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Investigations and reporting on the economics of cultural work. Covers unions, strikes, working conditions, and pay equity, as well as philanthropy, museum governance, and the flow of capital that shapes the art world.

Labor and Capital

Investigations and reporting on the economics of cultural work. Covers unions, strikes, working conditions, and pay equity, as well as philanthropy, museum governance, and the flow of capital that shapes the art world.

Labor and Capital   -   Dec 24, 2025 London fine book bindery expands with new purpose-built workshop
London fine book bindery expands with new purpose-built workshop

The bindery’s relocation coincides with its 25th anniversary and the release of a new catalogue of fine bindings.

Labor and Capital   -   Dec 19, 2025 Most artists show multiple times a year but still can’t make a living, survey finds
Most artists show multiple times a year but still can’t make a living, survey finds

The survey finds that regular exhibitions and professional activity rarely translate into financial stability.

Art supply retail chain Artist & Craftsman files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Labor and Capital   -   Jan 01, 2026 Art supply retail chain Artist & Craftsman files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The retailer says paying workers became an immediate concern.

by Adam Schrader
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Labor and Capital   -   Jan 01, 2026 Art supply retail chain Artist & Craftsman files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Art supply retail chain Artist & Craftsman files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The retailer says paying workers became an immediate concern.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Dec 24, 2025 London fine book bindery expands with new purpose-built workshop
London fine book bindery expands with new purpose-built workshop

The bindery’s relocation coincides with its 25th anniversary and the release of a new catalogue of fine bindings.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Dec 19, 2025 Most artists show multiple times a year but still can’t make a living, survey finds
Most artists show multiple times a year but still can’t make a living, survey finds

The survey finds that regular exhibitions and professional activity rarely translate into financial stability.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Dec 18, 2025 LACMA workers vote 96% in favor of union representation
LACMA workers vote 96% in favor of union representation

LACMA’s refusal to voluntarily recognize the union pushed the organizing drive into a federally supervised election.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Dec 16, 2025 SVA moves MFA Art Practice program fully online, cuts tuition
Wire sculpture of galloping horses suspended across a white gallery wall in an SVA MFA exhibition.

SVA is removing mandatory summer residencies and lowering per-credit tuition.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Nov 28, 2025 The Art of the Sale: Gift shops become lifeline as museums urge shoppers to buy local
Plush peacock, peacock-patterned mug, and decorative tile displayed on a stool in front of a colorful peacock-themed mosaic wall.

With budgets tightening and costs climbing, museums say buying holiday gifts from their shops directly supports exhibitions, education programs and local artists.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Nov 24, 2025 London’s shuttered Pictorum Gallery has not paid artists or workers, they say
Two colorful paintings of lavish feast tables with lobsters, cakes, fruit, and women holding drinks in vibrant party scenes.

Artists and former staff describe unpaid wages, missing artworks and confusion surrounding the gallery’s abrupt shutdown.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Nov 22, 2025 Philadelphia Art Museum fires back at Sasha Suda in court, names replacement
A man in a blue suit and striped tie stands in front of a tall stone column and beige marble wall, looking at the camera.

The filing came amid Sasha Suda's lawsuit against the museum, accusing the board of firing her "without a valid basis."

by Adam Schrader
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