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New tickets are now available for our Pints and Prints classes on May 19 happening at 6 pm and 8 pm!
We’ve added space to this exciting event, where you can grab a pint and create your own Pop art print inspired by #WarholRevelation in this collagraph class led by teaching artist Sam Kelly.
Tickets are $35 ($25 for Members) and include after-hours admission to Andy Warhol: Revelation, art materials in your own Brooklyn Museum tote, and a complimentary drink. Get your ticket: https://bit.ly/34OIkTF
Visitors at Andy Warhol: Revelation. Brooklyn Museum November 19, 2021–June 19, 2022. (Photo: Jonathan Dorado, Brooklyn Museum. Artworks by Andy Warhol © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Used with permission of @warholfoundation) #warholfoundation
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Heartbeat of the family. Originator of traditions. Our first friend. For all the joy, patience, and passion our mothers show us and instill in us, we are grateful. With Mother’s Day approaching, the #BkMShop has creative, cozy, and calming gift options for anyone in need of ideas:
Aya Paper Co: gifts and greeting cards made with sustainability and authenticity in mind
Mater Soap: minimalist and mindful soap products to nourish mind and body
Calhoun & Co: blankets, decor, tea towels, and more with a warm sense of humor
BkM Shop: a snug staple to show Brooklyn pride.
️ Jiggy Puzzles: joyful jigsaw puzzles fit for framing.
Shop these gift ideas and more for Mother’s Day here: https://bit.ly/3Lrqbv4
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Andy Warhol was a student at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh when he created this watercolor for an assignment on observation.
The unique linework in this depiction of the lived-in Warhola family living room is notable, as is the metal crucifix atop the fireplace. The crucifix, which is also on display in #WarholRevelation, had been mounted on the funeral casket of Andy’s father, Andrej Warhola, in 1942—making this a rare reference in art to the artist’s father.
Get to know the artist behind the art in Andy Warhol: Revelation, on view through June 19.
Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987). Living Room, 1948. Watercolor on paper, 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm). The Paul Warhola Family Collection. © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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On May 10 at 3 pm, our Verbal Description Tour will explore communal healing and learn about Guadalupe Maravilla’s personal story of migration, illness, and recovery in #GuadalupeMaravillaBkM. Pictured here is one of the artists Disease Throwers, adorned with objects collected from a ritual of retracing the artist’s original migration route from El Salvador.
Blind individuals and folks with low vision are invited to join us for this free, virtual event. We only ask that you register in advance, as space is limited.
Installation view, Guadalupe Maravilla: Tierra Blanca Joven, April 8, 2022 - September 18, 2022. Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Danny Perez)
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In the days leading up to the #BkMArtistsBall, our friends at ART FOR CHANGE unveiled limited-edition, hand-embellished prints made by Ebony G. Patterson.
The artist creates immersive gardens within her work, situating them in a complex entanglement of race, gender, class, and violence. To create this immersive garden, Patterson transformed her prints by puncturing and attaching added elements to the paper’s surface, making each piece unique.
Swipe to see the details and get one for yourself here.
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How can we visualize the extraordinary loss of life caused by COVID-19?
Media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, whose work is on view in our special exhibition “A Crack in the Hourglass, An Ongoing COVID-19 Memorial,” is joined by architect Sekou Cooke and Paul Farber, director of Monument Lab, to discuss the ways in which art and design facilitate spaces for mourning and cultural trauma.
Join us for #BkMTalks on May 26 at 7 pm. ASL interpretation will be provided. Event information and tickets are available here: https://bit.ly/3MHyqDF
Installation view, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: A Crack in the Hourglass, An Ongoing COVID-19 Memorial, Brooklyn Museum, October 29, 2021 - June 26, 2022. (Photo: Jonathan Dorado)
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When it comes to living in New York City, there are many hard-and-fast truths. Stoop season is sacred. Our parks are oases capable of transporting us away from trash-piled streets and sidewalks. And New Yorkers have unequal access to green space.
Mona Chalabi, artist and data journalist, intertwines these truths in an upcoming installation being activated on our Plaza beginning May 6, weather permitting. Designed to deepen our appreciation for trees, “Mona Chalabi: The Gray-Green Divide” explores the connections between environmental justice and climate change, exposing their unequal impact on communities throughout Brooklyn. Known to remove air pollution, reduce the amount of energy needed by residential buildings, and provide shelter for wildlife, the shade and lower temperatures created by trees have important roles in our neighborhoods. Through her clever, colorful illustration style, Mona visualizes the biodiversity of NYC and the correlations between tree density, income levels, and heat across the city.
Learn more about Mona, this site-specific installation, and her inspiration: https://bit.ly/3jSAYlU
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Teen Night: Art of Healing
In these troubling times where it feels like you can never get a break or have a place to just breathe, this Teen Night offers you just that. Join us Friday April 29 at 5–7:30pm for a soul-enticing experience.
What to Know
Brought to you by BkM Teens and inspired by Guadalupe Maravilla: Tierra Blanca Jovenand Baseera Khan: I Am an Archive, this evening is focused on the Art of Healing.
Explore these two artists’ work and how they integrate their culture, community and personal spiritual awakenings. Guadalupe Maravilla: Tierra Blanca Joven features new sculptures, retablo paintings, tripa chuca drawings, and sound works, as well as a Healing Room, a community space for collective care designed by teen staff. Baseera Khan: I Am an Archive displays rich and multilayered sculptures, installations, collages, drawings, photographs, textiles, and a video in which Khan investigates othering, surveillance, cultural exploitation, anti-blackness, and xenophobia within our public and private spaces.
What to Expect
First we’ll have “What is Healing? A Community Discussion” with artists and healers Charlie L'Strange and The Brooklyn Bruja. Then, throughout the night you can take cute photos in our photo booth, create your own mood board surrounding the themes of healing, decorate candles in connection with the colors associated with the 7 chakras (which are the main energy points of the body), and lastly taking inspiration from Guadalupe Maravilla’s exhibition, play the Tripa Chuca game!
Of course we can’t end a Teen Night without a dance party and performers! We will be having SHAMIQUA serenading us through her magical voice, an open mic, and UPTWN spitting fire bars of rhyme and rhythm through rap. Lastly, we’ll have DJ SYNCHRO setting the vibe throughout the night!
This program is free, open to all youth ages 14-22, and to register click here.
Art of Healing is organized by the Teen Night Planning Committee, our paid teen internship in public programming.
Posted by Shanice Baptise-Peters, Senior Teen Night Planning Committee member.
From ubiquity, Deborah Kass created something unique.
Deb joined us in #WarholRevelation as the first subject of our new series, Reclaimed. The series explores the unique ways in which artists leverage their work to reclaim narratives of their lived experiences. During our conversation, Deb discusses her eight-year-long project inspired by Andy Warhol’s highly recognizable imagery, which aspects of Warhol’s life and artwork she finds most touching, and the continued role art plays in negotiating power and privilege.
Watch Deb’s full interview and stay tuned for upcoming episodes of Reclaimed inspired by Andy Warhol: Revelation.
Buy Better Food’s (BBF) mission is to offer natural foods and wellness products to support our community’s healthy living routines. Owner, Myriam Simpierre shared some of her inspiration and mission with us by saying:
“We live in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn and wanted to give this community access to natural foods. We live about 10 blocks from the store in a brownstone my great-grandmother bought. We have lived in this community for nearly 20-years.
Some of my favorite moments at BBF are when Mom’s coming in, especially moms of young girls of color, pointing at me and saying, ‘she owns this store.’ We also love being the first ‘brick and mortar location’ for independent makers who were previously exclusively selling online or door-to-door. We would like to eventually have additional locations wherever there is a need for high-quality natural options and alternatives.
I’m a certified holistic nutritionist and look forward to providing every customer that comes through the door great recommendations for products that are exciting and beneficial! For so long so many people have wanted healthier and more natural options in their community. Here it is - you deserve it! Hope to see you soon.”
Buy Better Foods
372 Kosciuszko Street Brooklyn, NY 11221
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We all do weekends differently. Whether you like no agenda or a little itinerary, we’ve got you covered. Find fun ways, like these, to fill your time with us:
Excellent exhibitions including #WarholRevelation, #GuadalupeMaravillaBkM, and can’t-miss installations of our collection
Pop-Up Market on the Plaza, Sundays at 10:30 am
Come see the @bklynsymphony on Sunday at 2 pm
Enjoy your weekend, everyone, and share your visit to the Museum with us by using #MyBkM. Get added information on these events and what’s currently on view: https://bit.ly/34QgwKI
(on Instagram): @lilysotelo, @leilasetti, @jasonsmithmusic, @jeaninedownie, @angie, @vickytrn, @amandarrod, @orlaandherdad, @pongies
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Making a real difference in order to #SaveThePlanet, will take a true collective effort encompassing both personal and larger systemic changes. But if you’re looking for simple ways to make your life more eco-friendly from #EarthDay and beyond, these are a few Brooklyn-based brands in the #BkMShop to help you on your way:
@lepuzzpuzzles: Earth friendly and wonderfully whimsical puzzles made with FSC-approved paper from sustainable forests
@mashateas: healing, regenerative, and tasty teas for discerning drinkers
@matersoap: small-batch, organic soap made with 100% natural and sustainably sourced plant ingredients
@unwrp: colorfully-designed cloth wraps made from recycled materials and fit for reuse in gifting, accessorizing, and more.
Find out more and shop these sustainably-minded products: http://bit.ly/shopbkm
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On #EarthDay and every day, we make an effort to acknowledge that we stand on land that is part of the unceded, ancestral homeland of the Lenape (Delaware) people. We are committed to addressing exclusions and erasures of Indigenous peoples, and confronting the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism in our work. By actively seeking collaborators, experience and perspectives from Indigenous communities, we work to ensure that our programming, resources and the ongoing community fostered at the Museum is inclusive of Native people.
Indigenous communities across the country have endured the catastrophic impacts of climate change but the situation has an even longer history rooted in the legacies of European colonialism. The artworks shown here are just a few examples of the varied and complex worldviews expressed by Indigenous artists impacted by environmental destruction.
These objects are part of “Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas,” on view in the Arts of the Americas Galleries on the fifth floor. The exhibit follows the effects of glacial melt, droughts, wildfires, overexploitation of resources, displacement, and extreme violence, as well as the work being done by Indigenous community organizers to counter the climate crisis and protect the planet.
Aztec. Seated Figure of the Wind God (Ehecatl), ca. 1440-1521. Stone. Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 48.22.6. Creative Commons-BY ⇨ Mixteca-Puebla. Tripod Bowl with Skull, 1000-1500. Ceramic, pigments. Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 64.51.1. Creative Commons-BY ⇨ Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, ca. 550-950 C.E. Ceramic, pigment. Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Frederic Zeller, 1998.176.2. Creative Commons-BY ⇨ Wari. Face Neck Jar, 650-1000 C.E. Ceramic, slip, pigments. Brooklyn Museum, Henry L. Batterman Fund, 41.418. Creative Commons-BY
Summer is nearly in session, which brings the return of our Summer Teacher Institute.
This year, the paid, five-day academic program for third grade teachers of all subject areas will focus on “Connecting Cultures” by utilizing the recently completed Arts of China Teaching Toolkit and exploring the ongoing reinstallation of our Arts of Asia galleries.
Applications are due May 17 and the program will take place July 18–22. Learn more about the program and submit your application: http://bit.ly/2FWxevn
Consuelo Kanaga (American, 1894-1978). [Untitled] (Schoolhouse). Gelatin silver photograph. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Wallace B. Putnam from the Estate of Consuelo Kanaga, 82.65.271
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In April of 1947, the legendary Jackie Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers—just down the street at Ebbets Field—and became the first Black player in modern Major League Baseball.
Roberto Lugo’s work seen above, “Brooklyn Century Vase,” features a portrait of Robinson in uniform. Lugo presents an alternative to Karl Mueller’s “Century Vase” (1876, pictured second), replacing portraits of George Washington and other symbols with tributes to figures who, like Robinson, played a significant role in Brooklyn’s history.
Plan your visit to our Decorative Arts galleries to see these works.
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Roberto Lugo (born Philadelphia, 1981). “Brooklyn Century Vase,” 2019. Porcelain, china paint. H. Randolph Lever Fund, 2019.34. © Roberto Lugo → Karl L. H. Mueller (born Germany, 1820–1887). “Century Vase,” 1876. Porcelain. Gift of Carll and Franklin Chace, in memory of their mother, Pastora Forest Smith Chace, daughter of Thomas Carll Smith, the founder of the Union Porcelain Works, 43.25. Creative Commons-BY
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Registration is now open for #FirstSaturdaysBkM on May 7!
Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a line-up of Asian American artists who are bringing new interpretations to existing traditions for liberation and healing. Throughout the afternoon and into the evening, we’ll be joined by the following guests to share their music, collaborative weaving, original poetry, artist and curator-led gallery tours, and more:
- Asian American International Film Festival
- Baseera Khan
- Brooklyn Pop-Up
- Cynthia Alberto and Weaving Hand
- Disco Tehran
- Jaz Sufi
- Jee Leong Koh
- Mood Ring
- Nathan Bajar
- Sally Wen Mao
- Shoko Nagai’s TOKALA
- YiuYiu 瑶瑶
In the Beaux Arts Court, you can find SHOWTIME hosting a one-of-a-kind interactive experience inspired by #TheManWhoFellToEarth.
First Saturdays is a free event, we just ask that you register in advance at the link below. Admission is subject to capacity at the time of arrival.
While proof of vaccination is no longer required at the Museum, staff and visitors aged two and older can help us take care of one another by continuing to wear masks.
The theme of death occurred in Warhol’s compositions from the early 1960s onward, appearing in both metaphorical and explicit images.
While the Death and Disaster series and the Skull paintings provide blunt reminders of death’s constant presence in life, Warhol also explored the theme allegorically through works depicting the setting sun and shadows, both offering sublime examples of the transition from light to dark. Always drawn to high-contrast imagery, Warhol was also interested in the illusory quality of shadows and their enigmatic, contemplative, and spiritual dimensions.
Visitors at Andy Warhol: Revelation. Brooklyn Museum November 19, 2021–June 19, 2022. (Photo: Jonathan Dorado, Brooklyn Museum. Artworks by Andy Warhol © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Used with permission of @warholfoundation) #warholfoundation
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We mark Easter and the end of the Christian Holy Week with Franz von Stuck’s powerful painting of the Crucifixion, which he made during the difficult years of World War I.
Stuck departs from traditional representations and places the suffering Christ at eye level. The viewer’s position–immediately to the left of the crucified thief in the foreground and to the right of the Virgin Mary– thus becomes part of an intimate circle. Referencing late nineteenth-century debates about the historical details of this method of execution, as well as its location, Stuck depicts Christ with his feet side by side rather than overlapping, and includes Mediterranean style architecture in the background.
Stuck’s oil painting is on view in “Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art.” Entry to this exhibition is included with admission—find out more about the artworks: https://bit.ly/3EVZuKU
Franz von Stuck (German, 1863-1928). Golgotha, 1917. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alfred W. Jenkins, 28.420 → Installation view, Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art. On view February 11, 2022 - May 21, 2023, Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Danny Perez)
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Along with chicks, church, and chocolate, crosses are an innate component in Easter celebrations and symbolism.
For all its simplicity, the cross bears great significance in symbolizing both crucifixion and resurrection in Catholicism. Rather than depicting this symbol as a crucifix with representations of the body of Christ, Andy Warhol added bright colors and repetition to neutralize and universalize the symbol in his series, “Guns, Knives, and Crosses.”
Wishing you a Happy #Easter. See this series and the entirety of this revelatory, original exhibition through June 19. #WarholRevelation
Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987). Crosses, 1981–82. Acrylic and screenprint on linen. The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.,1998.1.264. © 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Change is in the air! We’re looking for creative, driven, team-oriented talent to join us at the Brooklyn Museum.
These are just three of the recently added opportunities. See the full list of open positions, job descriptions and instructions for submitting your application below:
