Interview
An Art Handler's Magazine Breaks Down Art World Myths
Clynton Lowry on acknowledging the invisible people of the art world: art handlers and preparators.
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Art
Art Workers of New York, Unite!
“We’re like the roadies of the art world,” states Shane Caffrey in his 2010 video announcement for the first Art Handling Olympics. “It’s not an art piece, it’s a community event … it’s a thing for a community that has never really had any chance to get together.”
Opinion
Show Your Support Now for Locked Out Sotheby's Art Handlers
Today is May Day, the international day of workers, and here at Hyperallergic we're proud to lend our support to Paddy Johnson of AFC, who is spearheading a petition [https://www.change.org/petitions/sotheby-s-offer-your-art-handlers-a-fair-contract] to show one of the world's largest auction houses
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News
As Whitney Biennial Approaches, Museum's Art Handlers Face Potential Labor Dispute [UPDATED]
First Sotheby's, and now the Whitney. While the Teamsters of Local 814 have been fighting with Sotheby's since August for a better contract, a new labor dispute has cropped up for the art handlers of Local 966 that work at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Opinion
Girlfriend of NY Mayor Tells Sotheby's Art Handlers to Eat Cake
DNAinfo points to a YouTube video that shows the locked out Sotheby's art handlers and members of Occupy Wall Street confronting Diana Taylor, the partner of New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and a member of the Sotheby’s board, at the December 1st meeting of Hudson River Park Trust. It's not good for T
News
Sotheby's Closes Galleries to Keep Both Protesters and Public Out
First Sotheby's locked out their art handlers, and now they are locking out the general public. GalleristNY reports that the auction giant is limiting access to its 10 floor galleries where some of the houses' most valuable lots are on view before this week's sales.
Opinion
Getting to Know the Locked Out Art Handlers of Sotheby's
Channel Thirteen's Metrofocus blog spoke to the art handlers who have been locked out since August 1 from Sotheby's. Their stories are endearing and give you some insight into who these working men are.
News
Fight Returns to New York as Locked Out Art Handlers Continue Protest Against Sotheby's
Last week, Sotheby's art handlers took their fight to London but today they're back in New York and manning the picket lines on York Avenue.
News
Sign the Petition Against the Sotheby's Lock Out!
News may be slowing down about the Sotheby's lock out, but the labor dispute between art handlers of Teamsters Local 814 and the auction giant is dragging into its third month now. Luckily supporters both on and off-line (Occupy Wall Street lent their voice last week) are not shutting up about this
News
#OccupyWallStreet Invades Sotheby's Auction in Solidarity with Locked-Out Art Handlers
Occupy Wall Street and Sotheby's art handlers have joined forces under the banner of fighting for worker's rights and protesting corporate greed. Yesterday, members of Occupy Wall Street disrupted a Sotheby's art auction to show their solidarity with the union art handlers of Teamsters Local 814 who
News
New Energy Among Art Handlers As They Continue to Fight Sotheby's Lock Out
Hurricane Irene may be fast approaching, but there was another type of storm in full force yesterday in front of the Sotheby’s auction house on 72nd and York Avenue in Manhattan. Art handlers of the Teamsters Local 814 union, who were locked out of their jobs at Sotheby’s earlier this month,doubled
News
FROM THE PROTEST: Sotheby's Anti-Union Games, Dupes Art Handlers
The Upper East Side is alive today with shouts of "UNION POWER" as Sotheby's art handlers took to the streets to protest a new contract agreement that would drastically jeopardize their benefits.