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Still starry-eyed from last night. It’s been two years since we’ve gathered in-person for the #BKArtistsBall, and you all did not disappoint!

Thank you to everyone who attended last night, dressed to impress and giving your best when it comes to supporting the Brooklyn Museum. It’s hard to select highlights when the evening included an elaborate, other-wordly photo booth designed by Randy Polumbo; recognizing our three guests of honor—Maria Grazia Chuiri, Saundra Williams-Cornwell, and W. Don Cornwell—and ending the night on the dance floor with a set by Swizz Beatz.

In order to ensure the mood stayed positive, we appreciate everyone confirming they were COVID-19 negative and vaccinated the day of the event.

📷 Rupert Ramsay, Matthew Carasella (© BFA 2022)

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#fabcouplefriday I sooo love @therealswizzz & @aliciakeys relationship!!! 😍😍 #powercouple #cutecouple #couplegoals #successful #music #producer #songwriter #beautifulpeople #pianist #Repost @aliciakeys ・・・ Excited to celebrate art, life, and creativity at the #BKArtistsBall with my love @TheRealSwizzz. Much love @BrooklynMuseum for the honor!

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We asked our 2019 Brooklyn Artists Ball and After Party guests to be ✨BOLD✨ and, wow, we were not disappointed! Thank you everyone who pulled up in support of the Museum last night! We’ll be uploading pictures on Facebook, but for now enjoy some of the evening’s most 🔥 moments! 

📸 Benjamin Lozovsky/BFA.com © BFA 2019

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After nearly five decades on display in Brooklyn, six of Brooklyn Museum’s twelve reliefs from the Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II (883 to 859 B.C.E.) were fully conserved in 2002. Now Brooklyn Museum conservators are treating the remaining six reliefs.

Usually, conservators examine, photograph, and treat objects in the Brooklyn Museum’s conservation lab; however, moving these large pieces of stone always presents a challenge, as the reliefs weigh between 1900 lbs. and 4500 lbs. each, and many are broken into multiple fragments. Because of their size, weight, and installation requirements, these monumental reliefs are being documented  in situ in the Kevorkian gallery and are being treated in a temporary conservation space in the adjacent Egyptian galleries, all through the generous support of a Bank of America Conservation grant.

The logistical challenges of this large-scale project have created a great opportunity for the Museum to showcase ongoing conservation work and a great opportunity for Brooklyn Museum conservators to speak with visitors about the reliefs and the work that we do, sharing the process and ethos of conservation and cultural heritage preservation. The frosted glass doors leading to the Museum’s Portico porch also provide conservators with beautiful natural light!

Interacting with cultural heritage creates shared experiences that link people across distance and time. Watching conservators work with tools like chisels and scalpels to remove non-original materials from the reliefs can help activate the objects for visitors, as well as conservators, reminding us that artisans created these objects, often using similar tools to those stone carvers use today. Bank of America will be honored next Tuesday at this year’s Brooklyn Museum Artists Ball in recognition of its excellent and continuing support of the arts, ensuring shared experiences of cultural heritage for posterity. 

Posted by Victoria Schussler 

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With this year’s Brooklyn Artists Ball honoring Nick Cave around the corner, I thought I would look into our historic balls to see if anything resonated. The themes of several of our previous balls had to do with material, design, and color, some of the first elements viewers notice about Cave’s works. The conceptual frameworks that underlie his work are much deeper than their materiality and surfaces. Cave’s Soundsuits primarily deal with racial terrorism, identity, and inequality in America. Cave has cited the celebrations and rituals of Mardi Gras, Carnival, and West African dress as sources of inspiration. The past Balls that, to me, resonated with Cave’s practice were the 1965 Festival of the Sun, the 1973 Silver Jubilee Ball, the 1978 Design Galaxy, and the 1988 Cleopatra Gala. This year’s Artists Ball (and After Party) is on April 16th. See you there?

Posted by J. E. Molly Seegers

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Tonight at the Brooklyn Artists Ball we honor Robert Gober and Donald Moffett and recognize their art and their commitment to each other and to social good. Their individual artistic explorations of sexuality, politics, nature, religion, and justice are profound and immensely influential, and the power of their poetic artistic practices grows as we face so many urgencies in the world. Both artists have been committed to supporting many causes, from Bob’s involvement in ACT UP to Don’s role as a founder of Gran Fury, as well as their philanthropic efforts in support of reproductive rights and social justice. 

We hope you can join us tonight as we celebrate these artists.

Posted by Paige Schaefer Donald Moffett, Lot 043017 (multiflora, radiant blue), 2017. Oil on linen, wood panel, steel, 12 ½ x 7 ½ x 6 ½ in. (31.8 x 19.1 x 16.5 cm). Courtesy of the artist and @marianneboeskygallery © Donald Moffett. (Photo: Christopher Burke Studio) | Robert Gober. Untitled Leg, 1989-90. Wax, cotton, leather, human hair, and wood, 11 3/8 x 7 3/4 x 20" (28.9 x 19.7 x 50.8 cm). Gift of the Dannheisser Foundation. (172.1996). The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, U.S.A. Digital Image (c) The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA/Art Resource, NY

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It's that time of year! Time for Brooklyn’s hottest after-party, the Brooklyn Artists Ball Dance Party. Join us on April 17 for dancing, open bar, and DJ sets by Swizz Beatz, DJ Runna, and Adrian Younge. 

Grab your tickets today!

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Join us for the 2018 Brooklyn Artists Ball, honoring Robert Gober and Donald Moffett. As our biggest annual fundraiser, the Brooklyn Artists Ball is the most high-energy, glamorous night of the year. View David Bowie is and experience artist activations and performances, all while supporting the Brooklyn Museum. Reserve your spot now and we’ll see you April 17!