Press

Why Artists are Struggling to Make a Living From Their Art (and the Activists Fighting Back)

Frieze, February 2019

Pulling Out of the Whitney

PARIS-LA, January 2019

‘Whitney Museum, Shame on You’: Decolonize This Place Holds Town Hall on Warren B. Kanders Controversy

ArtNews, January 2019

W.A.G.E and Other Activist Organizations Call on Artists to Pull Support From Whitney Biennial

ALL ARTS, January 2019

Artists Urged to Boycott Whitney Biennial in Protest Against Tear Gas Manufacturer Links

Frieze, January 2019

W.A.G.E. Calls on Artists to Withhold Works from Upcoming Whitney Biennial

Artforum, January 2019

W.A.G.E. Asks Artists to Demand Payment and Withhold Content from 2019 Whitney Biennial

Hyperallergic, January 2019

Tops & Flops 2018 (Harry Burke)

Spike Magazine, December 2018

Can Artists Organize? The Story of W.A.G.E.

The New Yorker, December 2018

Working Artists and the Greater Economy: Lise Soskolne Interviewed by Cathrin Mayer

Girls Like Us, Issue #11, November 2018

Artists’ campaigns for better pay are picking up pace – but will museums take note?

Apollo, November 2018

Hoping to Alter Industry Compensation Standards, W.A.G.E. Launches Platform for Negotiating Artists’ Fees

ARTnews, October 2018

A new job to unwork at

4Columns, September 2018

This Online Calculator Helps Artists Demand Fair Pay

Frieze, September 2018

W.A.G.E. Introduces Fee Calculator to Help Artists Negotiate Fair Pay

Artforum, September 2018

WAGE Just Released a Calculator That Tells Artists If They’re Getting Paid Fairly for Their Work

Artnet, September 2018

Digital platform aims to help artists get fair pay

The Art Newspaper, September 2018

Tribune de Geneve, September 2018

Esse 94, Fall 2018

The Art of Fair Pay

The Philadelphia Citizen, June 2018

W.A.G.E. Hike

Metalsmith Tech, Spring 2018

Integrity and Nonprofit Values: Examples of Alignment and Misalignment

Nonprofit Quarterly, April 2018

#Paietonartiste

Le Courrier, March 2018

What It Means for ICA Philadelphia to Become the First WAGE-Certified Museum—and Why Other Institutions Should Care

Artnet, March 2018

First W.A.G.E. Certified Museum Speaks Volumes for Individual Artist Support

Grantmakers in the Arts, March 2018

ICA Philadelphia Receives W.A.G.E. Certification

ARTnews, March 2018

ICA Philadelphia Becomes First Museum Certified By W.A.G.E.

Artforum, March 2018

Philadelphia’s Institute of Contemporary Art Is the First Museum Certified by W.A.G.E.

Hyperallergic, March 2018

The Carnegie International Becomes First Biennial-Style Exhibition Certified by W.A.G.E.

Hyperallergic, December 2017

Carnegie International Named First W.A.G.E.-Certified Biennial-Style Show

ARTnews, December 2017

Fifty-Seventh Edition of Carnegie International Is the First Biennial Certified by W.A.G.E.

Artforum, December 2017

Carnegie International Commits To Fair Artist Pay

Artdaily, December 2017

Faut-il payer les artistes?

Le Courrier, August 2017

10 Organizations Helping Artists Build Community

Art511 Magazine, July 2017

"You May Add or Subtract From the Work"

Artforum, April 2017

Squeaky Wheel Joins National Movement To Pay Artists

The Buffalo News, March 2017

A Timeline of Attempts to Fix the Art World

ARTnews, January 2017

The Interventionists: Working Artists and the Greater Economy

Cultured Magazine, November 2016

Advocacy Group W.A.G.E. on What Its First Survey Tells Us About How Artists Are Treated in NYC

Artinfo, April 2012

Likes late-capitalist endgames, hates artists...

Possible Press, Volume 2, Issue 2, May 2011

Labor Movement: Nato Thompson interviews W.A.G.E.

Artforum International, March 2011

W.A.G.E. speeches 

Taipei Biennial 2010, organized by Tirdad Zolghadr, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan, September 2010

WHITNEY WATCH

W.A.G.E. Open Letter

W.A.G.E. rage inside 'Democracy in America'
JamesWagner.com, October 2008