the brooklyn artists exhibition

To kick off our 200th anniversary celebration, we’re hosting The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, a major group show of work by Brooklyn artists celebrating the wide-ranging creativity of the borough. Opening on October 4, 2024, and filling the Museum’s Great Hall, the presentation will spotlight artists who have lived or worked in Brooklyn during the last five years (2019–24) and will feature artworks across mediums. The exhibition will be curated by an Artist Committee consisting of Jeffrey Gibson, Vik Muniz, Mickalene Thomas, and Fred Tomaselli, all of whom sit on the Brooklyn Museum’s Board of Trustees. Artists will be selected for inclusion in the exhibition in two rounds: 1) by invitations from the Artist Committee and 2) by anonymous selection from this Open Call.

The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition follows our long history of organizing Brooklyn-focused multimedia exhibitions, from juried exhibitions in the 1930s to the 1950s to Working in Brooklyn exhibitions in the 1980s and the 1990s, as well as more recent large-scale exhibitions, including Open House (2004), GO: a community-curated open studio project (2012–13), and Crossing Brooklyn: Art from Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, and Beyond (2014–15). Bringing together an unprecedented number of Brooklyn artists surpassing any previous showcase in the Museum’s history, The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition will not only highlight the unparalleled breadth and depth of talent in our local Brooklyn communities but also the borough’s position as a beacon in today’s artistic landscape.