Brooklyn Museum

10/19/2026

Maynard Monrow reimagines text as a visual and visceral experience.

In this clip from the Highlights Tour of “Common Sense,” Monrow (Maynard Monrow) discusses the ways he reimagines personal, philosophical, and political text to create language-based art.

Monrow’s work in “Common Sense” is included alongside two foundational texts from the Revolutionary War era by Thomas Paine as well as contemporary works that explore community, progress, and power marking the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

🎥 Watch the complete Highlights Tour of “Common Sense” on YouTube at the link in our bio.

10/18/2026

Wander into a dreamlike, color-filled universe where you can touch, see, and feel the flow(ers). 🌺

One of Japan’s most celebrated contemporary photographers, Mika Ninagawa creates portals to otherworldly realms that captured the public’s imagination in the 1990s.

Now, “Mika Ninagawa: Feel the Flow(ers)” takes over our Education Gallery for the photographer’s first immersive installation in the United States.

Visitors of all ages are invited to delight in this sensory and spiritual experience, which is enhanced with performances, art making, and other activities.

Plan your visit today through the link in our bio.

📷 Installation view of Mika Ninagawa: Feel the Flow(ers), Brooklyn Museum, 2026. (Photo: Dan Bradica)

10/12/2026

In honor of , we are excited to introduce our newest audio guide… Indigenous Perspectives.

Listen to Indigenous artists, scholars, and community leaders share their perspectives on highlights from our American Art collection.

🎧 Explore Indigenous Perspectives during your next visit or anytime on the Bloomberg Connects app.

📷 Frederic Sackrider Re*****on (American, 1861–1909). The Outlier, 1909. Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Charlotte R. Stillman, 55.43. → Asher B. Durand (American, 1796–1886). Landscape (Birch and Oaks), ca. 1855–1857. Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Schieren, 15.326. → Harry C. Edwards (American, 1868–1922). Handsome Morning—A Dakota, 1921. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Grace C. Edwards, 26.149. → Albert Bierstadt (American, born Germany, 1830–1902). A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie, 1866. Brooklyn Museum, 76.79. → William Glackens (American, 1870–1938). Bathing at Bellport, Long Island, 1912. Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Laura L. Barnes, 67.24.6. → Louis Rémy Mignot (American, 1831–1870). Niagara, 1866. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arthur S. Fairchild, 1993.118. (Photos: Brooklyn Museum)

10/11/2026

If Lady Gaga’s Chromatica was a dress… 💗

For the visual world surrounding her 2020 album Chromatica, Lady Gaga wore Iris van Herpen's extraordinary Hydrozoa dress, from the designer’s Sensory Seas collection.

Created in collaboration with Australian artist Shelee Carruthers, the dress transforms Carruther’s fluid paintings of ocean life—with their swirling turquoise and purple forms—into a three-dimensional look.

Van Herpen fashioned waves of finely laser-cut PETG, heat-bonded to layers of digitally printed glass organza, creating a structure that seems to ripple and float around the body like marine life moving through water.

It was an especially fitting look for Chromatica, the fantastical world Lady Gaga imagined for an album centered on color, sound, transformation, and healing through music and dance.

See the Hydrozoa dress—along with more than 140 extraordinary creations—in “Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses,” now on view.

📷 Iris van Herpen. Hydrozoa Dress, 2020. Glass organza and PETG (Photo by Francesco Carrozzini, for Apple, Courtesy of Iris van Herpen) → Installation view of Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses, Brooklyn Museum, 2026. (Photo: On White Wall/Paula Abreu Pita)

10/10/2026

Wishing you a fun-filled weekend ahead!

If you’re heading to “Art of Manga,” consider this your sign to dress the part. Cosplay is always encouraged! ✨

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10/05/2026

What season is it, America?

For five days only, sit down with artist Keith Yamash*ta to consider the state of the United States. How are you, truly? How are the people you love? Where do you place your hopes?

🗓️ October 21–25
⏰ 11 am–5 pm

In the Beaux-Arts Court, explore Yamash*ta’s poems, photographs, and pieces of Americana. Find works that speak to you, sit down with the artist to share what they stir in you, and even take the art home.

Joshua-Michéle Ross will compose a new live score each day—responding in real time to the space and the people moving through it.

👉 Swipe for a preview of some of the works you’ll see.

10/04/2026

Obsessed (no hyperbole).

When you visit “Art of Manga,” stop by to see our selection of Gashapon, featuring the latest anime, popular game characters, or anything kawaii!

Tokens are available at the Shop entrance.

🔗 Plan your visit to “Art of Manga” through January 31, 2027 at the link in our bio.

10/03/2026

Now open... “Art of Manga!” 📖✨

Step into the worlds of some of the most influential mangaka, or artists, and discover the details, storytelling, and visual language behind the form.

P.S. cosplay is encouraged! 👀

🎥 https://youtu.be/CGDIAo7iE7M

Major support is provided by Kinokuniya USA and VIZ Media

"Art of Manga" is the first major exhibition in the Americas to exp...

10/01/2026

The Pearlman Collection then and now. 🖼️

Tomorrow, we welcome you to “Cézanne to Modigliani: Gifts of Modern Art from the Pearlman Collection”—an outstanding collection of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints.

This is the seventh exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum dedicated to the collection of Henry and Rose Pearlman, which has been shown here more than at any other institution.

Initially drawn to Chaïm Soutine and Amedeo Modigliani, Henry soon acquired works by predecessors Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Édouard Manet, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent van Gogh, and his favorite artist, Paul Cézanne.

Learn more about this exhibition, celebrating the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation’s gift, and plan your visit: https://bit.ly/4voVYDs

📷 Installation view of Cézanne to Modigliani: Gifts of Modern Art from the Pearlman Collection, Brooklyn Museum, 2026. (Photo: Dan Bradica Studio) → Paintings, Watercolors, Sculpture and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pearlman. [05/22/1974 - 09/29/1974]. Installation view.

09/30/2026

So you’ve got tickets to visit “Art of Manga?” Here’s what to know…

COSPLAY IS ENCOURAGED!
🦸 Props must be left in Coat Check (a.k.a. CosCheck)
🦸 Costumes that incorporate hate symbols of any kind are not permitted

WHAT NOT TO BRING:
👉 Weapons of any kind and sharp objects
👉 Live flame, smoke, or pyrotechnics
👉 Recreational wheels (e.g., roller skates, skateboards)
👉 Oversize costumes or accessories
👉 Costumes that could be perceived as threatening, inappropriate, offensive, or disruptive

CAN I TAKE PHOTOS?
▪️ Yes, pose for nonflash photos in designated areas
▪️ Be mindful of any posted photography restrictions
▪️ Documenting artworks is not permitted
▪️ Ask for permission before photographing fellow visitors. Cosplay is not consent

Lastly, have fun and remember to be respectful to your fellow visitors and Museum staff.

🎟️ Get your tickets before opening day and learn more about “Art of Manga” at the link in our bio.

09/29/2026

Which artist comes to mind when you think of fall?

For us, it’s Thomas Cole and his painting “A View of the Two Lakes and Mountain House, Catskill Mountains, Morning,” on view in our 5th floor galleries.

This sweeping view of the Catskill Mountains has us ready for crisp air, changing leaves, and a little time outdoors.

Explore our upcoming programs and lean into the fall feeling with a day at the Museum.