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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

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   -   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.

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.

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

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

by Adam Schrader
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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
Labor and Capital   -   Nov 20, 2025 Beyond the ‘starving artist’ myth: New data reveals a workforce defined by the hustle
A man's hand is seen holding a honey container up to a kitchen cabinet, with the contents inside the cabinet projected onto its outer doors

Newly released national data shows artists balancing multiple jobs, contending with financial insecurity and receiving little recognition from cultural institutions.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Nov 12, 2025 Museums in Peril: One-third lose federal support as attendance, revenue slide again
Museums in Peril: One-third lose federal support as attendance, revenue slide again

Museums are in peril, with one-third reporting that the administration of President Donald Trump canceled their federal grants and contracts, and drops in attendance and revenues from weakened economic conditions, a new survey found. The American Alliance of Museums, which started tracking such data to assess the impact of the

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Nov 12, 2025 Museum of the Earth seeks donations to pay mortgage amid deep financial woes
Museum of the Earth seeks donations to pay mortgage amid deep financial woes

The Ithaca-based Museum of the Earth is racing to raise $1 million by year’s end.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Nov 09, 2025 Detroit Institute of Arts workers form union to create ‘welcoming town square’
Detroit Institute of Arts workers form union to create ‘welcoming town square’

The workers are seeking voluntary recognition by museum management on the heels of a similar denial at LACMA.

by Adam Schrader
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