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Over 100 Art Workers Demonstrate to Demand Relief for NYC’s Cultural Sector

by Hakim Bishara May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

Some participants who are leaders of art nonprofits say they were excluded from the state’s COVID-19 relief funds for small businesses.

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Highlighting Detroit’s Invisible Artists: Local Art Workers

by Sarah Rose Sharp August 3, 2020November 5, 2020

The most interesting takeaway of ARTWORK is the framework itself, which seeks to center the artists who have, historically, played an overlooked role in making the art world turn.

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Italian Art Workers Release Manifesto Pushing for Systemic Change

Avatar photo by Caroline Ellen Liou May 7, 2020May 6, 2020

Desperate for economic relief and legal protection, a new collective is responding to the government’s negligence and working to address structural problems of the art scene.

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A French Collective Looks to Create Solidarity Among Art Workers

Avatar photo by Sarah Gould February 27, 2020February 27, 2020

ART ON STRIKE was created in early December as trade unions called for protests against the government’s new pension scheme and has since been consistent in organizing protests and demonstrations.

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Claiming Months of No Payment, Workers at Mexico’s National Institute of Fine Arts Demand Wages

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia December 13, 2019December 16, 2019

One anonymous employee says it worries him that he has not been paid for six months, despite continuing to do his job and sometimes working late nights.

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If Culture Sector Employers Want Equality, Post Salary and Benefits With Job Descriptions

Avatar photo by Art + Museum Transparency October 4, 2019October 7, 2022

This practice will play a crucial role in breaking the cycle of women and minorities being historically underpaid in comparison to their white male counterparts.

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Former Educators at London’s National Gallery Are Taking Legal Action, Alleging Unfair Dismissal

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky August 27, 2018August 24, 2018

The 27 claimants are alleging unfair dismissal and discrimination on the grounds of length of service, age, and sex.

Fred Wilson, "Guarded View" (1991) (photo by Benjamin Sutton/Hyperallergic)
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The Plight of Museum Guards in New York Museums

by Aaron Short March 20, 2018March 20, 2018

Security guards’ annual salaries are less than half the state’s annual median income, hovering just above the equivalent of minimum wage.

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Art Workers of New York, Unite!

Avatar photo by Tiernan Morgan December 11, 2015December 24, 2015

“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.”

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