Monthly Archives: July 2010

1stfans Twitter Art Feed Artist for August 2010: Danny Tuss

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Nitasha Kawatra

This month on the Twitter Art Feed, we’re presenting the work of Brooklyn Museum staff member, Danny Tuss. Danny is assistant to the Chief Curator and, on a daily basis, works as a curatorial assistant for all of the curatorial … Continue reading…

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An Artist and his Model

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Richard Aste

So, now that you know Rossetti’s Silence is on view for a limited time in the Museum’s Beaux-Arts Court, let’s enhance your visit by getting to know the artist, his model, and the story behind this late Victorian masterpiece. Dante … Continue reading…

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Silence on View

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Richard Aste

Beginning today, Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Silence, one of the Brooklyn Museum’s finest European works on paper, will be on view for the first time in nearly 40 years in the third-floor Beaux-Arts Court (the European paintings gallery). Dante Gabriel Rossetti … Continue reading…

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Brooklyn Museum Mobile Web on iPhone and Droid

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Shelley Bernstein

Today we are releasing apps for both iPhone and Droid that, simply, wrap our mobile website.  If we have a mobile website, you may be asking why we felt we needed to release apps that basically do the same thing.  … Continue reading…

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The Egyptian Papyrus “Book”

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Toni Owen

Once a papyrus sheet was formed it was joined together with other sheets to form long rolls. The papyrus roll format dates back to ~3,000 BCE and there is little evidence individual sheets were ever used alone. Smaller papyrus documents … Continue reading…

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Making Papyrus in the Conservation Lab

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Caitlin Jenkins

Before we began treatment on the Book of the Dead of the Goldworker of Amun, Sobekmose papyrus scroll, the staff of the paper conservation lab decided to make our own papyrus sheets.  As with any conservation treatment that we do, … Continue reading…

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Brooklyn’s Finest: Keith Duquette

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Nitasha Kawatra

This month’s edition of Brooklyn’s Finest features Keith Duquette, a longtime staff member (23 years!) whose role as Library Preservation Associate ensures the physical well-being of many rare and fragile holdings of the Museum’s Libraries and Archives. What he does … Continue reading…

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Object of the Month: July 2010: A Little Taste Outside of Love

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Eugenie Tsai

It’s big and sparkly like the proverbial girl’s best friend, but that’s not the only reason I like Mickalene Thomas’s, A Little Taste Outside of Love. Mickalene Thomas (American, born 1971). A Little Taste Outside of Love, 2007. Acrylic, enamel … Continue reading…

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Shout(Out) Brooklyn! A Visitor-Curated Target First Saturday

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Shelley Bernstein

Last month, our Adult Programs team came to me asking how we could help create a visitor-curated Target First Saturday.  It was one of those situations where the web team didn’t have a ton of time, but the idea of … Continue reading…

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