Art
Training to Be a Spy at the Brooklyn Museum
Top Secret International (State I), part of the Public Theater’s annual Under the Radar Festival, is an immersive play that reframes espionage through art.
Brooklyn Museum
Art
Best of 2016: Our Top 15 Brooklyn Art Shows
We could never leave Brooklyn and still miss a slew of shows in our home borough. From outdoor art along the waterfront to group shows in Bushwick and ambitious political projects at Dumbo nonprofits, there was no shortage of great work in Brooklyn in 2016.
Art
Lust for Life Drawing: A Room Full of Iggy Pop Nudes
"Iggy Pop’s body is central to an understanding of rock music and its place within American culture," says Jeremy Deller. "It has witnessed much and should be documented."
Art
The Political Abstractions of Beverly Buchanan
The argument driving this engrossing show is that Buchanan was actually a thematically ambitious and multi-faceted artist who participated in the avant-garde movements of her day, bringing to them a distinct perspective informed by her sense of identity as black and female.
Interview
What a Show About Masks Might Really Be Disguising
Masks present a quandary. It's not so much what they're hiding that I wonder about, but what the camouflage or costuming is meant to produce in me.
Art
In Brooklyn, a Forum Focuses the Fight Against Displacement
The road that led to last week’s Brooklyn Community Forum on Anti-Gentrification and Displacement at the Brooklyn Museum was long and winding, but its starting point is very clear.
Interview
The Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth Sackler on Mass Incarceration and the Role of Activist Art
At the Brooklyn Museum in June, Elizabeth Sackler read from James Baldwin's “An Open Letter to My Sister, Miss Angela Davis.”
In Brief
Air Conditioner Outage Shuts Down Brooklyn Museum for the Weekend
It appears this week's summer heat in New York has impacted the art world, as the Brooklyn Museum just announced it will be closed this weekend because of an "air-conditioning outage."
Art
A Brooklyn Museum App Encourages Visitors to Ask Questions
In May, the Brooklyn Museum launched the new Android version of its ASK app, a mobile application that enables visitors to interact with the museum’s audience engagement staff in real time.
Art
A Photo Exhibition About Israel and the West Bank that Chooses Sides
On the heels of last Saturday’s protest at the Brooklyn Museum, a more careful examination of one of the two exhibitions targeted by the protesters is in order.
News
Faced with Brooklyn Museum Inaction, Protesters Target Two Exhibitions
Close to 100 artists and activists staged a protest at the Brooklyn Museum yesterday afternoon in response to displacement — both in Brooklyn and Palestine.
Art
Brooklyn Museum’s Activist Art Show Is a Messy Collision of Curation and Politics
Agitprop! ought to be an outstanding exhibition of politically engaged art. A feverish amalgam of historic and contemporary artwork, the exhibition is undermined by an ambitious but poorly executed curatorial strategy.