Art
Why Are the Noses Broken on Egyptian Statues?
This essay is an account of truly learning to see what is and is not present in these objects.
Brooklyn Museum
Art
Brooklyn Museum Employees Accuse Administration of Staff Mistreatment
Former and current workers have stepped forward to decry the behavior of executive leadership at the Brooklyn Museum, denouncing “the harm and daily mistreatment” of workers of color.
News
Brooklyn Museum Lays Off 29 Workers; New Museum Lays Off 18
Both museums received Paycheck Protection Program loans in the millions.
Art
Kehinde Wiley Seizes the Throne
Wiley shows us that a Black man can indeed take the place of Napoleon.
In Brief
Minor Offenders Can Substitute Jail Time With an Art Class at the Brooklyn Museum
The new program allows people arrested for minor offenses, like shoplifting or painting graffiti, to avoid jail time and a court appearance by taking a two-hour course.
News
Brooklyn Museum Is Trying to Sell a Francis Bacon Painting the Artist Wanted Destroyed
During his lifetime, Bacon wrote the museum that "It was a throw-out and it depresses me […] that it has years later found its way onto the art market and I would prefer if it were not exhibited."
In Brief
Brooklyn Museum Visitor Dies After Trying to Slide Down Third-Floor Banister
Kirkland Dawson, a 34-year-old attorney, toppled over the staircase railing and landed on the ground floor at a party at the museum.
Art
In Garry Winogrand’s City, a Colorful Kaleidoscope Comes Alive
In Garry Winogrand's Color, color slides wink in and out of existence as images are paired in small visual novellas.
Art
Garry Winogrand in Living Color
If the nostalgic atmosphere of the photographer's black-and-white images threatens to obscure his compositional acuity these Kodachrome slides dispel it handily.
News
This New York Couple Has Donated Millions to Museums — And the Anti-Vax Movement
Bernard and Lisa Selz have contributed more than $3 million in recent years to the anti-vax movement. They've also given millions to institutions like the Frick Collection, the Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas Art Museum, and the World Monuments Fund.
Art
At a Frida Kahlo Show in Brooklyn, the Personal Is Commercial (and Sponsored by Revlon)
Zeitgeisty is perhaps the best word to describe the Brooklyn Museum’s popular exhibition, which takes for granted the idea that Kahlo’s artwork is merely an extension of her constructed persona.
Art
An Attempt to Redefine Feminist Art Has Some Surprises
With over 125 pieces on view, Half the Picture could have been refined, showing fewer works without compromising its curatorial punch.