10-09-2024 17:37 via artnews.com

Three Workers at New York’s Noguchi Museum Fired after Wearing Keffiyehs on the Job

Three employees at the Noguchi Museum in New York were fired for violating an internal policy that banned keffiyehs, a garment symbolic of Palestinian culture. A fourth employee, the director of visitor services, was also terminated. Artists, art workers, and Queens residents protested the firings on Sunday outside the museum, where they demanded the ouster of its director, Amy Hau.“Kept us silent, kept us down. Fire Amy, shut it down,” keffiyeh-clad demonstrators chanted outside the
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