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| DATE | 2020-04-22 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] unrepairable destruction to our culture
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https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/met-museum-layoffs-coronavirus-1202684559/
Metropolitan Museum of Art Lays Off 81 Employees Amid Financial Uncertainty
Alex Greenberger
April 22, 2020 1:30pm
View of the Metropolitan MET Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York said it could be closed until
July and plans to loss $100 million in revenue.
William Volcov/Shutterstock
Facing a period of turmoil amid a coronavirus closure, the Metropolitan
Museum of Art has laid off 81 employees in its visitor services and
retail departments. The museum had previously said that it expects a
shortfall of $100 million in revenue and that it will most likely remain
closed through July. This round of layoffs is the museum’s first since
it temporarily shuttered in March.
Alongside the layoffs came news that executives at the museum would take
pay cuts. Max Hollein, the museum’s director, and Daniel H. Weiss, its
president and CEO, will take voluntary cuts of 20 percent, and 11 others
in senior positions will take 10 percent cuts.
“Our two primary objectives continue to be doing all that we can to
support the health and safety of our community and to protect the
long-term financial health of the museum,” Weiss said in a statement.
“The arts and culture community is facing a crisis of unprecedented
magnitude in our lifetimes. On this our 150th anniversary year, we take
strength from the resilience and vision that built our beloved
institution. While we are not immune from the impact of this pandemic,
the Met is a strong and enduring institution and will remain one.”
Earlier this month, the Met said it would pay all employees’ salaries
through May 2. That deadline was extended from April 4, the date through
which the museum originally said it would guarantee continuing making
payments to employees.
The Met now joins other major New York museums that have laid off
employees. The Whitney Museum cut 76 employees in April and said it
expects to lose $7 million, and the Museum of Modern Art terminated the
contracts of all freelancers in its education department. Meanwhile, the
Guggenheim Museum and the New Museum have both furloughed a significant
percentage of employees, as has MoMA PS1, which now only has 17
full-time employees remaining on its staff and is facing what its
director recently called the “most significant financial crisis” in its
history.
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