
Employees at New York City’s Jewish Museum vote to unionise
The union, if approved, will cover include workers across front-facing, administrative and curatorial departments, among others
Employees at the Art Institute of Chicago museum and school vote to join union
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees will now represent 266 employees at the museum and another 249 at the school
Two years after forming union, MOCA Los Angeles employees still negotiating first contract with museum leaders
Negotiations have been delayed, with wages proving a major sticking point and with administrators proposing increases well below union members’ demands
Jeff Koons accused of appropriating sculpture for 1989 series featuring his ex-wife
Michael Hayden has sued the artist for copyright infringement in latest legal battle
Considering Greg Tate’s transformative impact on cultural criticism
The writer, musician and professor, who died earlier this month, wrote some of the most influential and creative art criticism of the past half-century
MFA Boston workers who unionised go on strike
More than 200 workers at the museum are striking for a day in protest of stalled contract negotiations