Member Morning: Thierry Mugler: Couturissime
Saturday, May 6, 2023 10–11 am
Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, 5th Floor
Enjoy a Members-only morning viewing of Thierry Mugler: Couturissime, the first retrospective to explore the fascinating, edgy universe of the French designer and perfumer.
Gallery Tour: A Few of Our Favorite Things
Saturday, May 6, 2023 1–2 pm
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Join one of our A.R.T. Guides for a free tour through our galleries. Our guides will share a few of their favorite artworks, and together we’ll explore what makes the Brooklyn Museum so unique. Free with Museum admission.
Visita Guiada: Algunas de Nuestras Piezas Favoritas
Saturday, May 6, 2023 1–2 pm
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Únete a uno de nuestros Guías A.R.T. en un recorrido guiado y gratuito por nuestras galerías. Nuestros guías compartirán algunas de sus obras favoritas y descubrirás porqué el Museo de Brooklyn es un lugar tan único. Gratis con entrada al museo.
Join one of our A.R.T. Guides for a free tour through our galleries. Our guides will share a few of their favorite artworks and explore what makes the Brooklyn Museum so unique. Free with Museum admission.
Hands-On Art
Saturday, May 6, 2023 5–7 pm
Brooklyn Museum Plaza
Create an oil portrait inspired by Oscar yi Hou: East of sun, west of moon, on view on the fourth floor. (Rain location: Great Hall, 1st Floor)
Brooklyn Pop-Up Market
Saturday, May 6, 2023 5–9:30 pm
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Shop one-of-a-kind, handmade items by more than thirty vendors across Brooklyn, including artwork, jewelry, fashion, home and apothecary goods, and more.
Music: Carnegie Hall Citywide Presents Sonny Singh
Saturday, May 6, 2023 5–6:30 pm
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Brooklyn-based activist, educator, and trumpeter Sonny Singh returns to the Museum to perform joyous anthems that fuse Punjabi sounds with ska, funk, punk, and more. His genre-bending music celebrates the Sikh concept of revolutionary eternal optimism. Presented in partnership with Carnegie Hall Citywide.
Diaper Drive with Good+Foundation
Saturday, May 6, 2023 5–10 pm
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
Donate a pack of diapers and support the one in three families in the U.S. struggling with diaper need. Good+Foundation pairs donations for families with innovative services, creating an upward trajectory for families in underfunded communities.
Signature Cocktail by Mood Ring
Saturday, May 6, 2023 5–10 pm
The Norm Restaurant and Bar, 1st Floor
Enjoy a specialty cocktail that pays tribute to First Saturdays’ vibes, created by Bushwick favorite Mood Ring.
Pop-Up Poetry with Kundiman
Saturday, May 6, 2023 5:30–7 pm
Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia Gallery of Contemporary Art, 4th Floor
Poets Kiran Bath, Wo Chan, Hazem Fahmy, and Elmo Tumbokon read original work that reflects on themes of migration, freedom, identity, and labor. Presented in partnership with Kundiman, an organization dedicated to the creation and cultivation of Asian American literature. Seating is limited (40 spaces available) and first come, first served.
Teen Pop-Up Talks: Arts of Asia
Saturday, May 6, 2023 6–7 pm
Arts of Asia, 2nd Floor
Join the Teen Museum Apprentices as they host ten-minute pop-up talks in the Arts of Asia galleries.
Music: NOMON
Saturday, May 6, 2023 6–7 pm
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
Sisters Shayna and Nava Dunkelman are NOMON, a duo drawing inspiration from dance choreography and improvisation as they compose experimental percussive music with drum machines, synthesizers, and acoustic instruments. (Rain location: Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor)
Music: DJ Yeldā Ali
Saturday, May 6, 2023 7–9 pm
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
Brooklyn-based DJ Yeldā Ali spins a global set that invokes disco, pop, and South Asian musical influences. (Rain location: Lobby, 1st Floor, 7–8 pm)
Performance: A+ the Pan-Asian Drag Revue
Saturday, May 6, 2023 7:30–9 pm
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
A+ the Pan-Asian Drag Revue brings a stellar lineup of New York’s finest drag artists from the Asian diaspora and beyond. Seating is limited (330 spaces available) and first come, first served. This program will include ASL interpretation.
Artist’s Eye: Yakpo Collective
Saturday, May 6, 2023 8–9:30 pm
Arts of Asia, 2nd Floor
Tsewang Lhamo, Tsejin Khando, and Dr. Tenzin Mingyur Paldron from the New York–based Yakpo Collective, a creative platform for Tibetan contemporary artists, lead short tours of collection highlights every half hour.
Music: saxofshaolin superjam
Saturday, May 6, 2023 8–10 pm
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Singaporean American artist saxofshaolin leads a superjam—an improvised jam session—that explores and celebrates the intersecting foundations of Asian American and Afro-Caribbean culture, embracing an intercultural future that’s for us, by us.
Music: Habibi
Saturday, May 6, 2023 9–10 pm
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
The quintet Habibi celebrates its Brooklyn DIY roots with music that blends psychedelic grunge sounds and Motown-inspired harmonies.