All posts tagged “Brooklyn Museum

Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt at Brooklyn Museum, through January 21, 2018

“Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt is the first major exhibition to focus on one of the most fascinating and mysterious aspects of ancient Egyptian culture and religion—the mummification of animals. Organized by the Brooklyn Museum and drawn from its renowned Egyptian collection, the exhibition clarifies the role animals, and images of animals, played in… Read More

Beverly Buchanan—Ruins and Rituals at Brooklyn Museum, October 21, 2016 – March 5, 2017

“Through incisive considerations of site, history, biography, and portraiture, Beverly Buchanan (1940–2015) produced landmark bodies of work, including cast concrete and mixed-media sculptures, drawings and books, and evocative paintings and photographs. The Brooklyn Museum presents the most comprehensive exhibition of Buchanan’s work to date through… Read More

Philippe Parreno: My Room Is Another Fish Bowl at Brooklyn Museum, through November 20, 2016

“The Brooklyn Museum presents a participatory, immersive installation by French artist Philippe Parreno. Approximately 150 colorful fish-shaped Mylar balloons will float at various heights and move gently through the glass-enclosed Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion in response to human interaction and climatic changes. This elegant and… Read More