“Mr. Walker, who migrated from Miami,” has forced me to take this step as a result of the stable proud behavior and expressive culture of the museum, the lack of resources and authority to provide for the established goals. “The situation I have described to you is unbearable,” the development director wrote in 2016.
Many former employees say that if conditions had been different, they would have been happy to make a career there.
“Management thinks turnover is good, that they give people a start in the art world,” said Lily Bartle Ruttle, the museum’s editor, who helped organize the union and left in April, less than two years later. “But the reality is, people are trapped in a low-paying situation and they are forced to come and go quickly. You’ll email someone and you’ll realize they’ve been out for weeks. I think in my last six months of working there I got about 13 new phone listings. “
The museum said it did not have a high turnover of turn – and its attrition rate was normal for a museum of its size:
Mr. Phillips is widely respected by many artists and art professionals.
“I’ve known Lisa for over three decades and I think she’s one of the best director curators of her pay generation,” said Adam Weinberg, director of the Whitney Museum of American Fine Arts, where Mrs. Phillips spent 23 years. “He always puts artists and art first. I know former and current staff who just have good things to say. “
Kern Wong, deputy director, and vice president of strategic partnerships, Reagan L. Some employees, such as Gracie, have come forward in recent days to express their support for Mr. Phillips. In an interview Jennifer Haslin, the former retail director of the New Museum, also described a very positive experience. There, nine-year-old curator Margot Norton said in an email that she had found “incredible opportunities” made possible by the guidance and support of Lisa Phillips and Massimiliano Gioni, the artistic director.
