L is for the way you look at art.
O is for the only Museum in your heart!
V is a very, very special anniversary
E is exciting shows like Solid Gold that you can tour—
Okay, we’ll stop there. Mostly because love is not all that we can give to you! We’re bringing back First Saturdays tomorrow with activities, talks, and music you won’t want to miss. And then we’re hosting incredible events all month long—from Brooklyn Talks to Valentine’s Day Burlesque.
On February 28, our exhibition Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200 opens. It’s a celebration of two centuries of groundbreaking creativity. It’s also a love letter to our community. We love you, Brooklyn.
Mark your calendars
First Saturday: Toward Joy
Saturday, February 1, 5–11 pm
Celebrate Black artists who have shaped art, music, film, and other cultural expressions that define what it means to be American. This First Saturday also celebrates Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art, a transformative reinstallation of the American Art galleries. The evening is brimming with music, art and art-making, and thoughtful conversations—including with artist Titus Kaphar and actor André Holland.
Always free, but you’ve got to register first.
Drink and Draw: Valentine’s Day Burlesque
Friday, February 14, 6:30–9:30 pm
Bring a friend, a valentine, or yourself for a special edition of Drink and Draw celebrating art and love. Sip a specialty drink and sketch models from Frolic: Black Burlesque Revue, hosted by Foxy Belle Afriq. Plus, enjoy performances by some of Brooklyn’s finest burlesque performers!
Brooklyn Talks: Bisa Butler and Barbara Bullard
Thursday, February 20, 7–9 pm
Twenty years after her death, reflect on the legacy of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm in a conversation with cultural producer Barbara Bullard and artist Bisa Butler, whose portrait of Chisholm is featured in Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art.
Nourish your creativity. Registration is open for the spring 2025 Studio Art Program, and we’ve got spots left for those interested in photography or printmaking.
Over 10 classes, you’ll work with professional teaching artists, develop new skills, and create your own art. Each semester closes with a student exhibition in our Education Gallery.
What are you waiting for? All experience levels are welcome!
Worth a click
- Should we keep dirt on ancient art? Explore questions and answers from the Conservation Lab.
- ICYMI: We launched an advice column for art lovers. Write to Ms. Lonely Arts and receive sage art-related insights.
- The Brooklyn Museum has been nominated for the Best Art Museum! If you love us, cast your vote today.
- In which AI could stand for . . . Ancient Intelligence? Artificial neural networks are now being used to unlock ancient texts.
- Community boards are the grassroots of our local government. Now through February 14, 2025, at 11pm, New York City residents ages 16 and up have the opportunity to apply to join their Brooklyn community board.
Fight the winter blues with fun bursts of color!
Gustaf Westman, established in 2020 by the eponymous architect-turned-designer, is a Stockholm-based design studio. Each made-to-order piece is crafted in collaboration with selected Swedish woodworkers to support a local and sustainable production process.
Sharing the love
El Museo del Barrio:
Flow States—LA TRIENAL 2024
Open through February 9; select galleries open through March 16
Flow States—LA TRIENAL 2024 is El Museo del Barrio’s second large-scale survey of Latinx contemporary art. The exhibition features 33 participating artists working across the Americas, Caribbean, Europe, and Asia.
From the top: Robert Peterson. Love is Love, 2022. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jane Holzer in honor of her grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Morris Brukenfeld and Mr. & Mrs. Simon Ackerman, 2023.59.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Birthday Bash at the Brooklyn Museum, October 2024. (Photo: Evan Angelastro); Birthday Bash at the Brooklyn Museum, October 2024. (Photo: Brian Fraser); Bisa Butler. Bring a Folding Chair: A Portrait of Shirley Chisholm, 2024. Cotton, silk, wool, polyester, vinyl. © and courtesy of the artist; Jenna Gribbon. Big Peek, 2022. Oil on linen. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jonathan and Debbie Rosen, 2023.30. © artist or artist’s estate. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Gustaf Westman products. (Images: courtesy Brooklyn Museum Shop); Installation view, Flow States. Maria A. Guzman Caprón. (Photo: Matthew Sherman; courtesy El Museo del Barrio, New York)
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