Brooklyn Museum: Calendar

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, April 20, 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.

Leaders of Bed-Stuy Clothes Swap and Black Girl Environmentalist.

Waste No More: Brooklyn Museum Clothing Swap

Saturday, April 20, 2024
11 am–2 pm

Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavillion, 1st Floor; Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd floor

Clean out your closet and refresh your wardrobe for summer with Bed-Stuy Clothes Swap.

*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, April 20, 2024
12–4 pm

Education Gallery, 1st Floor

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

*Red-Figure Skyphos*, later part of 5th century C.E. Clay, slip. Brooklyn Museum; Gift of Robert B. Woodward, 03.18. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Member Tour: Family-Friendly Highlights

Saturday, April 20, 2024
12–1 pm

Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor

Members: Join us for a family-friendly tour of highlights of our Egyptian Galleries.

Artland: Artcycling Workshops

Saturday, April 20, 2024
1–3 pm

Education Gallery, 1st Floor

In these eco-friendly workshops, visit Artland: An Installation by Do Ho Suh and Children and use alternative materials to add to this colorful world.

Brooklyn Museum visitors discuss works of art in the galleries — Participants discuss works of art in the galleries. (Photo: Christina Marinelli)

Gallery Tours: A Few of Our Favorite Things

Saturday, April 20, 2024
1–2 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Discover your new favorite artworks in an immersive tour of the Brooklyn Museum.

Plants to the People, 2022. (Photo: Jhomalys Moran)

Collective Rage for Collective Liberation: Indya Moore, Amanda Seales, and Céline Semaan—Sold Out

Saturday, April 20, 2024
2–4 pm

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor, and Iris Cantor Plaza

This program is sold out. This Earth Day, learn about channeling climate rage into collective action in a conversation among Indya Moore, Amanda Seales, and Céline Semaan.

Jamel Shabazz. *Breezy Boy Breakers, Midtown, Manhattan, NYC*, 2011. Chromogenic print. The Dean Collection, courtesy of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. © Jamel Shabazz. (Photo: Glenn Steigelman)

Pop-Up Talks: Giants

Saturday, April 20, 2024
2–3 pm

Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, 5th 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.