News
Brooklyn Museum Workers Move to Unionize
While the museum is often billed as a progressive institution, some workers have spoken out against a starkly different reality behind closed doors.
Brooklyn
Art
Plywood Obelisks Reflect on a Year of Racial Justice Protests
Michael Zelehoski’s sculpture “Miguelito” is crafted with plywood used to board up businesses during last summer’s racial justice protests.
Art
Behind the Mask: Photographers Reflect on Black Vulnerability
We Wear the Mask treads a fine line between opacity and revealing truth in its rawest form.
Announcement
Apply for Rent-free Studio Space in Brooklyn Through the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
The program awards rent-free studios to 17 visual artists for year-long residencies in Brooklyn, New York. Applications are due February 15.
News
19th-century Arch in Prospect Park Gets Impressive Remodel
As a tribute to the original design of the Endale Arch, the restoration team left one brick and granite cross vault exposed to display the “detailed craftsmanship put in place over 150 years ago.”
Art
John Edmonds’s Intimate Gaze
In his meticulously posed photographs, Edmonds conjures new avenues for imaging relationships between Africa and its diasporas today.
Opinion
One Nation Under a Groove: Why We Danced in the Streets
Public protests once filled the same streets now transformed into block parties. Photojournalists captured the impromptu gatherings and spontaneous joy that emerged in the distinct style of each city.
News
A Historical Look at Costumes From Queen’s Gambit and The Crown
The Brooklyn Museum exhibition pairs costume designs from the popular Netflix shows with related objects from its collection.
News
A New Climate Research Library Opens in Brooklyn
The Greenpoint Library & Environmental Education Center was built using funds from a state settlement with ExxonMobil for its devastating oil spill in the neighborhood.
News
In Brooklyn, an Artist-decorated Boulder Might Disappear Due to Fracking
While Sculpture Center and MOMA PS1 have shown interest in exhibiting “THE ROCK,” sculptors Pam Lins and Halsey Rodman say the ongoing installation “could disappear at any moment.”
News
A Performance Protest Against the “Petty Thuggery of Fascist Monsters”
From sunrise to sunset, the Afield will present a new multimedia performance which mines the details and redactions of the Mueller report.
News
Art in General, Beloved Brooklyn Arts Nonprofit, Announces Closure
In a letter, organization leadership cited the financial pressures of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as the reason for the decision.