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The Brooklyn Museum Expands Collection with Over 330 Acquisitions
December 9, 2024, 4:00.53 pm ET

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Photo: Carrie Mae Weems/Danny Perez

In celebration of its 200th anniversary, the Brooklyn Museum has enriched its collection with over 330 new acquisitions, spanning 6,000 years of global creativity. Among these, more than 100 are special gifts from donors honoring this milestone, ranging across diverse areas like Contemporary Art, Feminist Art, Arts of Africa, and more. These works will feature prominently in the upcoming exhibition Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200, opening February 2025. Here are some of those special gifts:

• Carrie Mae Weems, The North Star (2022)
For decades, Weems has been renowned for her photographic depictions of American experiences, especially those that sit at the intersection of race, gender, and class.

• Julie Mehretu, Treatises on the Executed (2022)
A dynamic etching exploring social and political themes, created in collaboration with Gemini GEL.


Photo: Billy Monk/Brooklyn Museum

• Billy Monk, The Catacombs, 23 December 1967 (1967)
A vivid photograph capturing underground nightlifein apartheid-era South Africa from Billy Monk, bolstering the holdings that depict queer realities.

• Kondō Takahiro, Large Conical Bowl (2020)
A stunning porcelain work showcasing the artist's innovative “silver mist” glazing technique that perfectly embodies the artist’s stated goal of “creating water from fire.”


Photo: Dorothy/Brooklyn Museum

• Kyōhei Inukai the Elder, Dorothy (1933)
A striking portrait of Dorothy Hampton, celebrating the artistry of this Japanese-American painter during his Greenwich Village years.


For more informaton, visit the brooklynmuseum.org


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