News
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.
Announcement
An Evening With Pia Camil at the Guggenheim on November 8
Pia Camil joins Pablo León de la Barra for a discussion of her practice, followed by a celebration that includes a communal activation of her new work Here Comes the Sun (2019).
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Artist and Architecture Programs at the Guggenheim
This month, hear directly from architects and contemporary artists during programs that celebrate the Frank Lloyd Wright building anniversary and engage with exhibitions on view.
Art
The Museum Wall That Broke the Art Handler’s Back
Over the summer, Hyperallergic interviewed dozens of art handlers about the variable conditions of their workplaces. This week, we are bringing their stories of accident and injury into the light.
Announcement
Summer of Know, an Evening Conversation Series at the Guggenheim
On select Tuesdays this summer, the series will host artists and practitioners in dialogue about urgent issues such as climate change and environmental justice, Asian American subjectivity in pop culture, and housing rights.
Art
Simone Leigh's Debris of Silence
Simone Leigh's work, on view at the Guggenheim Museum, is inhibiting in a particularly difficult way: it doesn’t seduce; it doesn’t explain, it doesn’t rely on interpretation; it doesn’t care what I think.
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Guggenheim Workers Successfully Vote to Unionize
More than 90 workers will join Local 30, a union that includes installers and maintenance workers at New York’s MoMA PS1.
Announcement
Reflections on Artistic License
Join the Guggenheim Museum for a series of conversations with the six artist-curators of Artistic License on select Tuesdays from June 18–December 17, 6:30 pm.
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Guggenheim Workers Are Looking to Unionize as Wages Stagnate and Demands Increase
Around 90 workers are organizing for better wages and benefits. "It's about transparency," one worker said. "We have no autonomy."