The Obama Portraits Seven-City Tour unveiled at The Brooklyn Museum of Art in August, 2021

 

 

 

The Obama Portraits. Images via Brooklyn Museum of Art

Organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the Obama Portraits will travel across the U.S. from June 2021 through October 2022, reaching millions of people who might not otherwise have an opportunity to view these remarkable paintings.

The much anticipated portraits will be arriving at The Brooklyn Museum of Art this August as part of a five-city tour throughout the United States, beginning the tour appropriately enough, at The Art Institute of Chicago,  the location of ‘Barack & Michelle’s’ first date! 

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The Bronx Museum of the Arts Turns 50! Let’s Celebrate with #SeeMeBronx

 

 

 

Installation Image by Becca Guzzo, Project for Empty Space

The Bronx Museum of the Arts turns 50 this year, and they are kicking-off this celebratory anniversary with #SeeMeBronx, an interactive project about visibility, intersectionality, and identify with a focus on visibility as a tenet of social justice. We also celebrate The Bronx Museum of the Arts as an admission-free Museum.

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Remembering ‘Studio 54: Night Magic’ at Brooklyn Museum of Art

 

 

 

Guy Marineau (French, born 1947). Pat Cleveland on the dance floor during Halston’s disco bash at Studio 54, 1977. (Photo: Guy Marineau / WWD / Shutterstock)

The Brooklyn Museum of Art will open its doors to Studio 54: Night Magic, the first exhibition exploring the trailblazing aesthetics and continuing impact of New York City’s legendary nightclub.

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‘JR: Chronicles’ arriving at Brooklyn Museum in October 2019

 

 

 

JR (French, born 1983). The Chronicles of New York City, 2018-19 (detail). © JR-ART.NET. Image courtesy Brooklyn Museum.

The Brooklyn Museum will open its Great Hall to a soaring multimedia installation tracing French artist, JR’s career from his early documentation of graffiti artists as a teenager in Paris, to his large-scale architectural interventions in cities worldwide, to his more recent digitally collaged murals that create collective portraits of diverse publics.

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‘Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving’ Opening at The Brooklyn Museum in February

 

 

 

Nickolas Muray (American, born Hungary, 1892-1965). Frida on Bench, 1939. Carbon print, 18 x 14 in. (45.5 x 36 cm). Courtesy of Nickolas Muray Photo Archives. © Nickolas Muray Photo Archives

The Brooklyn Museum will open its doors to the exhibition, Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving, a major exhibition exploring the life and work of the iconic Mexican artist.

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