According to a spokesperson for the group, all gallery attendants and shop associates participated in today's walkout; outside security staff temporarily assumed their duties.
The policy was enacted by leadership as an attempt to take a neutral stance, yet banning the keffiyeh is distinctly anti-Palestinian. A keffiyeh ban not only fails to support our Palestinian affiliated colleagues, but was also immediately weaponized against a Black employee.
In a statement emailed to ARTnews, workers decry the ban as "censorship" and say it is "particularly worrisome" given the life and legacy of sculptor Isamu Noguchi.
Some 50 workers-who, at an institution of roughly 70 employees, represent a majority of its labor force-have signed a petition demanding museum leadership rescind the policy.
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