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Tag Archives: exhibitions
On-the-Road Research, or What Curators Do On Their Summer Vacations
One of the projects I’ve been working on is Fine Lines: American Drawings from the Brooklyn Museum, an exhibition of about 100 of our pre-1945 American drawings and sketchbooks scheduled to open in March 2013. At this stage, I’m researching … Continue reading
Elvis is in the building
Elvis is at the Brooklyn Museum and not where you’d expect to find him—in the new installation of the Museum’s African galleries, African Innovations. Brooklyn’s Elvis is a ceremonial mask of the Nyau Society of the Chewa peoples, who reside … Continue reading
Posted in Arts of Africa, Conservation
Tagged africaninnovations, collection, exhibitions, reinstallation
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Please Touch
Textiles are a crucial element to the story I wanted to tell in African Innovations. Immensely varied in media, form, content and use, textile arts are found in every corner of the continent. They have played important roles in the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts of Africa
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Installation in Progress
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
Posted in Arts of Africa, Design
Tagged africaninnovations, collection, Design, exhibitions, reinstallation
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History Continues with the Cold War, Vietnam, and Early Apple Computer Kiosks
This is the final post in a tour through the Museum’s historical exhibition press releases, taking us up to the 1980s. If you’ve enjoyed this peek into history, you’re encouraged to visit the Museum’s Exhibitions database, where you can browse … Continue reading
Press Releases from World War II and beyond
The previous post on the Museum’s recently completed digitizing of historical exhibition press releases highlighted some excerpts from the 1920s, 30s, and early 40s. There are many interesting releases from World War II and its aftermath—so many, in fact, that … Continue reading
The 20th Century through the Museum’s Press Releases
We’ve just completed digitizing and making available on our website the hundreds of exhibition press releases the Museum has issued since the 1920s. Though it’s almost always the case that production and presentation of objects is influenced by the historical … Continue reading
Patricia Cronin and Harriet Hosmer Meet Across Generations
In the Herstory Gallery, Patricia Cronin’s luminous watercolors series has captivated many visitors since the exhibition opened last June. This is the last weekend to catch the wonderful Patricia Cronin: Harriet Hosmer, Lost and Found in the Herstory Gallery before … Continue reading
Jen DeNike and PERFORMA are “happening” at First Saturday
Academic Programs Coordinator Eleanor Whitney and artist Jen DeNike conduct a walkthrough of the Rubin Pavillion and Lobby in preparation for TWIRL. For months, the city has been eagerly anticipating PERFORMA, the performance art biennial that is literally “happening” all … Continue reading
The Fertile Goddess: Endings and Beginnings, Part II: Planning
Last summer we met in storage for a “bonding” session with the figures we selected from the collection for the show, where Maura, Ellen Belcher (our consultant), and I talked at length about each individual object. Much of what came … Continue reading
The Fertile Goddess Comes to a Close
Excavated examples of figurines such as this one from northern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and Syria, made during the Late Halaf Period in the late fifth millennium B.C.E., have been found, often in groups, among domestic refuse. We were thrilled to … Continue reading
The Fertile Goddess: Consultants and Colleagues
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
Posted in Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Event
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Burning Down the House Artist Focus: CARRIE MAE WEEMS
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
Burning Down the House Artist Focus: NAYLAND BLAKE
Curator Maura Reilly installing Nayland Blake’s Untitled, 2003 in the galleries of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art with Supervising Maintainer Filippo Gentile, and Art Handler, Jason Grunwald. New York-based artist and Nayland Blake is without a doubt … Continue reading
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