Provocative feminist art gets a permanent new home in Brooklyn.
The Brooklyn Museum is well known for preserving history—but on March 23
this borough landmark will actually make history.
On that day, the museum will open the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for
Feminist Art, the first exhibition and study center of its kind in the
nation.
This “museum within a museum” elevates feminist art to the same level as
other more traditional and widely recognized art movements.
“It’s extraordinary,” said Dr. Maura Reilly, curator of the center.
“This museum has said, like no other museum, that feminist art is worthy
not only of its own exhibition space, but is worthy of complete
intellectual and scholarly recognition.”
“I think retrospectively, this will be considered really, really
pioneering.”
After years of planning, the new 8,300-square-foot facility has been
constructed on the museum’s fourth floor. It takes over space formerly
occupied by decorative arts displays and museum storage.
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