Brooklyn Museum

It’s a cold, damp mid-June Thursday morning off Eastern Parkway, but I feel warm, at peace, in a sweater on the fifth floor of the 200-year-old institution, Brooklyn Museum. Multiple end-of-the-elementary-school-year class trips are here, children walk in large, loose clusters, momentarily cowed and awed by the grandiosity of the museum’s atriums and rotundas, the…

A bicentennial is a rare milestone for any organization. For the Brooklyn Museum, it’s been an opportunity to commemorate its legacy, but also affirm its commitment to being the borough’s most diverse and dynamic source of arts and culture programming. In BKMAG‘s continued coverage of the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th anniversary, we’re excited to turn the…

To mark its 200th anniversary, the Brooklyn Museum curators explored various ideas for creatively integrating works spanning the museum’s history of collecting. One such theme emerged: gold—and it became the starting point for the highly praised exhibition “Solid Gold.” With over 500 gilded objects on display, the exhibition delves into the grandeur of gold as…

Valentine’s Day is over, President’s Day is in the rearview mirror, and there’s not another national holiday until spring (that is, if there is either a nation or anything resembling spring by the time Memorial Day rolls around). But if you can find time to stop doom-scrolling, the Weekend Guide can help you get through…

Well, we’ve made it through the first full month of 2025, and my first full month of writing the Weekend Guide. Thanks to everyone for reading, and special thanks to those of you who have gone out to any of the events I’ve highlighted. This week, there’s something for everyone. Whether you want to see…

As the winter drags on and the days remain dark, cold, and snowy, one surefire way to make yourself feel good is to take Chic’s advice to heart and dance, dance, dance. With that in mind, this weekend’s listings contain a bunch of parties and concerts sure to keep you warm these next few frigid…

The word of this weekend is “eclectic,” and not just because we suddenly got some random old Wyclef songs stuck in our heads (though that certainly didn’t hurt). It’s because we’re bringing you a (*runs to thesaurus*) wide-ranging list of events. This weekend, you can see rare footage of James Baldwin, laugh at the legendary…

How do you mark 200 years of showcasing art in Brooklyn? If you’re the Brooklyn Museum, you showcase the work of more than 200 Brooklyn artists. With the Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, the museum is spotlighting the work of more than 200 artists who have lived or maintained a studio in Brooklyn during the last five…

This is the final weekend before Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, so it’s time to get all your wild adventures out of the way before family time encroaches. To that end, we’ve gone heavy on the dance parties this week.  To start with, on Friday, check out the “End of Forever” party at Baby’s All Right….

While things are nice, experiences can be better. That’s an idea that, lately, pop culture has done a good job of ingraining in us. And there’s a lot of merit to it. Experiences can create new memories, strengthen relationships, and fill your cup more than material goods can. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of options in…

Brooklyn is bulldozing through December, but there’s still plenty to do this month.  Start your weekend with a one-of-a-kind tree lighting with the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Christmas Tree Lighting at Grand Army Plaza. And if you’re looking for more holiday shine, check out Solid Gold at the Brooklyn Museum. The Poetry Society of New York…

After a stretch of warm weather, it’s finally cooling down in Brooklyn. And while the week didn’t go as many of us had hoped it would, there’s a lot going on in Brooklyn this weekend, and possibly something to take your mind off the past few days.   The 20th Annual New York Comedy Festival kicked…

PHOTOGRAPHY LaQuann Dawson As an occasional interviewer for the magazine Modern Painters, David Bowie expressed an intense interest in the process of artists—what inspired them; what they were trying to explore; above all, he wanted to learn how they became artists. David Bowie Is, an exhibit celebrating the life and work of the renowned music…

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