The exhibition, LaToya Ruby Frazier: A Haunted Capital, on view March 22 through August 11, explores the effects of industrialization and de-industrialization on the lives of individuals and communities through photographs of the artist's family and of Braddock, Pennsylvania, home of one of America's first steel mills. Located outside of Pittsburgh, Braddock has a population below 2,500 and has been declared a 'distressed municipality' by the state of Pennsylvania.
A retrospective of fifty works created by the Brooklyn-based art collective known as The Bruce High Quality Foundation, which takes its name from a fictional artist named Bruce High Quality who supposedly perished in 9/11, will be presented at the Brooklyn Museum from June 28 through September 22, 2013. The Bruce High Quality Foundation: Ode to Joy, 2001-2013 will include a wide range of work by a group whose production has included subversive and often humorous installation art, live performance, film, and social sculpture in the tradition of agit-prop.
The third exhibition in the second season of Raw/Cooked, on view at the Brooklyn Museum April 12-July 7, showcases the work of Williamsburg artist Michael Ballou. Ballou is the eighth artist in the continuing Raw/Cooked series, presented with support from Bloomberg and highlighting the work of under-the-radar Brooklyn artists. The Museum offers each of the participating artists a variety of unconventional spaces in which they may make art interventions, creating projects that draw inspiration from the architecture of the building and/or works from the Museum's collection.
On January 5, Target First Saturday celebrates the exhibition Materializing 'Six Years,' exploring the defining impact of Lucy R. Lippard and her now classic book on the Conceptual art movement. The Museum's Target First Saturday event attracts thousands of visitors to free art and entertainment programs each month.
The Brooklyn Museum has announced the selection of five Brooklyn artists whose work will be featured in GO: a community-curated open studio project. The exhibition will open on December 1, 2012, at the Museum's Target First Saturday evening of free art and entertainment, and will be on view through February 24, 2013. The artists selected are Adrian Coleman, Oliver Jeffers, Naomi Safran-Hon, Gabrielle Watson, and Yeon Ji Yoo.
Raw/Cooked, a major series of exhibitions of work by under-the-radar Brooklyn artists, made possible with support from Bloomberg, will continue at the Brooklyn Museum for a second season, to be launched with a presentation of work by Bedford-Stuyvesant-based artist Duron Jackson, on view today, November 16, 2012, through February 10, 2013.
During November and December the Brooklyn Museum will present an array of public programs for adults, teens, and kids, including the Sixth Annual Children's Book Fair; performances by award-winning trumpeter Christian Scott, bassist-composer Linda Oh, and the Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra; conversations with artists Mickalene Thomas, Carrie Mae Weems, and Harmony Hammond; a reading from the memoir Conversations with Stalin by author Eleanor Antin; a screening of Mickalene Thomas's film Happy Birthday to a Beautiful Woman; a tour of the exhibition Aesthetic Ambitions: Edward Lycett and Brooklyn's Faience Manufacturing Company with curator Barbara Veith; and a variety of art-making classes and workshops.
Raw/Cooked, a major series of exhibitions of work by under-the-radar Brooklyn artists, made possible with support from Bloomberg, will continue at the Brooklyn Museum for a second season, to be launched with a presentation of work by Bedford-Stuyvesant-based artist Duron Jackson, on view November 16, 2012, through February 10, 2013.
Members of the public will nominate the artists whose work will be considered for GO: a community-curated open studio project, an upcoming exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, by registering online to vote beginning today, and by visiting artist studios during the GO open studio weekend on September 8-9, 2012. 1861 Brooklyn-based artists will open their studio doors in 46 of Brooklyn's 67 neighborhoods, covering Brooklyn's 73 square miles.
During May and June the Brooklyn Museum will present a wide array of public programs for adults, teens, families, and kids including art-making classes and workshops; talks and tours; Thursdays @ 7, a series of engaging adult programs that takes place every Thursday evening; and the return of the Audiophile concert series.
The fourth exhibition in theRaw/Cooked series presents the work of artist Heather Hart, which will be on view at the Brooklyn Museum from April 13 through June 24, 2012. Raw/Cooked is a major series of five ten-week-long exhibitions of under-the-radar Brooklyn artists. The series is sponsored by Bloomberg. The L Magazine is print media sponsor.
The third exhibition in the Raw/Cooked series presents artist Shura Chernozatonskaya, whose project will be on view from January 27 through April 8, 2012, at the Brooklyn Museum.
The third exhibition in the Raw/Cooked series presents artist Shura Chernozatonskaya, whose project will be on view from January 27 through April 8, 2012, at the Brooklyn Museum.
The second exhibition in the Raw/Cooked series presents Bushwick-based artist Lan Tuazon, whose project will be on view November 4, 2011, through January 15, 2012, at the Brooklyn Museum. Raw/Cooked is a major series of five ten-week-long exhibitions of under-the-radar Brooklyn artists. The series is sponsored by Bloomberg.
The second exhibition in the Raw/Cooked series presents Bushwick-based artist Lan Tuazon, whose project will be on view November 4, 2011, through January 15, 2012, at the Brooklyn Museum. Raw/Cooked is a major series of five ten-week-long exhibitions of under-the-radar Brooklyn artists. The series is sponsored by Bloomberg.
A major series of five ten-week-long exhibitions of works by emerging Brooklyn artists will be presented at the Brooklyn Museum from September 2011 through September 2012.
A major series of five ten-week-long exhibitions of works by emerging Brooklyn artists will be presented at the Brooklyn Museum from September 2011 through September 2012.
Sanford Biggers: Sweet Funk-An Introspective challenges and reinterprets symbols and legacies that inform contemporary America in a focused selection of eight installations and five additional artworks created by the New York-based artist.
