What are you looking forward to these days?
We’ll go first: The sun sets at 7:52 pm on the East Coast today. First Saturdays returns this weekend. The cherry blossoms at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden are in full bloom. The bees are back on our roof (and they made you a spring playlist).
Mother’s Day is May 11—and if you’re looking for ways to celebrate the phenomenal women in your life, check out our exhibitions on women artists. From Consuelo Kanaga: Catch the Spirit to Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I Will Not Bend an Inch to Liza Lou: Trailer, there’s no shortage of incredible art to explore. (Bring the whole family: We’ve even got Stroller Tours dedicated to trailblazing women artists.)
We’re especially excited to welcome you at the Museum. See you soon!
Mark your calendars
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First Saturday: Friends and Family
Saturday, May 3, 5–10 pm
Bring your friends and family to May’s First Saturday, showcasing the vibrant artistry, rich histories, and recreations of the Asian American and Pacific Islander diasporas in New York.
Brooklyn Reads: Marsha with Tourmaline and Phoebe Robinson
Thursday, May 22, 7–9:30 pm
Celebrate the legacy of Black transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson with author and artist Tourmaline at an evening featuring a performance, reading, and conversation with Phoebe Robinson. In her debut book, Tourmaline—whose work anchored our 2019 exhibition Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall—offers the first definitive biography of Johnson as both an activist and artist.
Film: Paint Me a Road out of Here
Saturday, May 31, 2–4 pm
Catch a matinee screening of the new documentary Paint Me a Road out of Here, centered on Faith Ringgold’s artwork For the Women’s House. Currently on view at the Brooklyn Museum, this monumental painting was created in 1971 for women incarcerated on Rikers Island.
The screening is followed by a talkback with artist Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter and filmmaker Cat Gund, moderated by curator Catherine Morris.
More happening
Stroller Tours: Trailblazing Women Artists
Wednesday, May 7 and 21, 10–11:15 am
Enjoy an interactive, stroller-friendly tour of two exhibitions centered on trailblazing women artists: Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I Will Not Bend an Inch and Consuelo Kanaga: Catch the Spirit.
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Good as gold
Don’t just take our word for it: Here’s what others have been saying about our exhibition Solid Gold.
Worth a click
- Curator Matthew Yokobosky gives a virtual tour of Solid Gold.
- How do we reckon with ongoing anti-Black racism in the United States? Author Irvin Weathersby Jr. has some thoughts.
- A new center for formerly incarcerated artists has opened in Bed-Stuy.
- Archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of an unknown pharaoh.
- Tell New York City leaders to invest in our libraries!
Revamp your view
These prints and posters would look pretty great on that blank wall you’ve been meaning to decorate. You know the one.
Just for fun
If you made it this far, inquiring minds want to know: dogs or cats?
From the top: Kitagawa Utamaro. Courtesans Strolling Beneath Cherry Trees Before the Daikokuya Teahouse, probably 1789. Woodblock print, color on paper. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Charles A. Brandon, by exchange, purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Danziger, Joan Easton, Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr., George S. Friedman, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kingdon, Klaus F. Naumann, Robert Rosenkranz, and Mr. and Mrs. David Young and Asian Art Acquisition Fund, 1995.137a-c. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); First Saturday: Ourselves Together, March 2024. (Photo: Kolin Mendez); Tourmaline and Phoebe Robinson. (Photos: Texas Isaiah and Yavez Anthonio); Still of Faith Ringgold and Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter in Paint Me a Road out of Here. (Photo: courtesy of Aubin Pictures); Stroller Tour, May 2022. (Photo: Danny Perez); Images courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum Shop
