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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Source: Artforum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York is the latest major art institutions to furlough workers and go digital, Artforum reports.
“All members of our community are now experiencing the sudden, unfathomable impact of the coronavirus outbreak across the world,” Richard Armstrong, the Guggenheim Museum director, told Artnews. “Despite the many temporary obstacles we now face, I am confident that we will come through this together, emerging newly united.”
The Guggenheim Museum hopes to reopen in July and expects to lose more than $10 million from ticket sales and cancelled events. The museum took a decision to furlough 92 staffers and cut salaries to 85 workers who earn more than $80,000 a year.
Other museums that cut their expenses and workforce amid the pandemic are the Museum of Modern Art, the New Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams and the Carnegie Museums in Pittsburgh.
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