Brooklyn Museum's Feminist Narratives and Everyday Rebellions

The Brooklyn Museum in New York is presenting a series of politically charged exhibitions centered on feminist art and collective memory. The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art features Judy Chicago's iconic installation "The Dinner Party," a monumental triangular banquet table with 39 place settings commemorating historical women, alongside 999 additional names inscribed on the floor. The center also hosts "Everyday Rebellions: Collection Conversations," inspired by Gloria Steinem's essay, juxtaposing works by Beverly Semmes, Sarah Sze, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, and Nicole Eisenman with historical objects like an early 20th-century seal-intestine parka. In the Beaux-Arts Court, the exhibition "Common Sense," curated by Catherine Morris and Kimberli Gant, responds to Thomas Paine's 1776 pamphlets with contemporary works by Paul Ramírez Jonas, Charles Gaines, Jason Kao Hwang, Öyvind Fahlström, Joyce Kozloff, Hank Willis Thomas, Kara Walker, Donald Moffett, and Maynard Monrow. Upcoming fall exhibitions include "Cézanne to Modigliani: Gifts of Modern Art from the Pearlman Collection" opening October 2 and "Art of Manga" opening October 3, reflecting the museum's rejection of boundaries between high and popular culture.