Arts Foundations Launch $1.25 M. Fund for Art Workers as Layoffs and Furloughs Continue

The coronavirus crisis has impacted nearly every facet of the cultural sector, with institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum in New York laying off employees in the face of financial hardship and working artists reporting huge financial losses because of the pandemic. To provide support to workers in the cultural sector, four New York–based foundations have teamed up to establish a grant program offering $1.25 million in aid.
The Willem de Kooning Foundation,