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Demonstrators outside the Museum of Modern Art on May 31, 2018, calling for a fair contract for the museum's union workers.
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Museum of Modern Art Staff Protest Outside Fundraising Gala, Demanding a Fair Contract

by Ilana Novick June 1, 2018April 15, 2020

About 100 MoMA workers and their supporters rallied outside the Museum as donors and trustees arrived to draw attention to ongoing contract negotiations that are currently at an impasse.

Demonstrators from Save the Art – Save the Museum protest the sale of Berkshire Museum artworks at Sotheby's
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Amid Protests, Berkshire Museum Sales Bring Over $40M, and Trustees Want More

by Timothy Cahill May 31, 2018June 4, 2018

Sales of the most prized works from the museum’s collection netted over $40 million, but more will hit the auction block if the institution pursues its goal of making $55 million.

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Protesters Occupy Brooklyn Museum Atrium, Demanding Decolonization Commission

by Hrag Vartanian April 30, 2018

Over 60 protesters from 20 community groups rallied at the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden demanding the beloved institutions play a role in safeguarding their local communities.

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Union Workers Rally at Tate Modern, Protesting Corporate Sponsor

by Claire Voon April 17, 2018December 29, 2021

The protest, organized by Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, targeted financial firm Ernst & Young, a major sponsor of shows at Tate.

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Refereeing Trump

by Louis Bury March 17, 2018March 16, 2018

Richard Kraft has classified Trump’s daily actions “in the fashion of a soccer referee,” assigning yellow and red cards to the President’s conduct.

Libérons le Louvre's performance on Monday (photo by Libérons le Louvre)
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Activists Pressure Louvre to Drop Oil Company Sponsorship with Die-in

by Benjamin Sutton March 13, 2018

In a protest performance on Monday, activists collapsed at the foot of “Raft of the Medusa” to call attention to museum sponsor Total’s climate change complicity.

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Protesters at Metropolitan Museum Chant “Shame on Sackler,” Targeting Donors Who Profited from Opioid Crisis [UPDATED]

by Benjamin Sutton March 12, 2018July 24, 2018

On Saturday, members of the group PAIN Sackler and other organizations gathered at the Temple of Dendur to decry the Metropolitan Museum’s association with the Sackler family’s painkiller fortune.

A protest outside the National Gallery of Victoria (photo by Tatjana Plitt, courtesy the Artists' Committee)
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Australian Art Museum Drops Security Firm Accused of Abuse at Detention Centers

by Benjamin Sutton March 5, 2018

The National Gallery of Victoria will no longer work with Wilson Security, though it claims recent protests and petitions did not drive the decision.

Art students and faculty rally for the University and College Union strike
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Faculty at UK Art Schools Strike to Protest Pension Cuts

by Zachary Small March 1, 2018

On Wednesday, despite a snowstorm, students from the Courtauld Institute and other London art schools took part in a national strike organized by the University and College Union.

Protesters opposing Sotheby's planned sale of works from the Berkshire Museum collection
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Opponents of Berkshire Museum Sales Protest Sotheby’s

by Benjamin Sutton November 13, 2017January 5, 2018

After a judge halted the sale of works from the museum’s collection, nearly a dozen protesters gathered in front of Sotheby’s to demand the return of the deaccessioned pieces.

Members of Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement (BHAAAD) protest at the Whitney Museum during Laura Owens's opening on Wednesday, November 8. (screenshot by the author via YouTube)
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Anti-Gentrification Activists Protest Laura Owens Exhibition at the Whitney Museum

by Benjamin Sutton November 10, 2017November 11, 2017

An alliance of activists from Los Angeles and New York highlighted the role of the artist and her dealer, Gavin Brown, in artwashing the gentrification of working-class neighborhoods.

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Prominent German Artists Object to Arms Manufacturer’s Exhibition Sponsorship

by Benjamin Sutton September 20, 2017September 21, 2017

Rheinmetall, a Düsseldorf-based multinational defense company, is one of the sponsors of a sprawling exhibition of German contemporary art that recently opened in Beijing.

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