As the UK emerges from its second lockdown, the Tate announced it will be cutting 12% of its workforc
| As the UK emerges from its second lockdown, the Tate announced it will be cutting 12% of its workforce. The museum explains this devastating decision with stats around visitor numbers and plummeting income. For a pleasant distraction, take a look at the painstaking attention to detail that went into the historical costumes of The Crown and Queen’s Gambit. And don’t miss Dan Schindel’s review of Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, which stars Frances McDormand. Schindel writes that the film “produces an acute sense of realism unlike almost anything else a mainstream movie has been able to create in years.”– Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor | |
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| Mexican Cultural Workers Protest with Memes |
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| | A caption on the left reads, “INBAL when it demands @capitulo_3000 workers to continue working”; on the right: “INBAL when it comes to paying us and respecting our rights.” |
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| A strike was organized this week by the “Capítulo 3000,” a workforce of Mexico’s arts institutions comprised of non-unionized workers considered service providers, not staff, who are paid on a monthly basis and lack the benefits of their colleagues.As the pandemic rages on in Mexico, and in-person actions such as last year’s museum shutdown are less feasible, workers are turning to the digital sphere to make their demands known. |
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| In Other NewsTate has announced a plan to cut 120 full-time jobs at its London galleries through voluntary redundancies. A new virtual exhibition organized by the Brooklyn Museum in collaboration with Netflix pairs costume designs from The Queen’s Gambit and The Crown with related artworks from the Brooklyn Museum’s collection. |
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| Photographers Capture Joy in the Streets |
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