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Pictures on your office wall . . . or common areas
By: jpcher Date: March 28, 2023, 3:40 pm
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I'm wondering if you have any restrictions as to what you can
hang on your office wall, or even in common areas such as the
break room.
I'm not talking about anything distasteful or unethical . . .
maybe something like the American Gothic painting that has
honored retired people's faces imposed on the artwork.
Just curious about whether or not you need to have artwork
approved before you hang any image on your office walls.
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Re: Pictures on your office wall . . . or common areas
By: Lilipons Date: March 28, 2023, 5:48 pm
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I probably shouldn’t reply to this because I’ve been retired for
some years. however, I will post because I want to see this
thread get moving.
My place of work was an art museum. As a result, it was
possible to ask for paintings, drawings and other objects from
storage. The library meetiing/lunch room was graced by a huge
Basquiat work. I had a very pretty little Utrillo print beside
my computer.
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Re: Pictures on your office wall . . . or common areas
By: NFPwife Date: March 28, 2023, 6:12 pm
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[quote author=Lilipons link=topic=2480.msg79047#msg79047
date=1680043688]
I probably shouldn’t reply to this because I’ve been retired for
some years. however, I will post because I want to see this
thread get moving.
My place of work was an art museum. As a result, it was
possible to ask for paintings, drawings and other objects from
storage. The library meetiing/lunch room was graced by a huge
Basquiat work. I had a very pretty little Utrillo print beside
my computer.
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What an awesome policy!
At one employer we had a policy of no pics with visible alcohol,
but not much else. I worked remotely for 15 years and was
frequently on camera during the pandemic. No restrictions.
#Post#: 79050--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pictures on your office wall . . . or common areas
By: Aleko Date: March 29, 2023, 2:34 am
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When you say hang pictures, do you mean that literally? In any
office I ever worked in, banging a nail or a screw into a wall
to hang a picture without specific permission was an absolute
no-no. And I’ve been in a few where Blu-tack wasn’t allowed
either, on account of leaving marks on walls.
#Post#: 79051--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pictures on your office wall . . . or common areas
By: jpcher Date: March 29, 2023, 11:37 am
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We do have policy on how the pictures are hung (no nails, etc. a
lot of the walls are cinderblocks anyway).
I'm asking about content.
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Re: Pictures on your office wall . . . or common areas
By: Rose Red Date: March 29, 2023, 12:20 pm
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Our office don't put up "unofficial" artwork on the common walls
except temporary holiday decorations, but anything goes in our
own personal offices/desks/cubicles. I've never seen anything
offensive, political, or controversial.
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Re: Pictures on your office wall . . . or common areas
By: Lilipons Date: March 29, 2023, 2:41 pm
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Because we were using museum property the Art Handlers would
come to install the objects. The Basquiat painting was 12 ft
long. You really need professionals to do that sort of thing.
Yes, Art Handler is a real job title in museums. It requires
considerable physical strength but how else would you get to
work with people like Kehinde Wiley or Dale Chihule?
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Re: Pictures on your office wall . . . or common areas
By: Rho Date: March 29, 2023, 10:45 pm
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Re: Pictures on your office wall . . . or common areas
By: NewHomeowner Date: March 30, 2023, 5:25 am
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I work for the federal government, so there are lots of rules
about what we can and cannot put up in our cubicles, mostly
involving political signs during election times. But
otherwise, the rules are pretty easy to follow.
Of course, now that we're all working from home, the sky's the
limit. As long as I don't have something objectionable hanging
behind me during a zoom meeting, I'm fine.
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Re: Pictures on your office wall . . . or common areas
By: Hmmm Date: March 30, 2023, 8:50 am
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When I did work in an office, we did have some policies limiting
types of artwork, wall/desk decor, and plants in cubicles and
offices. From what I remember most was pretty common sense but
even then you could cross a line without really thinking.
Prohibited items were the basics:
Risque photos* or statues or sayings - I had an employee who was
close friends with Rod Stewart for about 40 years. She had a
collage of photos of her and him together. I had to ask her to
remove a couple of the snapshots as they weren't "office
appropriate.
Anything that depicted violence, racism or sexism - We had a guy
with an NRA sticker on a hard hat displayed in his office. He
was asked to remove it after someone complained. A woman had a
cup with a saying about husbands being idiots. She was asked to
remove it.
No adverts for competitors or even competitors of our clients -
I had a lovely black and white photo of a city skyline. You
could see a sign for a client's competitors in the background
(Gas Station). I was asked to remove it (even though I never had
a client ever come into my office)
No fish or live animals
No plants that bear fruit as if not harvested the rotting fruit
could attract bugs.
But as long as we tried to stay within those guidelines and no
one complained, you could put up just about anything.
I remember one guy had his entire cubicle wall ledge covered in
sports bobble heads, a woman with a bookshelf of beenie babies,
a Sr Director who had at least 12 8x10 framed photos of his show
dogs...
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