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Toyin Ojih Odutola. Paris Apartment, 2016–17. Charcoal, pastel, pencil on paper. The Dean Collection, courtesy of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. © Toyin Ojih Odutola. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. (Photo: Joshua White / JWPictures.com)

Art History Happy Hour: Giants

Thursday, March 21, 2024
7–9 pm

Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion and Lobby, 1st Floor

Our season of Art History Happy Hour continues with an evening of lighthearted and informative lectures celebrating Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys.

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Miss Major Griffin-Gracy. (Photo: courtesy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy and Toshio Meronek)

Brooklyn Talks: Miss Major—Canceled

Thursday, April 4, 2024
7–9 pm

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

This program has been canceled. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy—a Stonewall Riots leader, transgender activist, and former sex worker—reads from her memoir, Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary.

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Utagawa Hiroshige. Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi yoru no kei), no. 90 from 100 Famous Views of Edo, 9th month of 1856. Woodblock print. Brooklyn Museum; Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.90. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Art History Happy Hour: 100 Famous Views of Edo

Thursday, April 11, 2024
7–9 pm

Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion and Lobby, 1st Floor

Our season of Art History Happy Hour continues with an evening of lighthearted and informative lectures celebrating Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views of Edo (feat. Takashi Murakami).

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Wine Jar with Fish and Aquatic Plants, 14th century. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration. Brooklyn Museum, The William E. Hutchins Collection, Bequest of Augustus S. Hutchins, 52.87.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Curator Talk: Collecting Ceramic and Stone

Saturday, April 13, 2024
2–4 pm

Arts of Asia and the Islamic World, 2nd Floor

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the process of exhibiting, honoring, and preserving historical art at the Brooklyn Museum.

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Plants to the People, 2022. (Photo: Jhomalys Moran)

Collective Rage for Collective Liberation: Rachel Cargle, Céline Semaan, and Jenn Tardif

Saturday, April 20, 2024
2–4 pm

Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor

This Earth Day, learn about channeling climate rage into collective action in a conversation among Rachel Cargle, Céline Semaan, and Jenn Tardif. 

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Art in the Adult Education and STEAM Literacy Classroom, April 2023. (Photo: Danny Perez)

Pop-Up Talks: Art, Literacy, and Our Changing Communities

Saturday, May 4, 2024
12–1:30 pm

Schapiro Wing and American Art Galleries, 5th Floor

Listen in as adult ESOL students share reflections on art and change in their communities, presenting their own artworks inspired by those on view in the galleries.

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National Book Foundation Presents 5 Under 35 at the Brooklyn Museum, 2023. (Photo: Beowulf Sheehan)

Brooklyn Reads: National Book Foundation Celebrates 5 Under 35

Thursday, May 9, 2024
7–8:30 pm

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Get to know the winners of this year’s 5 Under 35 prize—honoring young, debut fiction writers—with the National Book Foundation.

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Art in the Adult Education and STEAM Literacy Classroom, April 2023. (Photo: Danny Perez)

Pop-Up Talks: Art, Literacy, and the Environment

Saturday, May 18, 2024
1–2:30 pm

Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, 5th Floor

Listen to pop-up talks and view zines by adult students, who will share reflections on art, the environment, and our changing city.

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