Ask A Conservator
I was a senior in college when I found a book that would unlock a career path I didn’t know existed. I was writing a paper on Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, checking out everything I could find that was remotely related, when I came across Jørgen Wadum’s Vermeer Illuminated, a book on the extensive conservation treatment of the painting in 1994. The cover image, with losses to the figure’s cheeks standing out in stark white, was so arresting that I immediately wanted to know more about the painting’s physical history and the effort that had gone into conserving this serene and iconic work. When I read further and realized that conservation blended my love of hands-on work with a research component, my career goals coalesced practically overnight.
Unit 1:
Geography and Environment
About Arts of China
The Arts of China Teaching Toolkit is designed for third grade teachers and their students with the goal of enriching their exploration of Chinese art and culture. The lessons focus on artworks from the Brooklyn Museum’s Chinese collection and exhibitions. The Arts of China collection ranges from the Neolithic era (circa 3000 B.C.E.) to today, revealing the sophistication of Chinese craftsmanship and the variety of concerns—funerary, courtly, religious, and poetic—that combined to define traditional Chinese culture. The works also demonstrate an enduring respect for antiquity as well as novel, contemporary approaches to time-honored materials such as ink and bronze.
The Life of a Confucian Scholar
Consider how objects and images can represent scholars’ ideals
How Do Photographers Know When an Image is Complete?
A new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum brings together nearly 50 artists who are grappling with questions of power, identity, and history through photography. Titled In the Now: Gender and
The Many Shades of Ancient Egyptian Pigments
By: Elizabeth Treptow, Katie YeeAncient Egypt was flooded with color. Artists and craftspeople brightly embellished a variety of surfaces, including temple and palace walls, coffins, statues, and pottery.
Repair, Renew, Revise, Revise, Revise
"Repair, Renew, Revise, Revise, Revise" by Kiese Laymon was written for the two-volume publication, A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, published in 2022 by the Baltimore
How Visual Art Becomes Music: Niles Luther on Composing Hiroshige
Niles Luther, the Brooklyn Museum’s composer in residence, learned early in his training as a classical cellist that technique is meant to serve a story. Ideally, it serves many stories,