Category Archives: Event

What’s Happening Today?—The Museum Calendar Gets Upgraded

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Jen Borkowski

If you’ve checked out the Museum’s calendar in the last twelve hours or so, you may have noticed how different (or, really, how not different) it is. That’s right, our calendar now looks like it fits with the rest of … 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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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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Wikipedia Loves Art … Let’s Meetup!

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

What would Erin and I do for love? Freeze, apparently (it was really, really cold and windy getting this pic)! We hear the weather is going to warm up this weekend, so it should be perfect—the Wikipedia Loves Art Brooklyn … Continue reading…

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Burning Down the House Artist Focus: CARRIE MAE WEEMS

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Sarah Giovanniello

Carrie Mae Weems (American, b. 1953). Untitled (Man Smoking/Malcolm X), from the Kitchen Table series, 1990. Gelatin silver print, edition 5 of 5. Brooklyn Museum, Caroline A. L. Pratt Fund, 1991.168 The exhibition Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist … Continue reading…

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An Ongoing Series of Panels on Human Trafficking

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Sarah Giovanniello

In the autumn of 2008, the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art began an ongoing series on the serious and epidemic issue of sex trafficking and child prostitution throughout the world. Part 1: “A Global Epidemic: Human Trafficking in … Continue reading…

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Gilbert & George take Times Square!

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

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…

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What’s the perfect gift for an artist?

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Nitasha Kawatra

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…

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Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh’s Artistic Collaboration

Posted on September 30, 2008 by Sarah Giovanniello

As part of September public programming here at the Center for Feminist Art, Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh stopped by the Forum on Saturday, September 20th to discuss their evolving body of collaborative works with moderator Laurie Ann Farrell, the … Continue reading…

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Carnival is coming!

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Eleanor Whitney

West Indian American Day Parade, 2006. Photo courtesy Sam Liu. All rights reserved. I always know that Labor Day weekend is coming when the the stage for the events and concerts for the West Indian American Day Carnival Festival is … Continue reading…

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A Public Programs Recap for July!

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Sarah Giovanniello

July was a hot month for programming in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art! First off, Ladan Akbarnia, Hagop Kevorkian Associate Curator of Islamic Art here at the Brooklyn Museum, with the assistance of sign language interpreter Jina … Continue reading…

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Ghada Amer’s Political Work

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Sarah Giovanniello

(Ghada Amer (American, born Egypt, 1963) and Ladan S. Naderi (French, born Iran, 1960). I ♥ Paris, 1991. Three chromogenic prints from a series of six. Courtesy of the artists.) A notable section of Ghada Amer: Love Has No End … Continue reading…

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Reflections on June Public Programs in the Center!

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Sarah Giovanniello

June was a rather fruitful month for programs in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art! On Target First Saturday we listened to Ghada Amer talk about her work from the exhibition Ghada Amer: Love Has No End, which … Continue reading…

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Moolaadé: Film and Discussion in the Forum this First Saturday!

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Jessica Shaffer

(Film Still from Moolaadé (2004), directed by Ousmane Sembène.) This month’s Target First Saturday events at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art here at the Brooklyn Museum includes a screening of the film Moolaadé. Directed by Ousmane Sembène, … Continue reading…

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Click! Meetup

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

There’s been overwhelming positive feedback about the idea of a Click! meetup during the upcoming Target First Saturday, so let’s do it! I’ll be giving a Click! gallery talk at 8 p.m., so I’m planning to be around from roughly … Continue reading…

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