A guerrilla projection by the artist-activist groups Artists for Workers and the Illuminator on the Guggenheim Museum’s facade in 2020. (image courtesy of the Illuminator) Last spring, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the Guggenheim Museum furloughed 92 employees, projecting a steep shortfall in revenue […]
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Newly published public records have revealed the earnings of the Guggenheim Museum’s director, Richard Armstrong, increased by more than $400,000 between 2019 and 2020. The pay increase was awarded despite the museum pledging to cut salaries for its top executives during Covid-19, and while dozens of staff were made redundant […]