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The Brooklyn Museum was founded in 1823 as the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library and merged with the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences in 1843. The museum was conceived as an institution focused on a broad public. [3] The Brooklyn Museum's current building dates to 1897 and has been expanded several times since then.
The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art opened on March 23, 2007, at the Brooklyn Museum as the first public space of its kind in the country. [ citation needed ] The 8,300-square-foot (770 m 2 ) center, located on the museum's fourth floor, aims to create a compelling and interactive environment to raise awareness and educate about ...
MICRO Museum, Brooklyn [6] Morbid Anatomy Museum, Brooklyn, closed in 2016 [7] Museum of Biblical Art, closed in 2015; Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, closed in 2012, collections now part of the Society of Illustrators; Museum of Living Art, 1927-1943 at NYU, modern art collection of Albert Eugene Gallatin [8]
The society sponsored lectures, concerts, publications, and exhibitions of modern art, including the International Exhibition of Modern Art at the Brooklyn Museum in 1926. Between 1920 and 1940 they held 80 exhibitions showing mostly Cubist and abstract art. Their galleries in their "first modest headquarters" were at 19 East 47th Street.
Cheryl was a four-member, semi-anonymous, cat-masked artist collective based in Brooklyn, New York, known for its video art, museum installations, participatory events and dance parties. Cheryl originated in July 2008 in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. Since then, Cheryl regularly produced thematic art/performance/dance events and ...
Global Feminisms was a feminist art exhibition that originally premiered at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, New York City, United States, in March 2007. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The exhibition was co-curated by Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin and consists of work by 88 women artists from 62 countries.
An exhibition of Anisfelds's works is mounted at the Brooklyn Museum. Christian Brinton, a connoisseur of Russian art, is the organizer. [ 6 ] The exhibition, which in the course of two years, will travel to several major American cities, sets off a lively discussion about the merits of his art.
The City Reliquary is a not-for-profit community museum and civic organization located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The museum traces the history of New York City's five boroughs with its exhibitions of cultural ephemera and relics. Besides a permanent display of New York City artifacts, the City Reliquary also hosts rotating exhibits of ...