Brooklyn Museum: Calendar

Gallery Tour: A Few of Our Favorite Things

Wednesday, October 5, 2022
1–2 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join one of our A.R.T. Guides for a free tour through our galleries. Our guides will share a few of their favorite artworks, and together we’ll explore what makes the Brooklyn Museum so unique. Free with Museum admission.

Installation view, *Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech.”* Brooklyn Museum, July 1, 2022–January 29, 2023. (Photo: Danny Perez, Brooklyn Museum)

Curator-Led Tour: Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech”

Wednesday, October 5, 2022
6:30–8 pm

Great Hall, 1st Floor

Join us for a private after-hours tour of Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech” with writer and curator Antwaun Sargent.

Pop-Up Talks: Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech”

Thursday, October 6, 2022
2–3 pm

Great Hall, 1st Floor

Learn more about key artworks in the exhibition Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech” during these short talks led by our A.R.T. Guides. Each conversation is repeated every 15 minutes. Free with exhibition admission.

Pop-Up Talks

Thursday, October 6, 2022
3–4 pm

Check at Admissions for Locations

Learn more about key artworks throughout the Museum during free, short talks led by our A.R.T. Guides. Each conversation is repeated every 15 minutes. Free with Museum admission.

Participants talk with one another in the galleries, 2018. (Photo: Jonathan Dorado)

Virtual We Speak Art

Thursday, October 6, 2022
6–7 pm

Online

Join fellow English language learners and practice your conversational English skills with a discussion inspired by a work of art. All levels of English proficiency are welcome.

This online program is free, but space is limited, and registration is required. You will receive an email with a secure Zoom link to participate.

Cover, *It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror*, 2022. Cover design by Bráulio Amado. (Photo: Courtesy of the Feminist Press)

Brooklyn Reads: Queer Reflections on Horror

Thursday, October 6, 2022
7–9 pm

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Celebrate the book release of It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror with contributors Carmen Maria Machado and Sarah Fonseca, featuring a performance by Miss Malice of Brooklyn-based drag collective Switch n’ Play.

Gallery Tour: A Few of Our Favorite Things

Friday, October 7, 2022
1–2 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join one of our A.R.T. Guides for a free tour through our galleries. Our guides will share a few of their favorite artworks, and together we’ll explore what makes the Brooklyn Museum so unique. Free with Museum admission.

Pop-Up Talks: Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech”

Friday, October 7, 2022
2–3 pm

Great Hall, 1st Floor

Learn more about key artworks in the exhibition Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech” during these short talks led by our A.R.T. Guides. Each conversation is repeated every 15 minutes. Free with exhibition admission.