The Brooklyn Museum Announces Public Programs in November for Visitors of All Ages
The Brooklyn Museum announces its lineup of November programming, including the Nineteenth Annual Brooklyn Children’s Book Fair, Art History Happy Hour: Monet and Venice, and Brooklyn Talks: A Tribute to Seydou Keïta, featuring artists Keisha Scarville, Omar Victor Diop, and Hank Willis Thomas in conversation with exhibition curator Catherine E. McKinley. Additional programs and special events amplify the Museum’s exhibitions and collections, serve the surrounding community, and support learning through the visual arts.
Museum Members enjoy complimentary or discounted tickets and early access to public programs.
For accessibility accommodations, including ASL interpretation, email access@brooklynmuseum.org.
Highlights from the full schedule are listed below.
Brooklyn Pop-Up Market
Sundays, November 2–16, 10:30 am–5:30 pm
Plaza, 1st Floor
Free and open to the public.
Stop by our market to shop one-of-a-kind, handmade items from local artisans. This weekly event features more than 30 vendors offering artwork, jewelry, fashion, home and apothecary goods, and more.
Artist’s Eye: Alison Kuo on Everyday Rebellions
Sunday, November 2, 1–2 pm
Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
Tickets are $25.
Take a close look at Everyday Rebellions: Collection Conversationson an intimate tour with artist Alison Kuo, whose work is featured in the exhibition. Kuo is a second-generation immigrant, educator, and cofounder of Sisters in Self-Defense, a group based in Manhattan’s Chinatown. Her artistic practice explores intersectional relationships across communities.
Nineteenth Annual Brooklyn Children’s Book Fair
Sunday, November 9, 11 am–3:30 pm
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Free with Museum admission.
Calling all young book lovers! Meet nearly 50 of your favorite Brooklyn authors and illustrators as they share their latest publications. Throughout the day, children can chat with authors and illustrators, listen to readings and watch artists sketch, get books signed, and participate in book-related art projects. Plus, take a dip in the ocean by visiting Oliver Jeffers: Life at Sea, an interactive installation inspired by one of Jeffers’s beloved children’s books. Presented in partnership with Lofty Pigeon Books.
Art History Happy Hour: Monet and Venice
Thursday, November 13, 7–9 pm
Pavilion, 1st Floor
Tickets are $30 and include one specialty drink and after-hours admission to the exhibition. Additional beverages are available for purchase.
Grab a beverage and settle in for Art History Happy Hour, our series of short, informative lectures highlighting special exhibitions and collections. This month, we voyage to Italy with presentations inspired by Monet and Venice. Hear from curator Lisa Small, composer in residence Niles Luther, collection artist Spencer Finch, and Amy S. Gross, executive director of Save Venice.
Drop-In Workshops: Life at Sea
Saturday–Sunday, November 15–16, 12–4 pm
Education Gallery, 1st Floor
Free with Museum admission. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Take a deep dive into Oliver Jeffers: Life at Seaand help expand this underwater world. During these drop-in workshops, bring the family to create colorful creatures and structures. Each afternoon centers on designing new ocean life, from coral to 3D fish, to add to Life at Sea.
Brooklyn Talks: A Tribute to Seydou Keïta
Saturday, November 15, 2–3:30 pm
Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Tickets are $25 and include access to Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens.
Reflect on Seydou Keïta’s resounding legacy during a discussion among contemporary photographers, inspired by our special exhibition Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens. Keïta’s photographs—taken at his studio in Bamako during an era of profound political change—depict Malian society as the country transitioned from French colonial rule to independence. Paying tribute to Keïta’s impact on contemporary visual culture and portraiture, artists Keisha Scarville, Omar Victor Diop, and Hank Willis Thomas speak with Catherine E. McKinley, an art historian and curator of A Tactile Lens.
Pop-Up Performances: Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, November 16, 12–2:15 pm
Schapiro Wing and Cantor Gallery, 5th Floor
Free with tickets to Monet and Venice. Tickets must befor a time between 12 and 2 pm. Capacity is limited; seating is first come, first served.
Drop by to hear music selections performed by members of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, the Museum’s orchestra in residence. This month, performances will be held at 12 and 1:30 pm within our special exhibition Monet and Venice.
Monet and Meditation
Saturday, November 22, 10–11 am
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Tickets are $35 and include access to Monet and Venice. Open to all levels. Bring your own yoga mat. Doors open at 9:30 am.
Experience a restorative morning of art, yoga, and meditation inspired by Monet and Venice. Find your center in a class led by Aqila Norris of Brooklyn-based Soul Work Studio. Then head to the exhibition to take in Claude Monet’s luminous paintings.
Beyond Keïta’s Frame: Finye (The Wind)
Sunday, November 23, 2–4 pm
Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Tickets are $16 and include Museum general admission.
Seydou Keïta, the premier studio photographer of 20th-century Africa, recorded Mali’s evolution with his camera. Delve deeper into the country’s and diaspora’s stories with this expansive film series, presented in partnership with African Film Festival and in tandem with Seydou Keita: A Tactile Lens.
Finye (The Wind) (Souleymane Cissé, 1982, 100 min.) offers context on the political upheaval in independence-era Mali and the development of a national identity. Set a few decades after Keïta’s oeuvre, this vivid satire tackles the generation gap in postcolonial West Africa, showcasing Mali’s landscape and everyday life.
Note: This film contains depictions of interpersonal and colonial violence.
