Yearly Archives: 2007

The Mut Expedition 2008 – we’re off!

Posted on December 26, 2007 by Richard Fazzini

The Brooklyn team leaves at the end of the month for another 2½-month season of work at the temple precinct of the goddess Mut in south Karnak. We’re all looking forward to the work, to seeing old friends that we … Continue reading…

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Facebook Pages…continued

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

Following up on this post, we’ve had some great news on a few applications that are now ready for pages. If you’ve got a YouTube account and want to port videos, try YouTube Box by Tim Nilson. The great thing … Continue reading…

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Join the “Goodbye Coney Island?” Flickr Group!

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Eleanor Whitney

I am very excited that Patrick Amsellem, curator of photography, is working with us on a web project in conjunction with the Goodbye Coney Island? exhibition he curated in the Luce Visible Storage-Study Center. We have created a Goodbye Coney … Continue reading…

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Coney Island & Entertainment

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Patrick Amsellem

Coney Island has a long history as a place for entertainment. Even before the creation of the three great amusement parks around 1900, the area was enormously popular with visitors looking for fun. The first inn, Coney Island House, was … Continue reading…

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The Schenck Houses – their story through the Museum Library and Archives

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Tara Cuthbert

Drawing by Daniel M. C. Hopping. From the book American interiors, 1675-1885: a guide to the American period rooms in the Brooklyn Museum by Marvin D. Schwartz. Museum libraries and archives are rich storehouses of textual and visual information. This … Continue reading…

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Newly on View: Herald Tribune Owls

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Jakki Godfrey

The next time you enter the Grand Lobby of the museum, make sure you cast your eyes upwards. In one of the openings in the old brick façade you will find two newly on view objects. They are a Pair … Continue reading…

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More Global Feminisms Press

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Sarah Giovanniello

More international press about the Global Feminisms exhibition from Bulgaria! Diana Popova, “Boryana Rossa: Bio (art) and Cyber (Feminism),” Kultura Weekly, #33 (2472), October 3, 2007. This is an interview with artist Boryana Rossa, who talks about Global Feminisms, the … Continue reading…

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Indianapolis prepares for “To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum”

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Edward Bleiberg

A team from the Indianapolis Museum of Art including curator Theodore Celenko, designer Tim Hilldebrand, director of new media Daniel Incandela, and new media project administrator Despi Mayes, Gregory Smith, Technical Designer, and Naeema Jackson, formerly in the Education Department … Continue reading…

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Goodbye Coney Island?

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Patrick Amsellem

Last week we finished the installation of the small photography show Goodbye Coney Island? in the Luce Alcove on the fifth floor of the Museum. When I was told over the summer that this space would become available, I immediately … Continue reading…

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New addition

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Ann K. Webster

People approaching the Museum from the Parking lot or Washington Avenue may have noticed construction materials and machinery behind a green fence. The Museum is building a new addition which will provide space for art delivery, packing, and crating. Once … Continue reading…

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Facebook Pages

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

We just spent some time setting up Facebook pages for both the Brooklyn Museum and the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Pages are a new feature that Facebook released on November 6th. Already the page structure is much … Continue reading…

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10,000

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

We’ve been on MySpace for a while now and we just confirmed our 10,000th friend request (above). I thought a look back would be in order. We were lucky early on. Ellis G., a Brooklyn-based artist, had a lot of … Continue reading…

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How do you light Light?

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Lance Singletary

A major factor influencing Brushed with Light‘s design was due to the delicate nature of watercolors themselves. Because the works are light sensitive it is required that they be exhibited in low light. This being said, a dim room is … Continue reading…

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Italian Artists in New York

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Federica Mascagni

Two weeks ago, while the City was getting ready for the New York City Marathon, an event that gathers many people from Europe, I visited the exhibition Senso Unico at PS1 in Queens, New York. The show presents eight Italian … Continue reading…

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Exploring Popular Culture in the Caribbean Through Music

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Eleanor Whitney

  Art handlers installing Miguel Luciano’s Platano Pride and Miguel Luciano himself. Over the past few months of teaching university students in Infinite Island, I have found that students instantly respond to works of art that incorporate ideas and images … Continue reading…

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