ART: ‘I painted over Andy Warhol’

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Published June 11, 2010 at 7:48 a.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Meredith Deliso ... The Brooklyn Paper ... Andy Warhol wasn’t much of a bird watcher. The iconic pop artist had a house out on Long Island — the closest thing we have to the county here — that was used mainly for parties ... For Bushwick-based artist Mel Smothers, that facet has inspired him to conduct a (metaphorical) dialogue with the pop icon in his series, “Dear Andy: Postcards from Montauk.” ... In his paintings, the artist, and nature

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Coney Events: Coney Island Mermaid Parade June 19th, 2010

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Published June 9, 2010 at 11:23 p.m.
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Coney Island's biggest and most cultural extravaganza rolls down Surf Avenue, June 19th with King Neptune Lou Reed and Queen Mermaid Laurie Anderson.  If it weren't for Coney Island USA and the Mermaid Parade, perhaps Coney Island would've never survived its comatose years ... All the times and registration information can be found at the Coney Island USA website: ... Coney Island – The 28th Annual MERMAID PARADE ... will step off at 2pm on Saturday, June 19, 2010. This years parade features

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Rethinking Twitter with ConnectTweet

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Published June 8, 2010 at 8:58 a.m.

For as long as we’ve had the Brooklyn Museum Twitter account, I’ve been the sole voice behind it, but today we are trying something new.  Ben Hedrington, the developer behind ConnectTweet, has given us the go ahead to alpha test the app that powers the Best Buy Twelpforce, a campaign I’ve long been a fan [ ... ] ...

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Teen Night Events Planning Committee

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Published May 13, 2010 at 8:55 a.m.

This year, with the help of my colleague, Museum Educator, Keonna Hendrick, we’ve created the Brooklyn Museum Teen Night Events Planning Committee. The committee consists of eight high school students who meet two to three times a month to plan teen events. Each Teen Night event is co-lead by two teens who determine the night’s [ ... ] ...

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Get a Key, Unlock Doors

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Published June 3, 2010 at 12:53 p.m.

Last time you were at the Brooklyn Museum, you probably didn’t notice the hidden door next the portrait of George Washington in the Luce Center for American Art, but now you can see what’s inside once you have a key!Key to the City, by Paul Ramírez Jonas, allows every New Yorker a chance to go [ ... ] ...

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Brooklyn’s Finest: Nitasha Kawatra

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Published May 18, 2010 at 10:52 a.m.

This week is my last at the Brooklyn Museum, and so I thought we’d do a special edition of “Brooklyn’s Finest” this month by way of transitioning over the 1stfans leadership here at the Museum. Even before 1stfans launched, Shelley and I spent a lot of time talking about what would happen with the program [ ... ] ...

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Teens Unite at Two Institutions

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Published June 3, 2010 at 9:41 a.m.

In celebration of the new relationship between Brooklyn Museum’s Costume Collection and the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, teen programs at both museums have joined forces to offer fashion related events for teens.On Friday, May 14, Brooklyn Museum Apprentices visited The Metropolitan Museum for the teen event, A Conversation with Two Artists: [ ... ] ...

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Architectural Fragments in the Brooklyn Museum Collection

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Published May 14, 2010 at 2:15 p.m.

We understand that you may have questions about the recent article in The Atlantic Monthly about the Museum’s Architectural Fragment collection. To begin,The Brooklyn Museum regrets that the author’s comments do not reflect the substantive content of his hours of conversation with Museum staff, or of the extensive and detailed information subsequently provided in response [ ... ] ...

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PERSPECTIVE: A true cover up! Brooklyn Bridge paint job glosses over history

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Published June 1, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Gary Buiso ... The Brooklyn Paper ... All we wanted to know was what color the Brooklyn Bridge will be ... The city is about to undertake a massive paint job on the historic span — one that officials now say will “restore” the bridge to its “original” color ... The problem is, no one seems to know what that “original” color is! ... Officially, the Department of Transportation is calling the

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CLEANING THE GOWANUS: Report: Gowanus will bloom with more housing, less stink

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Published May 11, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.
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See this story at BrooklynPaper.com ... By Gary Buiso ... The Brooklyn Paper ... The future of the toxic Gowanus Canal zone can be bright — if the waterway is cleaned and thousands of new residential apartments are built, a new report argued this week ... Of course, that conversation starter was expected, given that the report, “Reconsidering Gowanus,” was commissioned by a real-estate institute charged with plotting a course for a corpse of water that the federal government has designated

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