Visiting the Brooklyn Museum is like a real-life choose-your-own-adventure. Which gallery will you tour today? Which artists will you commune with? What worlds will you discover?
Today we welcome not one but two fantastic exhibitions. Pick a journey:
Keep reading to learn more about these shows. (Psst: They’re both included in pay-what-you-can general admission.)
Christian Marclay: Doors
Passing through decades of film history and countless portals between onscreen universes, Doors (2022) is Christian Marclay’s latest cinematic exploration of the meaning behind everyday objects. Marclay spent years carefully selecting and splicing together these quick cuts. Whether pulled from silent films or modern-day motion pictures, they throw viewers into an endless loop of entering and exiting: One actor steps across a threshold and morphs into another actor turning a knob to leave. Each time, we are sent somewhere new, wondering whether this mesmerizing film will end or if another adventure is about to begin.
Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, and The Ruckus Construction Co.: Excerpts from “Ruckus Manhattan”
For the first time in more than 30 years—and during the city’s 400th anniversary—experience a fantastical and hilarious tribute to New York. Ruckus Manhattan opened in New York in 1975 as a sprawling, 6,400-square-foot “sculptural comic book” of urban life. Created by artists Red Grooms and Mimi Gross with their collaborators in The Ruckus Construction Co., the vibrant installation satirized the city with a dynamic mix of painting, sculpture, performance, and puppetry. From a high-heeled Statue of Liberty to a Financial District in flames, Ruckus Manhattan’s visual metaphors captured the chaos, corruption, sexuality, and creativity of 1970s NYC.
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From the top: Brooklyn Museum, 2024. (Photo: Adrianna Glaviano); Photo: Paula Abreu Pita; Installation view of Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, and The Ruckus Construction Co.: Excerpts from “Ruckus Manhattan.” Brooklyn Museum, June 13–November 2, 2025. © Red Grooms, Member of Artists Rights Society (ARS). © 2025 Mimi Gross / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. (Photo: Paula Abreu Pita)
Christian Marclay: Doors is organized by Kimberli Gant, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, with Indira A. Abiskaroon, Curatorial Assistant, Modern and Contemporary Art.
Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, and The Ruckus Construction Co.: Excerpts from “Ruckus Manhattan” is organized by Kimberli Gant, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art, with Indira A. Abiskaroon, Curatorial Assistant, Modern and Contemporary Art.
