Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art

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08/25/2017

Join us on Saturday, Sept 23 for a conversation between Deborah Jiang-Stein, author of the memoir Prison Baby, and Gloria Steinem about the mass incarceration of women, mental illness and substance abuse within prisons nationwide, the collateral damage when mothers are incarcerated, and community alternatives to incarceration that work.

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.

08/23/2017

Join us to celebrate We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 with artists, activists, and scholars on Saturday, September 16! This daylong event honors the trailblazing artists in the exhibition, and highlights the intergenerational connections between art and activism. Tickets available thru the link!

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.

08/22/2017

Don't miss the last Artist's Eye for ! Join us on Saturday, September 9 at 2pm to experience We Wanted a Revolution:Black Radical Women, 1965-85 through the eyes of Lyle Ashton Harris. Tickets $16 incl. museum admission thru the link!

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.

07/20/2017

Happy birthday to the inimitable Judy Chicago! This fall, the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art will open "Roots of The Dinner Party: History in the Making," the first museum exhibition to explore the formal, material, and conceptual development of this iconic work of feminist art and major highlight of the Brooklyn Museum's permanent collection! 🎂

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/roots_of_the_dinner_party

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.

07/07/2017

Why you should see 'Living Modern' before July 23

Closes July 23 at the Brooklyn Museum

06/27/2017

Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern is now in its final weeks. Due to popular demand, we will be open until 8 pm on Fridays and Saturdays until the exhibition closes on July 23, with new evening tickets available online. Book your tickets now—limited dates remaining!

FINAL WEEKS - Closing July 23, 2017 Due to popular demand, our hours are extended to 8 pm on Fridays and Saturdays, July 7 through July 22. Advance tickets recommended. Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern takes a new look at how the renowned modernist artist proclaimed her progressive, independent lifes...

05/03/2017

05/03/2017

04/27/2017

Don't miss An Evening with Alice Walker at the Museum on May 25! Tickets go on sale to the general public Monday, May 1 at noon and are available now for Members. This event will have ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation.

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest in physical size and holds an art collection with roughly 1.5 million works.

04/27/2017

Visit the Brooklyn Museum before May 7th for a full roster of exhibitions celebrating the Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at the Brooklyn Museum! "We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85" + "Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern" + "Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty" + "Iggy Pop Life Class by Jeremy Deller" + "A Woman's Afterlife: Gender Transformation in Ancient Egypt" = 5 must-see shows!! Minter closes on Sunday, May 7th.

04/21/2017

Can't make it to today's all-day symposium for our new exhibition "We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women 1965-85"? Tune in from where you are with a livestream of the day's activities, including keynote talks from scholars like Dr. Kellie Jones; interviews between curators and many of the artists in the exhibition; and lively panels.
https://livestream.com/BrooklynMuseum/wwarwsymp

Watch Brooklyn Museum's Symposium: We Wanted a Revolution on Livestream.com. This daylong symposium features four panels on black revolutionary art practices, including talks and performances by artists in the exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 and related scholars. Sche...

04/04/2017

Installation for our upcoming special exhibition "We Wanted A Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85" is in full swing, and we really look forward to sharing this important exhibition with our visitors when it opens on April 21st. The Village Voice recently previewed the exhibition in depth:

http://www.villagevoice.com/arts/revolutionary-sisters-artwork-forged-in-the-crucible-of-battles-over-feminism-9824486

Dindga McCannon remembers the meeting well. It took place in early 1971 in her studio, a decrepit fifth-floor walkup on 2nd Street just off Avenue B. "I was shocked that people came up the stairs," McCannon says. "I had one of those walkthrough apartments with the tub in the kitchen...

03/01/2017

LAST CHANCE! Our critically-acclaimed exhibition, "Beverly Buchanan -- Ruins and Rituals" closes this Sunday. Come explore Buchanan's work and experience the exhibition that ArtNews recently described as "the revelation of the season."

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/beverly_buchanan_ruins_rituals