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more context w/r/t museum guards, living wages, and essential but often overlooked arts workers

“An Artist an Met Museum Guard Whose New Work Is About Pay: Her Own,” (Emilie Lemakis) | 2022,  New York Times (paywall; I’ll try to get screengrabs up soon)

“Invisible Man: At the Whitney, Fred Wilson Comments on the Status of Museum Guards,” (Fred Wilson) | 2012, Art Observer (open access article; the Whitney has information about the works here)

“Visiting Hours,” a poem by Essex Hemphill (1957-1995), who worked as a museum guard in Washington, D.C. | 1992, Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry, Plume: 1992, screen capture from archive.org)