Community: Comment: Connecting Cultures: A World in Brooklyn

At first glance the objects in this room look hodgepodge, and after looking closer and reading some of the info posted beneath each work the collection looks... hodgepodge! The thesis seems a little on the weak side, which is disappointing because as individual pieces the works are very strong. I don't understand why this is a "collection" in any significant way, and posting open ended questions challenging us to make the connections between the pieces ourselves was underwhelming and felt like a cop out. It was entertaining to walk the exhibit aimlessly as it felt like a taste of a whole museum's offerings in one place, but I wanted a clever tie-in to get me excited and to think about the exhibit as a whole, instead of as the motley piecemeal I found it to be.

The Connecting Cultures exhibit is wonderful. It draws out what's truly special about Brooklyn-that the whole World is on the block. Thank You for bringing everyone together.

what stood out to me the most was the level of craftsmanship that is displayed throughout the centuries

After appreciating the displays like the room of the king or rich in the past, we can reconsider about how art system works or what art is. Even though we can see the objects with its context, this exhibition also brings some surrealism-like effect on our mind: encounter of different things that can't meet each other in its ordinary life. Well,,,, this exhibition has a lot of things we can talk.......Interesting.....

As an intern at a top art museum, this visit was disappointing. The labels are hard to find, read, don't contain enough info. The metal flipping labels are also annoying and loud. The very tall glass stand containing sculptures is a silly idea, because I could only see the items in the first two cases. The rest were dark and obscured. Overall, the exhibit is way too dark as well. I am a young person with great eyesight, and I was squinting painfully at everything and still not seeing it correctly. You have a wonderful collection, but the overall presentation is hideous and does not treat the artwork well.