HIROSHIGE’S 100 FAMOUS VIEWS OF EDO (FEAT. TAKASHI MURAKAMI)
→ Closing August 4
If you’re sticking around NYC this summer, here’s a chance for armchair travel. Experience 19th-century Edo (now Tokyo) through the eyes of revered Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige.
From flowering gardens to picnics in the park, from summer rainstorms to fireworks over the water—you’ll be transported through space and time, brought into the intimacies of a city by an artist who loved it well.
This exhibition marks the first time in more than two decades that the prints are on public display. They’d been stored in the dark to preserve their vibrancy. See them while you can!
Beloved artist Takashi Murakami created his own set of wondrous, fantastical paintings directly inspired by Hiroshige’s prints. In this two-part installment of our Give Me a Minute series, he takes a close look at Hiroshige’s prints.
If you missed our Brooklyn Talks with Murakami, never fear! Watch it online.
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In this episode of Hands-On, artist Sato Yamamoto walks us through the essential steps of woodblock printmaking.
From gorgeous paperweights to custom candles, our in-person Shop has it all— including prints signed by Takashi Murakami. Guess you’ll have to come see them for yourself . . .
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If Kathleen Dobrowsky were showing newcomers around New York, she would take them to the Brooklyn Promenade to appreciate the Verrazano Bridge, which is especially beautiful at night and during storms.
Isabella Dorry is an artist based in Ridgewood, Queens. Her work explores the traces of unseen people in domestic and public spaces and the relationship between geometric and organic forms.
This is the weeping willow in the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a favorite of artist Linda Berkowitz. (Her drawing is currently on view at the Honeybadger Motel Gallery in Brooklyn.)
Isaac Gonzalez sent in these photographs to shine a light on the incredible artists of Texas. These pieces are centered on the bridge connecting El Paso and Juárez. He hopes they can offer a bit of awe and inspiration to the local, thriving immigrant community.
In Port Angeles, Washington, photographer Amy McIntyre finds herself drawn again and again to this antique store display. It’s—as she describes it—somehow an altar.
Katie Anderson creates stick-figure comics, and her work often features New York City.
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
From the top: Utagawa Hiroshige. Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River, no. 35 from 100 Famous Views of Edo, 8th month of 1856. Woodblock print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Anna Ferris. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Image courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum Shop; Kathleen Dobrowsky. Verrazano Bridge on a Stormy Day; Isabella Dorry. Elmhurst Avenue. 2022. Oil on canvas; Linda Berkowitz. Willow. Brushpen drawing; Image courtesy of Isaac Gonzalez; Image courtesy of Amy McIntyre; Image courtesy of Katie Anderson
