Guggenheim Employees Unionize

Guggenheim Employees Unionize

Guggenheim Museum workers are now officially part of the Local 30 of the International Union of Operating Engineers, as of a 57-20 vote that took place Thursday evening. The decision came after employees complained about being paid substantially lower wages than those...
Indonesia Gets its First Modern Art Museum

Indonesia Gets its First Modern Art Museum

Indonesia, a country with a rich cultural heritage and deep appreciation for art, will get its first international modern and contemporary art museum next year.  The structure is being built and financed by Haryanto Adikoesoemo, a prominent Indonesian businessman. The...
Miranda July Transforms an Inbox into a Canvas

Miranda July Transforms an Inbox into a Canvas

Miranda July is most known for her filmmaking and writing, which capture provocative and unusual portrayals of humanity. Her first independent feature-length film, You and Me and Everyone We Know, which she wrote, directed, and starred in, won critical acclaim and...
NYC Slowly Coming Back to Life

NYC Slowly Coming Back to Life

The past few days, New York City has been largely shuttered and locked up, as residents prepared for and endured Superstorm Sandy. The damage wreaked by the storm is incredible and still being added up. But Wednesday, October 31, saw the city coming back to life once...