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Which New York Museums Still Hold Native Remains?

by Rhea Nayyar January 17, 2023January 18, 2023

The Brooklyn Children’s Museum and Brooklyn Museum, among others, continue to hold the remains or possible remains of Native Americans.

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Nellie Mae Rowe’s Story of Freedom

Avatar photo by Ekin Erkan December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe is brimming with examples of the artist’s imaginative allegorical art.

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“Fair Wages Are So Chic”: Workers Rally at Brooklyn Museum Gala

by Rhea Nayyar November 16, 2022November 17, 2022

Union members protested the unsatisfactory proposal presented by the museum after nearly a year of negotiations at play.

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“You Can’t Eat Prestige”: Brooklyn Museum Workers Demand Better Wages

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie September 29, 2022September 30, 2022

Union members called for salary increases and pledged to hold the museum accountable to “its lip-service to social justice.”

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An Artist’s Illness Inspires a Meditation on the Power of Pain

by Ela Bittencourt September 12, 2022September 15, 2022

Guadalupe Maravilla’s first New York museum show resolutely harnesses the otherness of illness, while never surrendering to the notion of suffering as a totalizing narrative.

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Who Gets to Enjoy Green Spaces in NYC?

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu August 18, 2022August 22, 2022

Artist Mona Chalabi’s site-specific installation at the entrance to the Brooklyn Museum foregrounds the importance of urban vegetation and its inequities.

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Meaningful Events to Honor Juneteenth in New York City

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu June 16, 2022June 17, 2022

From Harlem to Brooklyn, from joyful dance to quiet reflection, here are eight ways to observe Juneteenth and recognize the enduring repercussions of slavery.

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Arthur Jafa’s Medley of Joy Everlasting Versus Hell on Earth

Avatar photo by Justin Kamp March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

The video installation akingdoncomethas is an epic montage of sermons and performances from Black churches.

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Faith Ringgold Mural in Rikers Island Women’s Jail May Head to Brooklyn Museum

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 3, 2022January 20, 2022

The mural was on display until 1988, when the Correctional Institution for Women became a male detention center and the painting was whitewashed.

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Brooklyn Museum Gets Historic $50 Million Capital Infusion From New York City

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia November 23, 2021November 24, 2021

The funds will support gallery renovations, energy-efficient updates, and the creation of a new permanent space dedicated to Brooklyn history.

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LACMA and the Brooklyn Museum Will Share 200 Photographs by European Women Artists

by Cassie Packard October 7, 2021October 7, 2021

The joint gift features photographs by a mix of well-known and emerging artists, including Yto Barrada and Eva Koťátková.

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Kaws Is Terrible, But Thankfully Forgettable

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian September 2, 2021July 13, 2022

No one encompasses that soulless supersizing of pop culture as clearly as Kaws.

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