Category Archives: Contemporary Art

Collaborations, Continued

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Jennifer Bantz

The current exhibition Andy Warhol: The Last Decade features some remarkable paintings that Warhol made with Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente in the 1980s. With the earliest of these, one artist would begin a canvas and then it was circulated … Continue reading…

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Object of the Month: August 2010: Miscegenated Family Album

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Patrick Amsellem

It’s when a work of art is able to communicate on many different levels at the same time – when it can speak to audiences on both an emotional and intellectual level – that I often feel it’s the most … Continue reading…

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Hank Willis Thomas on View

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Patrick Amsellem

Last year I blogged about a great new acquisition, Hank Willis Thomas’ “Unbranded: Reflections in Black by Corporate America.” I am thrilled that we have now installed this series of 41 photographs on the Museum’s fifth floor. It is a … 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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Get a Key, Unlock Doors

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Tessa Hite

Last time you were at the Brooklyn Museum, you probably didn’t notice the hidden door next the portrait of George Washington in the Luce Center for American Art, but now you can see what’s inside once you have a key! … Continue reading…

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Peace, Love and Posters

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Marguerite Vigliante

The other day I started blogging about the museum’s cool collection of psychedelic posters.  These posters were displayed mostly in hippie boutique windows and on the streets of the Haight-Ashbury district in San Francisco from the mid 1960′s through the … Continue reading…

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Terence Koh Performa 09

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Eugenie Tsai

Terence Koh’s Untitled, a stack of thirty-three glass cases, is a striking presence in the Contemporary galleries.  Almost every case contains an artifact that’s been painted white. Some of these date back to the artist’s childhood while others are from … Continue reading…

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Psychedelic Rock Posters from the Vault

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Marguerite Vigliante

With the exhibition Who Shot Rock & Roll:  A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present, opening tomorrow at the museum, I thought now would be a great time to acquaint our readers with the museum’s vintage collection of psychedelic posters.  … Continue reading…

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The Heat is On

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Will Cary

Here at the Brooklyn Museum, we’re never one to shy away from inter-museum competition of all sorts. I’ve blogged before about how art museums and sports have more in common than one might think, and we’ve already seen just how … Continue reading…

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Sun Bleaching in the Sculpture Garden

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Caitlin Jenkins

What is the Brooklyn Museum’s important Arshile Gorky lithograph doing outdoors?  And why is it immersed in water?  I received these questions many times from museum visitors and employees who strolled by my light-bleaching set-up outside the building’s staff entrance … Continue reading…

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Shonibare at Play in the Period Rooms

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Judy Kim

Mother and Father Worked Hard So I Can Play is a work that was made specifically for our period rooms. Last spring when Yinka Shonibare was in New York, he visited the Brooklyn Museum to meet with the relevant staff … Continue reading…

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An Adventurous Painting

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

One of the things that I love about museums that have blogs is how easy it can be is to get a hold of counterparts when you need something.  In the most recent instance of this, we were able to … Continue reading…

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Sarah Baley

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Patrick Amsellem

Sarah Baley’s show “Bois” opened at Collette Blanchard Gallery on the Lower East Side last Thursday night and we are very happy to have this image by Sarah in the collection. Sarah Baley (American, born 1969).  Dug, 2005. From the … Continue reading…

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A visit from artist Seher Shah

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Eugenie Tsai

Seher Shah recently stopped by the Brooklyn Museum to see her large drawing Jihad Pop Progressions 5 – Interior Courtyard 2, 2007 on view in the fourth floor Contemporary galleries. Seher Shah (Pakistani, b. 1975). Interior Courtyard 2, 2007. Graphite … Continue reading…

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Re-making the mess

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

Have you ever had one of those days where everything falls into place? When Eugenie Tsai blogged about Valerie Hegarty’s Fallen Bierstadt back in October, she mentioned we needed to do a follow-up post with our paintings conservator, Carolyn Tomkiewicz.  … Continue reading…

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