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p.a.
In NYC a few weeks ago, took in this museum. Special exhibit: the photos of Paul McCartney, most from ’63/’64. Crowded exhibit, did the best I could between crowds, lighting, and lack of talent. A few other exhibit shots also, but especially with museums, if these pique your interest, check out the museum’s website for good photos.
Would Lennon have been as popular if he kept this look?
Unidentified woman
Comment card: Fans on W68th, crossing 6th Ave, through rear car window.
“The crowds in A Hard Day’s Night were based on moments like this”- McCartney
“… Miami police… pulled up right next to the car… it was still slightly shocking for us to see a gun in real life, as we didn’t have armed police officers back home.”
“Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party is an icon of 1970s American feminist art and one of the most important artworks of the twentieth century… Chicago’s installation was the first monumental American artwork to survey the contributions of women to Western culture…”
My RI connection in the exhibit.
Dorothy A. Winsor
The dinnerware is interesting. I’ve never seen it before.
I have to admit the McCartney photos were what really grabbed me though. That was my era.
Matt McIrvin
The Brooklyn Museum was also where we saw the traveling exhibit on the life and work of David Bowie–they seem to do a lot of that sort of thing. It’s a great museum that is perhaps too overlooked among an incredible roster of NYC museums.
randy khan
The Brooklyn Museum is a treasure. I know a couple of people who live more or less across the street from it and that were me I’d be going to the museum all the time.
p.a.
The women featured spanned time and included mythical humans and gods. Many of the plates are artistically-anatomically correct. Guessing this would have been in issue in, say, 1970s Peoria.
I like “human” sized museums like this, where you can get a good bite from all the exhibits in one day. Interesting personal issue: I walk 5-7 miles several times a week, weather permitting, with minor twinges and cramps, but a day of museum walking: shuffle/view/shuffle/view… has me reaching for the nsaids every time.
Another Scott
The woman in #4 might be Astrid Kirchherrr.
Billboard.
NPR.org
Fresh Air.
Thanks for the pictures and the commentary!
Cheers,
Scott.
FelonyGovt
I grew up walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum and have the fondest memories of it. They had Saturday treasure hunts for kids where you had to find specific things on exhibit, which was so fun. Glad to see it’s still going strong.
way2blue
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Agreed. McCartney has a good eye for framing photos and picking his compositions. Would be fun to see the whole exhibit.
Ruckus
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
It was the era for a lot of us. Life started to come alive, to be more than a day to day job, day to day housework, to have more than a job.
arrieve
Love the Brooklyn Museum. I just saw the McCartney exhibit last week (it closed Sunday.) Really enjoyed it–Paul certainly has a good eye. And I confess I watched the video of the Beatles singing I Want to Hold your Hand on Ed Sullivan at least four times.
strange visitor (from another planet)
funny how there wasn’t a mention of the “noble” palestinian protesters attacking and defacing the (the director of the brooklyn museum) anne pasternak’s HOME as well as other board members by the “river to the sea” crowd here on BJ.
surely THEY’RE responsible for the war in gaza. just like anne frank was too, huh.
fuck those motherfuckers. they’ve lost ALL credibility.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/12/jewish-brooklyn-museum-leaders-homes-vandalized