The Brooklyn Museum holds a comprehensive permanent collection that includes ancient Egyptian masterpieces, African art, European painting, decorative arts, period rooms, , and contemporary and feminist art. The collection also includes American art, Classical and Ancient Near Eastern art, and art of the Pacific Islands.
The Museum mounts exhibitions of traditional and historical works, as well as today's most important artists and artistic practices and ideas.
Exhibitions & Dates
Brooklyn Abstraction: Four Artists, Four Walls
Aug 12 2022 - Aug 6 2023
Four distinct, visually immersive experiences
Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art
Feb 4 2022 - Nov 12 2023
90 works by Monet, Courbet, Morisot, Matisse, Picasso, Tanguy, and Kandinsky and others
Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas
Feb 14 2020 - Nov 19 2023
More than sixty works spanning 2,800 years and cultures across North, Central, and South America
It’s Pablo-matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby
Jun 2 2023 - Sep 24 2023
100+ works examine the artist’s complicated legacy
Africa Fashion
Jun 23 2023 - Oct 22 2023
180+ works celebrate the ingenuity and global impact of African fashions from the 1950s to today
Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines
Nov 17 2023 - Mar 31 2024
Documents zines’ relationship to various subcultures and avant-garde practices