The Brooklyn Museum Announces Complete Reinstallation of American Art Galleries, Championing a Radical New Presentation of American Art Collections

“When we began thinking about the Brooklyn Museum’s American Art collection in the context of today’s world, we knew we needed to shake off tradition and explore alternative ways of seeing and understanding our rich holdings,” says Stephanie Sparling Williams. “As an art museum, the Brooklyn Museum is a site for celebrating beauty. But what does one do when beautiful artworks are entangled in ugly and often violent histories? By prioritizing care—for our audiences and the artworks—and joy, this presentation works to radically shift how we collectively navigate and engage within these historic spaces.”

The collection will be installed across eight galleries on the Museum’s fifth floor, each dedicated to a unique curatorial framework that brings together art spanning time, culture, and media from across North, Central, and South America. The experience will begin in the elevator lobby, where Jannah and Kiyanna Handy of Brooklyn’s own BLK MKT Vintage have been tapped for the interior design.

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