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Amid Controversy, Nancy Spector Steps Down From the Guggenheim Museum
News of her resignation was accompanied by a report by the museum investigating accusations of racism made by curator Chaédria LaBouvier.
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Guggenheim Union Greets Museum Members at Reopening With Protest
Upon their first return to the museum after its six-month closure, Guggenheim members were welcomed by a digital screen reading pro-union messages.
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"Open for Exploitation”: Artists Project Messages on Guggenheim Museum Ahead of Reopening
The artist-activist groups Artists for Workers and the Illuminator organized the projections in solidarity with the Guggenheim’s unionized workers and workers of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Notorious Banana Sculpture Donated to Guggenheim Museum
The controversial sculpture has been donated anonymously to the New York institution.
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Guggenheim Museum Lays Off 24 Workers, Citing Ongoing Losses
“We have leaned into all the options we have available to us, including decreasing operating expenses, hiring freezes, analyzing business needs and departmental priorities, and reducing leadership salaries,” said Director Richard Armstrong in a letter to staff today.
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Guggenheim Employees Call for Removal of Three Top Executives
In a letter sent today, the group A Better Guggenheim lists allegations of sexism, racism, classism, and abuse against Richard Armstrong, Elizabeth Duggal, and Nancy Spector.
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Guggenheim's Panza Collection Team Responds to "Why Did the Guggenheim Decommission a Donald Judd?"
They write, "We welcome Peter Karol's extended reflection on topics at stake in the Panza Collection Initiative, which contains many important points, but also contains several errors and misstatements, which we are writing to correct."
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With a Convincing Parody Website, Artist Group Calls Out Pay Inequity at Guggenheim
The group Artists for Workers mimicked the visual language of the Guggenheim's official website to pressure the museum “to improve material conditions for workers and build solidarity among artists and arts workers."
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Guggenheim Furloughs 92 Employees, Announcing $10M Shortfall
“We’re not surprised, but also not giving up,” says the Guggenheim Union.
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Guggenheim Museum “On-Call” Employees Demand to Be Paid for Scheduled Work
Freelance workers are asking to be paid for work scheduled prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
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Guggenheim Workers Ask Trustees for Help Amid Union Negotiations
Recently unionized workers urge the Guggenheim’s trustees to wield their influence on the museum’s “reluctant” management.
Art
Color Field, Then and Now
I fear that the visual culture in which these works were admired is now one of those distant “you had to be there” moments, which are impossible to reconstruct.