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I've been at the Brooklyn Museum for about a year-and-a-half now, which is also as long as I've been a resident of our fair… »April 30, 2013: Fund for African American Art: New Acquisition
As many of you know, the Brooklyn Museum launched the Fund for African American Art a few years ago. This ambitious initiative,… »April 25, 2013: Teaching with a 3D Simulacrum
When Shelley and David brought up the idea of 3D printing, my not-so-inner tech geek and my really-blatantly-outer education… »April 18, 2013: Join us at #table17
The Brooklyn Artists Ball is coming up next week and it's an event that we are super excited about; this year's ball celebrates… »April 17, 2013: Replicating a 19th Century Statue with 21st Century Tech
My first exposure to the world of 3D printing took place in 2009 approximately 500 feet under the Earth's surface in a former… »
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Monthly Archives: October 2008
iPod Touch for use in the Gallery
So, the idea was pretty simple: the curators of Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection wanted our visitors to hear directly from the artists in the exhibition, so we set out to create a series of videos … Continue reading
Deinstalling Ghada Amer: Love Has No End
Introduction didactic to Ghada Amer: Love Has No End with packing boxes. Photo by Sarah Giovanniello Last week we watched as the deinstallation of Ghada Amer: Love Has No End brought with it many delicious memories from the past run … Continue reading
Whoa, we won a Forrester Groundswell Award!
This is more than a little overwhelming for us, but we’ve just been notified that the Brooklyn Museum has won a 2008 Forrester Groundswell Award in the Social Impact category. I won’t go into how great the book is—Nina has … Continue reading
Portrait of a Librarian
If you’re one of the few people who still read, you might occasionally reach for a bookmark. The Bureau for Open Culture at Columbus College of Art & Design has issued a set of bookmarks featuring librarians. Portraits on the … Continue reading
Artists’ Books Conference and the Brooklyn Museum
This week there is a contemporary artists’ book conference being held in collaboration with Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair. The conference is being co-organized by representatives from the Brooklyn Museum, MoMA and the New York Public Library as well … Continue reading
Contemporary Take on Landscape Painting
Valerie Hegarty (American, born 1967). Fallen Bierstadt, 2007. Foamcore, paint, paper, glue, gel medium, canvas, wire, and wood. Gift of Campari, USA , 2008.9a–b. Photo courtesy Matt Verzola via Flickr. All Rights Reserved. Hanging off kilter in 21: Selections of … Continue reading
What does it take to Photosynth the Brooklyn Museum?
After seeing this demonstration video, we couldn’t wait to answer this question. Before I get too deep into this, it’s important to keep in mind Photosynth is a new application and Microsoft released it in the early stages so anyone … Continue reading
Who was Ida E. Jackson (1855-1927)?
What we do know about Ida Jackson can be found in an intriguing and beautiful diary found in the Brooklyn Museum Library’s Special Collections. The book came into the Museum’s collection in 1945 from Lawrence B. Romaine, who wrote an … Continue reading
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Gilbert & George take Times Square!
If you’ve been in Times Square lately, you may have seen this already, but we were waiting to post until we had some good photos. Tash put out a call to the Brooklyn Museum Members group on Flickr and Trish … Continue reading
What’s the perfect gift for an artist?
Paint brushes? Too obvious. A Brooklyn Museum Membership? Almost perfect. During the Members Preview & Reception for Gilbert & George this past Thursday, Museum Director Arnold Lehman seems to have gotten it right when he gave the artistic team this … Continue reading
Italian Design on Display
Newly on view on our 4th floor: Italian Post-World War II Design The Brooklyn Museum has been at the forefront of collecting Italian twentieth century design since the mid 1950s. One pivotal event made consumers in the United States aware … Continue reading

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