Monthly Archives: October 2007

The Guerrilla Girls are honored by Women in the Arts 2007

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Angela Oh

In 2002, the Brooklyn Museum’s Community Committee established a tremendous award to celebrate women artists, patrons, curators, collectors, and critics whose contributions have had a positive impact in the areas of arts and culture. Keeping in step with the aims … Continue reading…

Posted in Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Event | Tagged | Leave a comment

Demetrios gets CT scanned

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Tina March

Photo by Adam Husted Sorry for the delay in this post, but it was a long process organizing the CT scans. When we unpacked Demetrios, we were happy to find that the packing supported him well, and he had survived … Continue reading…

Posted in Conservation, Egyptian Art | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Up Close and Personal – Statues and Their Meaning

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Angie Park

The first time I came across the statues that sit along the top of the building was when I digitized images of the Museum’s exterior as an intern in the Archives. It was great to see some of the early … Continue reading…

Posted in Libraries & Archives | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Schenck Re-Installation 2007

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Lisa Bruno

Slideshow created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Having trouble seeing the slideshow? Photos are also on Flickr. These slides show the Jan Martense Schenck House as it is being installed in its new location on the 4th floor. In the first few … Continue reading…

Posted in Conservation, Decorative Arts | Tagged | 2 Comments

Resisting Images: Women and Gender Studies Film Series 2007-2008

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Angela Oh

Information for those who are interested in women making film and video art. Rutgers University is running Resisting Images: Women in Film, Women’s and Gender Studies 2007-2008 Film Series, which explores women’s past and present roles in creating films that … Continue reading…

Posted in Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Event | Leave a comment

Video entries are rolling in…

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

Entries for our Visitor Video Competition are starting to roll in. We’ve created a YouTube playlist which can be seen in this post and we will keep updating it as entries are submitted. If you were filming that night and … Continue reading…

Posted in Technology | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Pandora’s Book

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Deirdre Lawrence

If Marshall McLuhan were a gypsy and his teacup the art world, the tea leaves would be artists’ books. —Ingrid Sishey (National Arts Guide, vol. 1, no.1, Jan-Feb. 1979, p.2-3) This quote resonates so well with me as it points … Continue reading…

Posted in Contemporary Art, Libraries & Archives, Recent Acquisitions | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Women in Modernism Colloquium

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Angela Oh

Women in Modernism Colloquium at The Museum of Modern Art October 25, 2007 Do you still believe there is such a thing as all men’s field? Do you count architecture as one of them? If you do, think again, and … Continue reading…

Posted in Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Event | Leave a comment

Art:21 @ Brooklyn Museum

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Eleanor Whitney

As an educational programmer I am always on the lookout for organizations with which we can collaborate to bring innovative and diverse programs to the Museum. I am especially excited about our upcoming film programs this weekend that are a … Continue reading…

Posted in Contemporary Art, Event | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Lights, Camera…..

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

On another Target First Saturday note, the Visitor Video Competition was shooting and we spotted a bunch of cameras, which was pretty exciting. From what we were seeing, it looks like we may have a variety of entries from folks … Continue reading…

Posted in Technology | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Twitter?

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

What’s wrong with this picture? As it turns out, a lot. At the October 6th Target First Saturday, we decided to experiment with Twitter and this post will take you through the first wave of our experience. As with all … Continue reading…

Posted in Technology | Tagged | 17 Comments

Purchasing a Major Work of Art for the Collection – part VI

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Joan Cummins

The search for an object to purchase in honor of the soon-to-be-retired Curator of Asian Art began more than eight months before I arrived at the Brooklyn Museum, so I’m a little foggy on all the details of the earliest … Continue reading…

Posted in Arts of Asia, Newly on View, Recent Acquisitions | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

Feminist Symposium: “The F Word”

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Angela Oh

The F Word is an all-day symposium being held Friday, October 26 at the Alexander Library Teleconference Room. Registration is required, free and open to all disciplines. Feminism in the visual arts remains as fiercely contested today as it was … Continue reading…

Posted in Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Event | 2 Comments

Conserving Watercolors: Under the Microscope

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Rachel Danzing

In my previous post, I discussed how an adhesive introduced with an ultrasonic mister can be used to stabilize paint layers. Now you can see that close up as illustrated here of another watercolor in the exhibition, Quarry by William … Continue reading…

Posted in American Art, Conservation | Tagged , | 1 Comment