Monthly Archives: March 2009

Wikipedia Loves Art: Lessons Learned Part 1: Pre-Competition

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

One of the things we hope to do with the technology posts on the blog is to take a look at our projects and carefully assess them—to look at our successes and failures and to examine complexities that can occur … Continue reading…

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Wrapping Up YouTube Quick Capture for Community Voices

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

This is a follow-up report to my earlier post about utilizing YouTube Quick Capture to create a community voices component for The Black List Project.  The exhibition closed yesterday, so the time seemed right to post an analysis of the … Continue reading…

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“Feminism Now: New Feminist Art Scholarship” Symposium Tomorrow!

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Sarah Giovanniello

Tomoko Sawada (Japanese, b. 1977). Untitled, from the OMIAI series, 2001. Chromogenic photographs. On Loan from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections in honor of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, L2007.8.6.11, .16. Photographs courtesy of the artist and … Continue reading…

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1stfans Twitter Art Feed Artist for April 2009: Jonathan Lethem

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Will Cary

When we announced Mary Temple for the 1stfans Twitter Art Feed in February, one of the things that Shelley mentioned was our collaboration with the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh. If we can find a way to feature artists whose work … Continue reading…

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Man with a Sword

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Angela Ferrante

Having the opportunity to write labels for objects in the collection is one of my favorite things about being an intern at the Brooklyn Museum. One of my labels is for a work entitled “Man with a Sword,” part of … Continue reading…

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The Fertile Goddess: Consultants and Colleagues

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Madeleine Cody

Co-curator Maura Reilly, consultant Ellen Belcher, and the Halaf figurine. During the planning stages of special exhibitions or permanent installations, it is a common practice in museums to involve consultants; scholars with specialized knowledge who assist the curators in researching … Continue reading…

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And now it’s back to research and writing

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Richard Fazzini

The season is over. We finished digging on Tuesday and spent the rest of this week cleaning up, checking notes and taking final photographs. Our major achievements this season were the restoration of the Taharqa Gate and Chapel D and … Continue reading…

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The Caillebotte Merchandise Challenge

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Sallie Stutz

As the head of merchandising at the Brooklyn Museum, it is my responsibility, along with my staff, to keep the Museum shop stocked with a wide range of items that relate to our permanent collections and the special exhibitions that … Continue reading…

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Brooklyn Museum Collection API

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

We are at the sixth month marker of our Collection going online and you may have noticed that we keep adding to the features as we go along. In the first month, we released our tagging game “Tag! You’re It.” … Continue reading…

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This week in conservation at Mut

Posted on March 2, 2009 by John Steele

   During this past week I continued to treat small finds excavated from the west side of the Taharqa gate, and to watch the progress of the stabilization and rebuilding of the south wing of the gate. In his last … Continue reading…

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