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Artists Parody New Museum, Calling Out Its “Political Inaction”
The group Artists for Workers has created a website replicating that of the museum, but instead provides resources for anti-racist organizing.
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Hans Haacke Gets Hacked by Activists at the New Museum
Two hackers, an artist and a graduate student at the New School, interfered with the results of Haacke's visitors poll at his New Museum retrospective to protest the museum's "complacency in capitalism."
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Hans Haacke’s Sharp Metaphors and Maps of Power
Exposing systems of injustice and how they operate is Haacke’s great skill. At the New Museum, the artist draws the connections, and we follow along, wondering what our role is in this circuit.
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Hear Hans Haacke Discuss His Six-Decade Career
The artist is nothing if not defiant, and his talk at the New York's New Museum will introduce his first major U.S. exhibition in 33 years.
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After Strained Negotiations, New Museum Signs Five-Year Contract With Union Workers
The workers achieved an across-the-board pay increase of 3% in the first four years of the contract, with a 3.5% increase in the final year.
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New Museum Union Workers Threaten a Strike Over Contract Negotiations
The workers voted by a 96% margin to authorize a strike if their demands for higher wages, health care benefits, and improved worker safety are not met.
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A Bronx Event Organized by New Museum Shut Down After Protest by Local Activists
IdeasCity Bronx, which was intended to feature a series of discussion panels and activities on climate change, was disrupted by activists and shut down.
Art
The Art Handler Who Fell Down an Elevator Shaft
The first thing his gallery colleagues asked when he emerged from the elevator: Was the art okay?
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The New Museum's Bathroom Nominated as "America's Best Restroom"
A national competition rates the best restrooms in the United States. Among its finalists are the NYC museum's colorfully designed washrooms.
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New Museum Union Rallies Against Stalled Contract Negotiations During Summer Exhibition Openings
The workers chanted and handed out leaflets on Tuesday night as its summer exhibitions opened to visitors, amassing a crowd of nearly 300 supporters.
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Willie Cole, Shinique Smith, and Abigail DeVille Discuss Found Material in African-American Art
Artists come together to discuss Nari Ward's repurposed objects as a reflection of place, culture, and identity.
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Nari Ward’s Angels in America
Ward doesn’t just utilize found objects; he communicates with them — intellectually, visually, soulfully.