Art
How Black Cats Went From Bad Luck to Symbols of Defiance
Icons like the Black Panther Party logo, the "Sabo-Tabby," and innumerable pieces of protest art go against the traditional Western taboo around the felines.
Labor
News
Furloughed SFMOMA Staff Ask Director to Draw Salary of Zero to Retain Workers
The museum received a $6.2 million federal loan, lifting its staff furlough through June 30, but the petition’s authors emphasize that management has not yet addressed demands to support staff long-term.
News
Metropolitan Museum Lays Off 81 Employees; Now Estimates $150M in Losses
The laid-off workers belong to the visitor services and retail departments. The Met’s director and president will take 20% pay cuts.
News
Artists, Scholars, and Museum Workers Petition Museums to Retain Staff During Pandemic
“Before a single museum worker is laid off, let every mid-six- or seven-figure museum director draw a salary of zero,” reads one petition.
Art
A Workshop for Building Solidarity Among Art Workers
Set aside time to brainstorm what an “ideal” employment contract might look like, how to foster methods of organizing, and more with members of the New Museum Union.
News
A Week After Layoffs, LA MOCA Furloughs Most of Its Staff
Nearly all of the museum’s full-time employees will be receiving a full or partial furlough beginning on Friday.
Opinion
Teaching Art Online Under COVID-19
As we individually scramble to stock our pantries and secure our loved ones, we are also figuring out how on earth to switch our hands-on teaching of studio-based art to virtual platforms.
Art
The Endless Work of Labor in the Age of Global Production
Through a wide range of artist projects and programs, Re:Working Labor asks us to locate our respective places in the global labor chain.
Film
The Hidden Labor Beneath the Global Economy
This year's Open City Documentary Festival in London screened numerous films which highlight the humanity and resilience of those on society's margins.
Art
How Much Does an Adjunct Actually Make?
Poverty wages, scarce benefits, job insecurity, and difficulty to unionize. After a spreadsheet about adjunct salaries went viral, professors discuss why their struggle should matter to everyone.
In Brief
Adjunct Professors Share Salaries and Working Conditions in a New Spreadsheet
The anonymous list, launched by historian Erin Bartram, has garnered about 250 entries so far.
Film
A Small Town Reenacts the 1917 Deportation of a Thousand Striking Miners
The documentary Bisbee '17 deconstructs how we perform our idea of the past as it resurrects an unsavory episode in labor history.