Art Workers

The Eiffel Tower has reopened to visitors after a six-day strike by workers led to lost revenue of about $2 million. Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE), the agency responsible for operations at the monument, announced that…

Employees at the Minneapolis Institute of Art have staged a picket outside the facility amidst a unionization battle. In 2021, temporary workers at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA), who call themselves ‘casuals’, joined the Office…

A large group of British workers from various organizations, including British Museum, will begin their strike from next month. Civil servants at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) and employees at the British…

During the VIP opening of the Whitney Biennial 2022 edition, the Whitney workers staged a protest for better rights. On the night of the opening, when the temperature was below freezing, about three dozen Whitney Museum workers stood…

The workers at the Whitney Museum finally succeeded in joining a union, after months of effort. The workers at the museum had an almost unanimous vote of 96-1 in favor of joining the Local 2110. The group is a division of the United Auto…

Rajshree Solanki became the first recipient of the Registrar of the Year award. But the Hirshhorn Museum registrar won hearts with her decision about the prize money. At the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, situated in Washington…

Unions, layoffs, closure and protests. The Marciano Art Foundation in Los Angeles was once considered the peaceful haven for the artworks obtained by its founders. In past one week, it has turned into a place of chaos. The…

As the calls for greater transparency in museums gain momentum, more and more workers in the industry are seeking to form unions of their own. The latest to join them was the Marciano Art Museum in Los Angeles. Around six dozen part-time…