Guggenheim Museum Union Votes to Authorize Strike
With an emphasis on job security after abrupt layoffs last year, negotiations for the second contract have been ongoing since December.
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Strike Looms at Guggenheim as Tourist Season Peaks
Unionized workers at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York voted to strike last week, Artnews reports. According to UAW Local 2110, which represents the institution’s staff, 93 percent of members agreed to the action “if necessary to win a fair contract.” No strike date has been announced as of yet, but the vote…
UK Lawmakers Fault Government’s Oversight of National Museums, Raise Prospect of Admission Fees for Foreign Visitors
The findings build on concerns raised earlier this year by the National Audit Office, which warned that museums could not rely indefinitely on cost-cutting and commercial income to offset years of financial pressure.
These 10 U.S. Landmarks Are At-Risk, World Monuments Fund Says
The nonprofit has named sites including I.M. Pei’s Dallas City Hall and Black Mountain College to its Irreplaceable America list. The post These 10 U.S. Landmarks Are At-Risk, World Monuments Fund Says appeared first on Artnet News.
Waldmüller: Landscapes review – the rule-breaking radical whose ‘delicate fingers’ drove bourgeois Austria wild
National Gallery, London He painted leaves, grass and even bark with the precision of a chef applying a micro-garnish with tweezers. The result? Looking at his work feels a lot like eating your greensFerdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793-1865) is regarded as one of the most important figures in 19th-century Austrian art; an influential and admired teacher,…
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Which 16th-century artist painted on an upside down shopping list? Find out in the Art Fund museum of the year quiz
In the fourth of five quizzes, curators at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge set 10 fiendish questions to test your knowledge of their collections Continue reading…
A Knicks Good-Luck Charm Is Now a Guggenheim Exhibit
The unlikely talisman takes the form of a handbag designed and toted by Jordyn Woods, fiancée of Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns. The post A Knicks Good-Luck Charm Is Now a Guggenheim Exhibit appeared first on Artnet News.
Pace Gallery’s Hall of Mirrors
Despite a tightly controlled narrative, for some workers and artists, the mega-gallery’s downsizing has left more questions than answers.
New Museum and Korea’s Ulsan Art Museum Inaugurate Partnership with Ho Tzu Nyen Commission
The two institutions announced a multi-year partnership as part of the Hyundai Translocal Series, an initiative by Hyundai Motor Company.