wow, that's exciting news! But let's hope the decorative arts still
have a place too somewhere in the museum. Some of my best friends
have been in the decorative arts :-)
xx Renee
On 15 Mar 2007, at 11:36, marc wrote:
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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