What's Up With Museum Layoffs, Union Problems, and Untouchable Endowments?

This episode, in our ongoing series tracking the impact of COVID-19 on the art community, I talk to the Hyperallergic news team (Jasmine Weber, Valentina Di Liscia, and Hakim Bishara) about the latest Pandemic-related news, including why museums can't dip into their endowments (hyperallergic.com/556133/why-museums-cant-alwa…)as easily as we might like, the Guggenheim's decision to furlough 92 employees (hyperallergic.com/554195/guggenheim-furloughs-…), why some union supporters are crying foul with the recent art (hyperallergic.com/553779/uovo-art-handlers-fil…) world layoffs (hyperallergic.com/554727/frye-art-museum-covid…). We also discuss the impact of the cancellation of Indian Market (hyperallergic.com/553436/largest-native-arts-m…) in Santa Fe, an artist fundraiser for Elmhurst Hospital (hyperallergic.com/554196/pictures-for-elmhurst) in Queens, how artists are helping to decorate hospitals (hyperallergic.com/553399/artists-decorate-hosp…), and even some (hyperallergic.com/555585/council-to-re-open-am…) memes (hyperallergic.com/554171/anthony-fauci).
A special thanks to Nathan Fox for letting us use his track “I Can’t Hang.” To learn more, check out his Facebook page (facebook.com/NathanFoxMusic).
And a thank you to Gina Volpe for allowing us to use a short clip of her catchy song "Don't Touch Your Face (youtube.com/watch?v=kfhajHlw5i0)," and for answering my questions about her inspiration.
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