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NYC Salary Transparency Law Exposes Art World's Lowest Wages
Museums, galleries, and other employers are now obliged to disclose salaries — but that doesn’t mean they’re high.
Elaine Velie
Elaine Velie is a writer from New Hampshire living in Brooklyn. She studied Art History and Russian at Middlebury College and is interested in art's role in history, culture, and politics.
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Mysterious Oil Sketch Turns Out to Be a Real Rembrandt
The sketch was thought to be a copy, but historians still don't know its function.
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Getty Trust Pledges $1M to Conserve Ukrainian Cultural Heritage
The funds will support on-site conservation, packing and storing, and even salaries for Ukrainian heritage professionals.
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Artists in Battleground States Share Their Thoughts on the Midterms
From Georgia to Arizona, from Nevada to New York, we asked artists in nine states to share urgent issues and reflections ahead of Election Day.
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Museum Org Demanded Loyalty; Scholars Resigned
Scholars stepped down collectively from the American Alliance of Museums's Museum Studies Professional Network, citing infringement of their academic freedom.
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Activists Who Targeted “Girl With a Pearl Earring” Get Jail Time
A member of the activist group Last Generation called the Dutch court’s verdict “disgusting.”
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What Can You Buy From Joan Didion’s Art Collection?
The trove of artworks, up for auction on November 16, includes a photograph by Patti Smith, pieces by Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, and more.
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Fauci and Williams Sisters Honored in New Portraits Headed to DC
The National Portrait Gallery has revealed its newest commissions, including works by David Hockney, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Robert Pruitt.
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The Latest Climate Protests, Ranked
Since the trend is getting a little repetitive — though its message no less urgent — we got a little creative and ranked this weekend’s interventions. Using soup cans, of course.🥫
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In Praise of the Humble Print
This year’s International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair features work so eye-catching, it’s easy to forget the medium is sometimes disregarded in the art world.
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Should Columbia University Students Be Helping "Co-Design" Harlem?
A course titled “Co-Designing Smart Cities” has angered activists who see Columbia as a gentrifier.
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Visitors Heckle Activist Who Glues Head to Vermeer’s "Girl With a Pearl Earring"
Outraged patrons at the Mauritshuis Museum in the Netherlands responded with "obscene," "stupid," and "shut up!"