Category Archives: Design

African Innovations Now Open!

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Kevin D. Dumouchelle

After many months of object review, checklist creation, cross-departmental consultation, budgeting, conservation, design, research, writing, photography, editing, construction, painting, installation, and lighting, I am pleased to report that African Innovations is now open to the public. Our ace Technology team … Continue reading…

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Installation in Progress

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Kevin D. Dumouchelle

One of the many adaptations that moving the African collection into the South Gallery on the First Floor has required has been adjusting to a space that is both smaller and considerably more open than the old Arts of Africa … Continue reading…

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reOrder: Breaking Ground

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Lance Singletary

Some may have seen my post in December about my visit to a drafty construction site in Manhattan to view Situ Studio’s full-scale mock up related to the firm’s reOrder project. The mock up consisted of one of the column … Continue reading…

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reOrder Takes Shape

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Lance Singletary

As many may know Situ Studio, a Brooklyn based architectural and fabrication firm, has been preparing for their installation reORDER, which will be presented here in conjunction with the completed renovation of the Museum’s Great Hall, March 5th 2011. Situ … Continue reading…

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Gearing up to install Who Shot Rock

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Matthew Yokobosky

Since early 2007, I’ve been working with the noted photo historian Gail Buckland to create Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History. It’s hard to believe, now 2 years later, the show’s about to open on … Continue reading…

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Luce Center: Timex Night-Glo on Steroids

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Matthew Yokobosky

Last week we received a query via Twitter asking how we did the lighting in the Luce Visible Storage ▪ Study Center. This was a long-term design project that lasted from 2001 until the Center opened in 2005. At the … Continue reading…

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Share your Michael Jackson Story

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Matthew Yokobosky

Thursday afternoon, around noon, I was doing an advance press interview with Modern Painter magazine about the exhibition Who Shot Rock & Roll, which opens here at the Brooklyn Museum in October. One of the questions the writer asked me … Continue reading…

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Please sit down

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Matthew Yokobosky

You’ve been walking around a museum for several hours looking at hundreds of artworks, and want to take a break and sit for a minute. . . . whether to chat with a friend, rest your feet, or to spend … Continue reading…

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Preparing to Click!

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Lance Singletary

With the opening of Click! rapidly approaching, I have been asked to describe my approach in designing and mounting this particular exhibition. It is important to note that although this exhibition is comprised entirely of photographs, it is not foremost … Continue reading…

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Who Shot Rock will ROCK

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Matthew Yokobosky

On October 23, 2009, we’re launching a major exhibition, Who Shot Rock: Photographers of Rock and Roll. Who Shot Rock will be guest curated by the distinguished photography historian Gail Buckland, who began her career in the early 1970s collaborating … Continue reading…

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Painter Marie Roberts Riffs on Egyptian Sculpture

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Matthew Yokobosky

From Winter to Summer 2008, the Museum’s longterm installation in the 3rd floor Beaux Arts court ambulatory, About Time: 700 Years of European Painting will be taken off view. The reason is that the glass block floor of the court … Continue reading…

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How do you light Light?

Posted on November 16, 2007 by Lance Singletary

A major factor influencing Brushed with Light‘s design was due to the delicate nature of watercolors themselves. Because the works are light sensitive it is required that they be exhibited in low light. This being said, a dim room is … Continue reading…

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