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MoMA Terminates All Museum Educator Contracts
In an email sent this week, the museum told educators "it will be months, if not years, before we anticipate returning to budget and operations levels to require educator services."
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Ruth Asawa Artworks Grace New US Postage Stamps
The Japanese-American artist’s wire sculptures have been likened to birds’ nests. Here’s a first look at some of the designs.
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Projecting $7M in Losses in 2020, Whitney Museum Lays Off 76 Staffers
Director Adam Weinberg says many of those who were laid off “work in visitor-related roles and are no longer able to fulfill their duties now that the Museum is closed.”
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Week in Review: NEA and NEH Receive $150M in Stimulus Package; van Gogh Stolen During COVID-19 Closure
Also, DC's National Gallery of Art restituted a Pablo Picasso drawing to the descendants of a German-Jewish banker, and more.
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Museums Thank Healthcare Workers by Sharing Medical-themed Art
Using the hashtag #MuseumsThankHealthHeroes, institutions are sharing artworks related to medical workers.
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During Crisis, Photographers Receive 100% of Proceeds From This Online Print Sale
New York-based photo center BKC and artist group Seeing Collective have partnered to sell prints online.
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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.
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New Stimulus Protects Some Union Workers, But Not All
The new CARES Act calls for “union neutrality” for companies with 500-10,000 employees receiving loans, which may impact the wave of unionizations at nonprofit museums.
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Artists Accuse New Mexico Museum of Art of Censoring Anti-fracking Work
The museum blames misunderstanding, but zine artists say tribal perspectives on oil and gas were silenced.
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A Guerrilla Projection Urges NYC to “Cancel the Rent” and “End Bail”
The activist collective the Illuminator projected its demands for COVID-19 relief on a Manhattan skyscraper.
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The Internet Is Restaging Famous Paintings While Museums Are Closed
The Getty, Metropolitan Museum, and Rijksmuseum have challenged their followers to creatively recreate famous works in their collections.
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A New Emergency Relief Grant for Women Artists Over 40
The Anonymous Was a Woman emergency grant will distribute a total of $250,000 in funding, up to $2,500 for each grantee.