"Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm" Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY, May 1st - August 18th, 2024 As The Beatles captured the hearts of millions, founding member Paul McCartney captured it all on his Pentax camera. Traveling from the UK to New York - just as "the boys" did six decades ago…
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"Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys" Brooklyn Museum February 10 to July 7, 2024 In an unparalleled union of art and music, the exhibition "Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys" ushers in a new era of appreciation for Black diasporic artists. Opening at…
Spike Lee: Creative Sources October 6, 2023–February 4, 2024 The Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Pkwy Brooklyn, NY 11238 The Brooklyn Museum has announced a major exhibition exploring the people, places, and ideas that inspired celebrated filmmaker Spike Lee. Spike Lee: Creative Sources will be on display from October 6, 2023 to February 4, 2024 in…
Thierry Mugler: Couturissime November 18th, 2022–May 7th, 2023 Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, New York 11238 “I always felt fashion wasn’t sufficient in itself,” Manfred Thierry Mugler once said. “My only true vocation is the stage.” The statement might have seemed strange had it come from almost any other fashion couturier. But for anyone…
Brooklyn Museum Thierry Mugler: Couturissime November 18th, 2022 – May 7th, 2023 The Brooklyn Museum is set to unveil Thierry Mugler: Couturissime on November 18th in what will be the global exhibition's United States debut. A retrospective culmination of more than 130 of the late French visionary's haute couture designs, stage costumes, photographs, films, and unpublished…
The Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238 The Brooklyn Museum has announced highlights of its 2022 exhibition schedule. Of the schedule, Anne Pasternak, Shelby White, and Leon Levy Director, Brooklyn Museum, says, “We’re presenting an impressive array of exhibitions this year, from topical collection activations to exciting artist installations.” This year will mark…
Andy Warhol, "Revelation" The Brooklyn Museum, NY November 19, 2021–June 19, 2022 Although Andy Warhol is one of the most celebrated and recognizable artists of the twentieth century, his Byzantine Catholic upbringing and its profound impact on his life and work remain a lesser-known facet of his career. This exhibition seeks to examine the iconic…
Baseera Khan “I Am an Archive” Brooklyn Museum October 1, 2021–July 10, 2022 The Brooklyn Museum has announced the opening of UOVO Prize winner and emerging Brooklyn-based artist Baseera Khan's new exhibition “I Am an Archive,” on October 1st, 2021. This marks the first solo museum exhibit for Baseera Khan, whose multi-faceted work utilizes a wide variety…
Andy Warhol: Revelation The Brooklyn Art Museum From November 19, 2021 - June 19, 2022 As the first exhibition to examine Andy Warhol's Catholic faith in relation to his boundary-breaking practice, Andy Warhol: Revelation, will be on view at The Brooklyn Museum from November 19, 2021 to June 19, 2022. In more than 100 works,…
The Slipstream: Reflection, Resilience, and Resistance in the Art of Our Time The Brooklyn Museum From May 14, 2021 – March 20, 2022 From May 14, 2021 through March 20, 2022, The Slipstream: Reflection, Resilience, and Resistance in the Art of Our Time will premiere at the Brooklyn Museum, featuring an exhibition that contemplates the…
KAWS: WHAT PARTY The Brooklyn Museum From February 26 - September 5th, 2021 As the first New York Institution to present a survey of contemporary artist KAWS's decades-long career, the Brooklyn Museum is presenting KAWS: WHAT PARTY sponsored by Dior from Feb. 26 to Sept. 5, 2021. Brian Donnelly, professionally known as KAWS, is set…
Earlier this week, the Brooklyn Museum announced its plan to sell 12 historical paintings in order to pay for the maintenance of their full collection. The auctions will take place on October 1 and 15 at Christie’s, and includes lauded works by Courbet, Corot and Cranach, amongst others, with works ranging in estimated value from…
Reproductive Rights Film Festival November 8th - 9th The Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY The Brooklyn Museum introduces a film festival devoted to reproductive rights, a highly politicized topic in 2019. It's been more than 4 decades since Roe v. Wade passed, and yet the conversation surrounding a women's right to choose if,…
Mark your calendars! The Brooklyn Museum has an exciting exhibit coming up in March 2020 that is certain to draw a crowd as huge as the legendary night club on display. The subject is the iconic Studio 54, which opened in 1977 and quickly became a staple of New York City nightlife. People from all…
Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall On view: May 3 - December 8, 2019 Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, a six-day clash between police and civilians over the routine raiding of the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New…
One: Titus Kaphar On view: June 21-October 13, 2019 The Brooklyn Museum "Titus Kaphar's Shifting the Gaze reimagines a seventeenth-century Dutch painting to question dominant historical narratives in Western art." Titus Kaphar is a contemporary American painter whose work recasts and reimagines the individuals who have often been marginalized or left out of traditional Western…
TOURMALINE'S "Salacia" The first High Line Originals film commission May 10 – July 3, 2019 Daily, beginning at dusk On the High Line at 14th St. Artist, filmmaker and activist Tourmaline presents the first work in High Line Art’s newest format: "High Line Originals." Part of High Line Channels, High Line Originals marks the first…
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power The Brooklyn Museum September 14, 2018 - February 3, 2019 A resurgence of political awareness has swamped our country and art has come along with it. "Soul of A Nation: Art in the age of Black Power," brings together more than 60 artists and…
This year's Brooklyn Artist's Ball, the annual fundraising gala for the Brooklyn Museum, raised over $1.5 million to support the institution's exhibition and education programs. On April 17th, over 700 guests from the art, philanthropy, business and music worlds gathered at the museum, this year decked out to match its buzzy David Bowie retrospective, to…
Brooklyn Artists Ball April 17th, 2018, 6pm - 12am Brooklyn Museum: 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY Purchase Tickets HERE The Brooklyn Artists Ball, the annual fundraising gala at the Brooklyn Museum, will host an immersive David Bowie-themed dinner and dance party celebrating the creative community and "David Bowie is," the museum's buzzy exhibit on view…