April 3rd, 2012 by Shelley Bernstein
Starting today, you can find the Brooklyn Museum in Google Art Project. I’m here in Paris at the launch for the second phase where more than a hundred museums contributed images of works in their collections for the ever-growing database. Read more
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October 18th, 2011 by Joannie Bottkol
For 19th-Century Modern, which opened last month, the conservation department undertook the cleaning and stabilization of many objects, among them the five-piece silvered bronze candlesticks and clock/thermometer set that forms the centerpiece of the exhibition. Read more
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October 3rd, 2011 by Richard Aste
When I arrived at the Brooklyn Museum in the spring of 2010, I began a careful review of the Russian holdings and within months my colleagues and I identified a core group of avant-garde paintings from 1860-1930, which led to the current installation Russian Modern. During this time, we also...
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October 3rd, 2011 by Richard Aste
The Brooklyn Museum celebrates for the first time in over eighty years its renowned collection of modern Russian paintings with its newest installation, Russian Modern. From its first modern Russian art acquisition in 1906—Vasily Vereshchagin’s raw depictions of the Russo-Turkish War, recently...
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September 23rd, 2011 by Jakki Godfrey
In preparation for the exhibition Sanford Biggers: Sweet Funk—An Introspective, conservators took part in preparing and installing Blossom, 2010, a recent acquisition to the collection. Read more
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