The museum’s unions are protesting the sweeping staff cuts that impacted 47 employees after the institution announced a $10M budget deficit.
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Valentina Di Liscia is the News Editor at Hyperallergic. Originally from Argentina, she studied at the University of Chicago and is currently working on her MA at Hunter College, where she received the Brodsky Scholarship for Latin American Art History. Send your inquiries, stories, and tips to valentina@hyperallergic.com.
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Facing $10M Budget Deficit, Brooklyn Museum Will Lay Off Dozens of Workers
The staff cuts will affect both full- and part-time workers across union and non-union roles.
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Union Decries Expected Layoffs at Brooklyn Museum
The museum plans to cut staff to address a growing deficit, according to Local 1502, which represents workers including art handlers and curatorial assistants.
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Artists Wanted to Make a Pro-Palestine Statement. The Brooklyn Museum Said No.
A group of artists asked the museum to alter their artwork displays with keffiyehs after the institution failed to take a “clear public moral stance” on Gaza.
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“It Looks Like a Bomb Exploded”: LA Artists Grapple With Loss as Fires Rage
“I literally only have the clothes I’m wearing, but that’s the same story as thousands of others,” artist Amir Nikravan told Hyperallergic.
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Pacific Palisades Fire Spreads to Getty Villa Grounds
The blaze impacted vegetation surrounding the structure but its staff and collection remained safe, a spokesperson said.
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Art World Dos and Don’ts for 2025
Hyperallergic editors round up the trends and habits we hope will be left behind in 2024 — and those we want to embrace more fully in the new year.
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Sketching the Ubiquitous Face of Luigi Mangione
“I was so disappointed that they had changed him out of his orange jumpsuit,” said courtroom sketch artist Jane Rosenberg.
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Zilia Sánchez, Artist of Sensual Abstractions, Dies at 98
Her sculptural canvases or “erotic topologies” evoked the sinuous rhythms of the natural world and their echoes in the female body.
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Unmissable Gems at Miami’s Art Fairs
These standout artworks caught my eye at Art Basel Miami Beach, NADA, Untitled Art, and the new Open Invitational.
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Miami Fair Asks Gallery to Remove Portrait of Trump
Scope Art Show said the work was taken down because it was not part of L Kotler Fine Art’s original proposal.
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Art Basel Miami Beach Returns With Smoke and Mirrors
An AI app you can’t opt out of and buzzy sales reports shroud political uncertainty and hidden costs.