Brooklyn Museum: Calendar

Art-making at the Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Faviola Lopez-Romani)

Member Tours: Family-Friendly Highlights

Saturday, March 9, 2024
10–11 am

Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion and Lobby, 1st Floor

Members: Embark on a family-friendly tour highlighting the wonders at the Brooklyn Museum.

Ebony G. Patterson (born Kingston, Jamaica, 1981)*. . . . they were just hanging out . . . you know . . . talking about . . . ( . . . when they grow up . . .)*, 2016. Beads, appliqués, fabric, glitter, buttons, costume jewelry, trimming, rhinestones, glue on digital print on hand-cut matte photo paper, 90 × 224 in. (228.6 × 569 cm). The Dean Collection, courtesy of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. © Ebony G. Patterson. Courtesy of the artist, Monique Meloche Gallery, and the Studio Museum in Harlem. (Photo: Adam Reich)

Member Mornings: Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

Saturday, March 9, 2024
10–11 am

Great Hall, 1st Floor

Enjoy a Members-only morning viewing of Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys.

Pop-Up Market at the Brooklyn Museum, December 2022. (Photo: Diana English)

Brooklyn Pop-Up Winter Artisans Market

Saturday, March 9, 2024
11 am–5:30 pm

Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor

Stop by our monthly weekend market to shop one-of-a-kind, handmade items from local vendors.

*Artland: An Installation by Do Ho Suh and Children*, 2022. © Do Ho Suh. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London. (Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates, London)

Artland: Drop-in Art-Making

Saturday, March 9, 2024
12–4 pm

Education Gallery, 1st Floor

Drop by Artland, an enchanting ecosystem of color and clay, and contribute your own fantastical additions.

Kwame Brathwaite. *Untitled (Model Who Embraced Natural Hairstyles at AJASS Photoshoot)*, circa 1970, printed 2018. Pigmented inkjet print. The Dean Collection, courtesy of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. © Kwame Brathwaite. (Photo: Joshua White / JWPictures.com)

Black is Beautiful: A Portrait Workshop with Evocation Studio

Saturday, March 9, 2024
12–3 pm

Museum Shop, 1st Floor

Celebrate Giants and the legacy of Kwame Brathwaite with a portrait photography workshop, emphasizing the fundamentals of the Black is Beautiful movement.

Gallery Tour: A Few of Our Favorite Things

Saturday, March 9, 2024
1–2 pm

Meet in Rubin Pavillion, 1st Floor

Discover a few of your tour guide’s favorite artworks in the Brooklyn Museum, and make a few new favorites of your own.

Artland: Character Design Workshops

Saturday, March 9, 2024
1–3 pm

Education Gallery, 1st Floor

Take a trip to Artland: An Installation by Do Ho Suh and Children, meet creatures that live in this world of color and clay, and discover how to create your own.

Odili Donald Odita. *Place*, 2018. Acrylic on canvas. The Dean Collection, courtesy of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. © Odili Donald Odita. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. (Photo: Glenn Steigelman)

Pop-Up Talks: Giants

Saturday, March 9, 2024
2–3 pm

Great Hall, 1st Floor

Legendary, canon-expanding, and larger-than-life artworks: see them all in Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys during free, short talks led by our A.R.T. Guides.