Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Pkwy
718.638.5000
This event has passed.
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Courtesy Brooklyn Museum of Art
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Nov 18, 2011 – Feb 12
Wednesdays (11am–6pm)
Thursdays (11am–10pm)
Fridays–Sundays (11am–6pm)
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- Price
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$12 suggested donation
“The HIDE/SEEK exhibition is known best for the controversy it caused in Washington, DC when it opened in October 2010 at the National Portrait Gallery when Secretary of the Smithsonian Wayne G. Clough removed a video by David Wojnarowicz, Fire in My Belly, in response to objections from conservative politicians raising a debate about artistic freedom and political influence. The first major museum exhibition to focus on themes of gender and sexuality in modern American portraiture, HIDE/SEEK, which presents the over 100 works by 67 artists, has now opened in New York having found a home at the Brooklyn Museum — a venue that is no stranger to controversial shows (see the 1999 Sensation exhibit). Above and beyond its penchant for presenting divisive shows, the museum may be a good fit for other reasons. "[The museum] is uniquely positioned to host this landmark exhibition," stated the museum's director Arnold Lehman, "since New York is where many of these artists and their subjects discovered their voice and where the gay rights movement discovered its voice."”
Rozalia Jovanovic, Flavorpill
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Head to Flavorwire for a preview of the show.
