Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200

Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, 11238, New York City

February 28, 2025 – February 7, 2027

Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200 celebrates the museum's bicentennial through three chapters showcasing the collection's evolution. Brooklyn Made honors art and design created in the borough from the 17th century to today, featuring works by contemporary Brooklyn artists including Duke Riley, Rashid Johnson, Tourmaline, and Thaddeus Wolfe. Building the Brooklyn Museum traces the development of both the collection and the Beaux-Arts building through transformational artworks and archival materials. Gifts of Art in Honor of the 200th showcases extraordinary contemporary works—paintings, photographs, video, sculpture, ceramics—donated by valued patrons, including pieces by Derrick Adams, Julie Mehretu, Robert Frank, Alex Katz, Joel Sternfeld, and Coco Fusco. Together, these works reveal how the collection continues to reflect our changing world.