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Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Rally for “Fair Contract” as Negotiations Stall

Avatar photo by Isabella Segalovich April 4, 2022April 7, 2022

The workers called on the museum to agree to fair wages, affordable health benefits, and job protections for employees.

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Roosevelt’s Critique of “Nude Descending a Staircase” and Other Gems in Duchamp Archive Are Now Online

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu February 2, 2022February 3, 2022

The new online archive hosts 18,000 digitized documents and almost 50,000 photographs related to the artist’s life and work.

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Heirs Sue Philadelphia Museum of Art for a Piet Mondrian Painting

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

The artwork was looted by Nazis before it was purchased by a New York collector and friend of Mondrian, who donated it to the PMA.

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The Political Vision of South Asian Abstraction

by Stan Mir September 22, 2021September 22, 2021

The works in Fault Lines prove that abstraction need not be confined to the inner life of the artist.

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Senga Nengudi: Topologies Opens May 2 at Philadelphia Museum of Art

Avatar photo by Philadelphia Museum of Art April 23, 2021April 23, 2021

Situated at the intersection of sculpture and performance this provocative work reimagines abstract art through an exploration of the Black female body.

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When Abstraction Exploded in Form and Meaning

by Stan Mir March 6, 2021March 5, 2021

Can non-representational art reflect social change?

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Philadelphia Museum of Art Hosts Acclaimed Photographer Judith Joy Ross Live in Conversation With Curator Peter Barberie

Avatar photo by Philadelphia Museum of Art February 2, 2021February 1, 2021

The 2021 Arnold Newman Lecture is free with registration and will take place virtually on February 17 at 12pm EST.

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Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Unionize, With 89% Majority Vote

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia August 6, 2020November 5, 2020

The PMA Union will become one of the largest unionized museum workforces in the country.

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Philadelphia Museum of Art Concludes Workplace Assessment After Allegations of Abuse

by Hakim Bishara July 29, 2020November 5, 2020

The results of the examination, shared with staff in an online meeting on Tuesday, July 28, paint a grim picture that implicates all levels of the museum’s leadership.

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Amid Mass Furloughs, Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Schedule Union Election

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia June 26, 2020November 5, 2020

News of the election follows PMA’s announcement that it would cut over 20% of its workforce via furloughs and voluntary separation agreements.

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Report Exposes Physical Abuse Allegations Against Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Former Retail Director

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia February 21, 2020

Employees tell the Philadelphia Inquirer that James A. Cincotta would hit, slap, punch, pinch, and shove his colleagues to the point of bruising and tears, as well as denigrate them verbally, often in public.

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Hundreds of Philadelphia Museum of Art Workers Call for Institutional Accountability on Sexual Harassment

by Hakim Bishara January 15, 2020January 16, 2020

Over 300 former and current PMA employees signed a petition saying the recent sexual misconduct allegations against Joshua Helmer, the museum’s former assistant director of interpretation, “barely scratch the surface.”

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