At the Brooklyn Museum, Seydou Keïta’s defining portraits of Mali’s citizens in the 1950s show them breaking free of colonial domination yet still tethered to their cultural history. https://t.co/MaAzsuyM5X
Launching Tomorrow! 🚀 Susan Chen’s “Just Do” and “Streetcars of Desires” will be released tomorrow at 10am EST to newsletter subscribers, and to the public at 1pm EST.
#artforchange#susanchen#brooklynmuseum
For 60 years, Consuelo Kanaga used her camera to confront urgent social issues of her time.
'Catch the Spirit' charts the artist’s groundbreaking work, shedding light on the critical yet overlooked figure.
@brooklynmuseum until 3 August: https://t.co/dbMm2p7UtT
To mark its bicentennial, the Brooklyn Museum highlights the pieces that have shaped its collection—and the foundational art made in the borough. https://t.co/8zt5v2Xue6
"The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition" at @brooklynmuseum features more than 200 Brooklyn-based artists, including work by a dozen SVA alumni. The exhibition is on view through Saturday, January 26, 2025. Learn more: https://t.co/HZ6VyKE6kV
#svanycalumni#brooklynmuseum#exhibition
Stephanie Sparling Williams rehangs Brooklyn Museum’s American art collection, using Black feminist practices to foster a sense of belonging and redefine museum spaces
https://t.co/9ymwKTKlqr
Now, for the first time in nearly 25 years, Elizabeth Catlett is the subject of a proper US retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum. Check out five of her essential works which appear in the show. https://t.co/8RasYPJIOe
Our critic’s 10 most anticipated art shows this season include sublime Sienese art at the Met, Pan-African art throughout Chicago and a 200th anniversary at the Brooklyn Museum. https://t.co/icWVs8a6Dn
The Brooklyn Museum Unveils a Bold Rebrand for 200th Anniversary 🏛️
As the #Brooklyn Museum celebrates its 200th anniversary, it's unveiled a refreshed #brandidentity as bold, vibrant, and multifaceted as the borough itself.
Read the full story on PRINT: https://t.co/vGeCwnriiF
#ElizabethCatlettBkM is on view through January 19, 2025. Learn more: https://t.co/VRq05J6hWE
📷Installation view, Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies, September 13, 2024 - January 19, 2025. Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Paula Abreu Pita)
Now Open… Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies!
Explore the career of sculptor and printmaker, devout feminist, and lifelong social justice advocate, Elizabeth Catlett.
Generous support is provided by @ChristiesInc
Explore “Trailer” in our lobby on September 13.
Learn more about this work as well as Lou’s upcoming solo exhibition “Painting” on view at @lehmannmaupin from September 5–October 12, 2024:
🔗 https://t.co/zjyfRUmDil
🎶 What’s she building in there…? 🎶
There’s an exciting, new addition in our lobby! Created by Liza Lou, “Trailer” (1998-2000) is a 35-foot-long immersive sculpture within a 1949 Spartan Royal Mansion trailer.
📷 Video Courtesy of Katrina Dumas