The Brooklyn Museum unveiled a vibrant lineup of exhibitions this summer, offering visitors new ways to experience contemporary and historical art through immersive installations and innovative design.
Among the highlights is Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, and The Ruckus Construction Co.: Excerpts from “Ruckus Manhattan”, a revival of the whimsical 1970s installation last shown at the museum more than 30 years ago, according to a press release.
Opening June 13 in the museum’s Great Hall, the exhibition showcases Dame of the Narrows (1975), a towering sculptural tribute to New York City’s ferry system, alongside 42nd Street Porno Bookstore (1976), a new addition to the museum’s collection that captures the gritty humor of 1970s Times Square.
Also debuting June 13 is Christian Marclay: Doors, which introduces the conceptual artist’s acclaimed 2022 film to New York audiences for the first time. On view in the museum’s Moving Image Gallery, the cinematic collage stitches together hundreds of movie scenes featuring characters entering and exiting doorways, transforming the mundane into a meditation on movement through space, time, and emotion. The looping film includes clips from silent films to contemporary cinema, featuring multilingual soundscapes and layered audio.
Outside the museum, fiber artist Melissa Joseph presents Melissa Joseph: Tender, a striking site-specific installation on the Iris Cantor Plaza. As the 2025 UOVO Prize recipient, Joseph integrates Renaissance-inspired geometric designs with scenes of daily life including people laughing, eating, and resting to explore vulnerability and human connection. The installation will remain on view through October 2025.
In a major long-term collaboration, the Rubin Museum’s beloved Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room will open June 11 in the Brooklyn Museum’s Arts of Asia galleries. Featuring more than 100 artworks, the atmospheric space recreates a traditional household shrine, complete with flickering lamps and chanted prayers.
“A core part of our mission as a global museum is to share our collection and curatorial resources to help increase the representation and appreciation of Himalayan art in institutional settings of all types, from universities to fine art museums," said Jorrit Britschgi, executive director of the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art. "The Shrine Room will now exist in dialogue with Brooklyn’s fantastic Arts of Asia galleries and give visitors the opportunity to experience Tibetan religious art in its cultural context.”
