As Eugenie noted in her post, The Moving Garden is installed in our Rubin Pavilion and the artist invites the visitor to take a flower…
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If you read Lisa’s post on the animal mummy field trip to the Animal Medical Center and got as excited as we did, follow us…
Read MoreWe’ve been on a roll the last few months on the Twitter Art Feed by featuring the work of our fellow 1stfans members, and this…
Read MoreOne of the great things that we’ve discovered through the Twitter Art Feed is how many of our very own 1stfans have wanted to create…
Read MoreThis month on the 1stfans Twitter Art Feed artist, we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to feature one of our very own 1stfans: the anonymous,…
Read MoreThis month on the Twitter Art Feed, we’re presenting the work of Brooklyn Museum staff member, Danny Tuss. Danny is assistant to the Chief Curator…
Read MoreJuly’s Twitter Art Feed artist is Brian Piana, who, in his own words, creates works “from the Internet, for the Internet,” several of which used…
Read MoreFor 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. …
Read MoreJune’s 1stfans artist is Mike Monteiro, an artist whose work we discovered through our friends at 20×200.com. We were initially attracted to Mike’s work because…
Read MoreMay’s 1stfans artist for the Twitter Art Feed is Odessa Begay, who has probably merged “twitter” and “art” in the most literal way by illustrating…
Read MoreAfter a month of staff tweets (feel free to provide feedback below!), Shelley and I have a great few months of artists tweets lined up…
Read MoreWe’re going to try something different for the March edition of the 1stfans Twitter Art Feed. Instead of featuring an artist, we’re going to feature…
Read MoreFebruary’s 1stfans Twitter Art Feed artist is Brooklyn’s own Man Bartlett. Man’s work includes drawings (mostly of circles), paintings, sculpture, and, as those on twitter…
Read More1stfans is a year old (more on that to come), and we thought it fitting and affirming to start the new year of the 1stfans…
Read MoreThis month, Lori Hepner’s project for the 1stfans Twitter Art Feed has prompted a great response from 1stfans with interesting and thought-provoking @replies, but there…
Read MoreDecember’s artist for the 1stfans Twitter Art Feed is Lori Hepner, and it’s fitting that her project Status Symbols will grace the Feed for the…
Read MoreWhen Shelley and I went to visit Cass Bird at her Brooklyn studio last week, we weren’t sure what to expect. We had known her…
Read MoreWe found that 1stfans really enjoyed Nick Fortunato’s project for June’s Twitter Art Feed because of the idea that history could come alive again and…
Read MoreDuke Riley has been on our minds a lot over the past month. I’ve received a crash course in his work and the man himself…
Read MoreHere at the Brooklyn Museum, we’re never one to shy away from inter-museum competition of all sorts. I’ve blogged before about how art museums and…
Read MoreThe 1stfans Twitter Art Feed artist for August is Lauren McCarthy, a young artist who has already worn many hats. A self-described “artist/programmer/designer/person,” Lauren’s work…
Read MoreWe’ve been so jealous of @museummodernart for so long because they’ve had multiple visits from Monkey and we’ve had none. We watched as Monkey got…
Read MoreMany thanks are due to our faithful community. Their tweets helped us get in touch with @TrueBloodHBO, the official True Blood twitter feed and they…
Read MoreJudging by the number of re-tweets Nick’s “Poor SpumoniNick’s Almanack” project received, I think it’s safe to say that 1stfans enjoy Twitter Art Feed projects…
Read MoreWe’ve got something very cool going on! Follow us on Twitter today to get our updates—we are going to be tweeting live as curators and…
Read MoreWe were first notified of this surprise appearance from a comment in our online collection by Marlene F. Emmett, who spotted a statue that…
Read MoreNick Fortunato is the second artist selected via the open call for the 1stfans Twitter Art Feed. Similar to An Xiao’s work with Morse Code,…
Read MoreDid you know that we have 1stfans residing in 17 countries around the world? Outside of the United States, we have the most 1stfan representation…
Read MoreWhen we announced Mary Temple for the 1stfans Twitter Art Feed in February, one of the things that Shelley mentioned was our collaboration with the…
Read MoreIf nothing else, Shelley and I think the 1stfans Twitter Art Feed is a pretty cool concept. We readily admit that we have no idea…
Read MoreWe all know this feeling, right? When you walk into an exhibition and there’s one work that really stops you in your tracks? On a…
Read MoreAs Will Cary notes in his post we’ve seen plenty of feedback with regard to the 1stfans Twitter Art Feed. Will and I had been…
Read MoreOne bit of confusion that we have begun to see (<– 4 links) regarding the 1stfans Twitter Art Feed is the notion that we are…
Read MoreIn the same spirit that we asked Swoon to launch 1stfans in person (that is to say, with the Museum’s existing community in mind), we…
Read MoreOne of the things we are really excited about with the launch of 1stfans is giving these new members something they can really get into….
Read MoreIt’s funny, if you know me, I’m sure you can imagine that I would have had a total fit if someone came into my office…
Read MoreWorking in Membership means my job is to get people excited about and involved with the Museum. In that way, my job is just as…
Read MoreWhat’s wrong with this picture? As it turns out, a lot. At the October 6th Target First Saturday, we decided to experiment with Twitter and…
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