Now Open… María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold. 👁️ Featuring career highlights, new artwork, and a multimedia series on view for the first time in the United States, this exhibition presents more than 40 artworks spanning four decades. Celebrate opening weekend and the start of #LatinXHeritageMonth during Saturday’s Symposium: Behold from 11:30 am–5:30 pm, presenting a new performance by the artist, and reflections on Campos-Pons’s work. Get your ticket, which includes general admission,⁠ or pay what you wish to join us virtually at the link in our bio. #BeholdBkM #BrooklynMuseum #MariaMagdalenaCamposPons #HispanicHeritageMonth

Opening on October 7… Spike Lee: Creative Sources. 🎬 Formed over decades, Spike Lee’s personal collection offers a new lens through which we can learn how his lifelong interests have intersected and impacted his work. As part of Spike Lee: Creative Sources, you’ll see more than 350 objects representing the filmmaker’s sources of inspiration, such as historical photographs, paintings, album covers, movie posters, letters, first-edition books, costumes, and film memorabilia (many of which are autographed and signed to the director). Get a special glimpse into the world of the filmmaker during Brooklyn Talks on October 12 at 7:30 pm, featuring Spike Lee (@officialspikelee) in conversation with Delroy Lindo (@theauthenticdelroylindo). Tickets available at the link in our bio. Leadership support for this exhibition is provided by Ford Foundation (@fordfoundation). Major support is provided by Rolex (@rolex). Special thanks to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (@academymuseum), especially Dara Jaffe, Associate Curator. #SpikeLeeBkM #BrooklynMuseum #BkMTalks #SpikeLee #brooklyn #film #museum

We’re grooving all the way until the end! If you haven’t seen #AfricaFashionBkM already, don’t miss your chance. This cultural celebration closes on October 22. Plan your visit through the link in our bio. Africa Fashion is created by the V&A (@vamuseum)—touring the world. The lead sponsor is Bank of America (@bankofamerica) with major support provided by ALÁRA (@alaralagos). Special thanks to OkayAfrica / Okayplayer (@okayafrica) and Nataal (@nataalmedia), media sponsors for this exhibition. #BrooklynMuseum #AfricaFashion #fashion #art

Ommm really gonna miss Yoga on the Stoop this winter. How about you? 🧘⁠ ⁠ The last morning of meditation on the plaza steps will take place on October 14 at 10 am. Led by Beth (@bethcooke_flow), join us for one final gentle flow this season.⁠ ⁠ Tickets include general admission. Get yours at the link in our bio. ⁠ 📷 Outdoor Yoga on the Stoop, 06/17/2023. Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Naeem Douglas/Souls in Focus)⁠ ⁠ #JamelShabazzBkM #ArtOnTheStoop #BrooklynMuseum #yoga #art

Give us your two cents, and get 20% off! 🛍️⁠ ⁠ Whether or not you’re an art book lover or not, we want to hear from you. Which subjects stand out to you? What grabs your attention most? What do you want to see more of in our Shop? ⁠ ⁠ Take the survey at the link in our bio and receive 20% off at the #BkMShop. Note: you must be 18 years old or older to participate; discount not applicable to Africa Fashion or Spike Lee: Creative Sources exhibition merchandise.⁠ ⁠ 📷 Courtesy of Victoria & Albert Museum, Brooklyn Museum

Stars—they’re just like us! They show up and show out for Spike Lee: Creative Sources. ⭐ Get a glimpse into the world of Spike Lee and plan your visit at the link in our bio. 📷 Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP preview, 10/03/2023. Brooklyn Museum. (Photos: Darian DiCianno/BFA, Deonté/BFA, and Matthew Carasella Photography) #SpikeLeeBkM #BrooklynMuseum #SpikeLee #museum #film

Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay. ⁠ ⁠ This innovative coiled basket—woven by Carol Emarthle-Douglas expressly for our permanent collection—depicts eleven women each wearing the traditional dress of her tribe or nation. Each woman holds a three-dimensional basket woven in the style of her people and, facing outward, presents it to the world. The circle of women is repeated on the interior, where they compose a community of basket makers and present their baskets to each other.⁠ ⁠ Emarthle-Douglas is a Northern Arapaho and Seminole Artist.⁠ ⁠ 🖼️Carol Emarthle-Douglas (Northern Arapaho-Seminole, born 1959). Gathering of Nations, 2010. Waxed linen thread, single-rod hemp core, red and yellow cedar, reed, raffia, sweetgrass, pine needles, silk thread, cherry bark, artificial sinew. Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 2011.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)⁠ ⁠ #IndigenousArt #BrooklynMuseum

It’s no news that Brooklyn’s got style! 💯⁠ ⁠ Our friends at Bed-Stuy Clothes Swap (@bedstuy_clothesswap) and Black Girl Environmentalist (@blackgirlenvironmentalist) are co-hosting a clothing swap in our Sculpture Garden on October 14. Bring at least three items to receive 10% off tickets to our special exhibition Africa Fashion!⁠ ⁠ Refresh your fall wardrobe at this free event. Learn more and RSVP at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📷 Bed-Stuy Clothes Swap and Black Girl Environmentalist⁠ ⁠ #BrooklynMuseum #AfricaFashionBkM #brooklyn

Clothing is a statement of creativity carefully chosen, customized, and styled. ⁠ ⁠ Photographs like Trevor Stuurman’s, shown here, are more than just dandified displays of self-fashioning, they explore the binaries of gender and genderlessness; visibility and invisibility; self-representation and misrepresentation. Whether through self-portraits, collages, or photographs of festival flaneurs, image makers across the African continent are capturing performances of identity. As fashion evolves and the way in which individuals view themselves shift, artists offer a glimpse of the constant reinvention made possible through style. ⁠ ⁠ Explore how photography depicts dressing as a way of life and an art form in #AfricaFashion. ⁠ ⁠ #AfricaFashionBkM #BrooklynMuseum⁠ ⁠ 📷 Trevor Stuurman (South African, born 1992). Mama Panther, 2017. © Trevor Stuurman (Photo: Courtesy of the artist) → @trevor_stuurman from @nadianeo

Jumping for joy this First Saturday! 💥⁠ ⁠ While there aren’t any tickets left for #FirstSaturdaysBkM, you can still join the fun by purchasing a timed ticket for Spike Lee: Creative Sources or Africa Fashion and sticking around for the event.⁠ ⁠ #BrooklynMuseum #SpikeLeeBkM #AfricaFashionBkM⁠ ⁠ 📷@wvliet, @croquetteinthesun, @theneondemon_, @sparklesism, @kbartholmess, @malikitaka

Spike Lee 🤝 Brooklyn Museum⁠ ⁠ Today we open the doors to the first major exhibition centering the celebrated filmmaker. Where else, but right here in Brooklyn?⁠ ⁠ As one of the most influential and prolific American directors, Spike Lee’s name has become synonymous with our beloved borough. As a Brooklyn icon, he has centered the borough and other New York City locales in many of his films in addition to collecting and preserving artifacts from Brooklyn’s rich history. In turn, Spike Lee: Creative Sources examines the ways that Brooklyn has shaped Lee creatively.⁠ ⁠ Learn more and plan your visit to #SpikeLeeBkM at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ Leadership support for this exhibition is provided by Ford Foundation (@fordfoundation). Major support is provided by Rolex (@rolex). Special thanks to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (@academymuseum), especially Dara Jaffe, Associate Curator.⁠ 📷 Spike Lee, 2023. (Photo: © Jamel Shabazz @jamelshabazz) ⁠ #BrooklynMuseum #SpikeLee #brooklyn #film #museum

Our stoop has seen so many smiling faces this summer, including those lining our outdoor plaza!⁠ ⁠ This weekend we wave an official goodbye to our installation Jamel Shabazz: Faces and Places, 1980-2023. ⁠ ⁠ Don’t miss your last chance to enjoy this year’s #ArtOnTheStoop, closing October 8.⁠ ⁠ 📷 Jamel Shabazz (born Brooklyn, New York, 1960). Untitled, Downtown Brooklyn, 1982; Rolling Solo, Downtown Brooklyn, 1985; Fly Girl, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, 1980; Shakim, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, 1981; Untitled, Flatbush, Brooklyn, 1985; Fly Guy, Downtown Brooklyn, 1982; Rolling Solo, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, 1981 © Jamel Shabazz