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As the Brooklyn Museum commemorates its 200th anniversary, Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200 celebrates its unique legacy.

Inlay Profile Head, ca. 1353–1336 B.C.E. Red quartzite and pigment. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 33.685. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Francis L. V. Hoppin. McKim, Mead & White's Design for the Brooklyn Museum, 1893. Watercolor, pen, and ink on paper. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X737. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Huastec artist. Life-Death Figure, 900–1250. Sandstone and pigment. Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2897PA. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Chokwe artist. Snuff Container (Tesa Ya Ma Kanya), 19th century. Wood, iron, and fiber. Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1089. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

William Blake. The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (Rev. 12: 1–4), ca. 1803–5. Ink and watercolor over traces of graphite and incised lines on paper. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of William Augustus White, 15.368. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Iranian artist. Seated Prince, ca. 1825. Oil on cotton. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Wilkinson, 70.62.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Ancient Near Eastern artist. Vessel with Two Feet, ca. 1000–800 B.C.E. Clay. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, NYC, in memory of James F. Romano, 2015.65.28. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Maori artist. Lintel (Pare or Korupe), late 18th–early 19th century. Wood and paua shell. Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 61.126. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Jeffrey Gibson. WHEN FIRE IS APPLIED TO A STONE IT CRACKS, 2019. Acrylic on canvas, glass beads, and artificial sinew. Brooklyn Museum, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, 2020.20. © Jeffrey Gibson (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Barbara Jones-Hogu. Unite, 1971. Screenprint. Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 2012.46. © Barbara Jones-Hogu. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Ana Mendieta. Untitled (Guanaroca [First Woman]), 1981/94. Gelatin silver print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Stephanie Ingrassia, 2007.15. © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Arthur Leipzig. Stickball, 1951. Toned gelatin silver print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 86.152.5. © Arthur Leipzig. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Brooklyn Museum exterior; view of the completed West Wing from the northwest, showing north and west façades and surrounding fields, 1897. Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Hoisting the statue Brooklyn by Daniel Chester French, 1964. Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Derrick Adams. If I Wasn’t Saved . . ., 2022. Acrylic and fabric collage on paper on wood panel. Brooklyn Museum, Purchase gift of Amanda and Glenn Fuhrman, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th Anniversary, 2023.6. © Derrick Adams. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Alex Katz. Ada, 1950s. Oil on board. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th Anniversary, 2023.44.1. © 2024 Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Winfred Rembert. Looking for Rembert, 2012. Dye on carved tool leather. Brooklyn Museum, Purchase gift of Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th Anniversary, 2024.25. © 2024 Estate of Winfred Rembert / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Peter Halley. Plus One, 2019–20. Acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, and Roll-A-Tex on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Sasha and Edward P. Bass, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th Anniversary, 2024.26. © Peter Halley. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Joel Sternfeld. April 15, 2018, 2018–19, printed 2021. Pigmented inkjet print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Beth and Glenn Dranoff, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th Anniversary, 2022.54.2. © Joe Sternfeld. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Jenna Gribbon. Big Peek, 2022. Oil on linen. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jonathan and Debbie Rosen, 2023.30. © Jenna Gribbon. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Julie Mehretu. Treatise on the Executed (from Robin’s Intimacy), 2022. Etching and aquatint. Brooklyn Museum, Purchase gift of Amanda and John Waldron, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th Anniversary, 2024.12a-j. © Julie Mehretu. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Tina Barney. Jill & Polly in the Bathroom, 1987. Chromogenic print. Brooklyn Museum, Promised gift of Elizabeth and William Kahane, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th Anniversary, TL2022.56. © Tina Barney, Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin, New York. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Nicolas Party. Portrait with a Donkey, 2023. Soft pastel on linen. Brooklyn Museum, Purchase gift of Amanda and John Waldron, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th Anniversary, 2024.16. © Nicolas Party. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. (Photo: Adam Reich)

Lauren Halsey. Untitled, 2023. Acrylic, enamel, and CDs on acrylic and wood. Brooklyn Museum, Purchase gift of Ryan Gollan, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th Anniversary, 2024.42. © Lauren Halsey (Photo: courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery)

Francis Guy. Winter Scene in Brooklyn, ca. 1819–20. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Transferred from the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences to the Brooklyn Museum, 97.13. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Unknown maker. Tea Caddy, ca. 1698. Glazed earthenware. Brooklyn Museum, Purchased with funds given by anonymous donors, 64.3.4a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Stephen Salmieri. Coney Island, 1969. Gelatin silver print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Edward Klein, 82.201.4. © Stephen Salmieri. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Stephen Salmieri. Coney Island, 1972. Gelatin silver print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Edward Klein, 82.201.44. © Stephen Salmieri. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Catherine Green. Untitled, 1991. Chromogenic print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 1991.58.1. © Catherine Green. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Tony Velez. Parachute Jump with Sophia Velex, April 1990/Coney Island, Brooklyn Hist. Project, 1990. Gelatin silver print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Victor H. Kempster, 1991.306.12. © Tony Velez. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Delaware artist. Youth Moccasins, ca. 1900. Hide, cloth, and beads. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Edward J. Guarino Collection in memory of Edgar J. Guarino, 2016.11.3a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

KAWS. KAWS Chair Pink (Prototype), 2018. Textile, stainless steel, and Cumaru wood. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of KAWS and Friedman Benda, 2021.36. © KAWS. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Fred McDarrah. Martha Gronski, a member of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club, prepares for a swim in the ocean, December 3, 1972, 1972. Gelatin silver print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift from the Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Family, 2023.69.6. © Fred W. McDarrah /MUUS Collection. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Tony Velez. Entrance Gates to Greenwood Cemetery, Sunset Park, (5th Avenue and 23rd Street), Brooklyn, NY, 1990. Gelatin silver print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Victor H. Kempster, 1991.306.9. © Tony Velez. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Edward Lycett. Ewer, ca. 1885. Glazed porcelain. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis in honor of Kevin L. Stayton, 1999.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Marguerite Thompson Zorach. Cocktail Party in Brooklyn Heights. Watercolor on paper. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sidney Hook, 76.121. © The Zorach Collection LLC. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

N. Jay Jaffee. Kishke King (Pitkin Avenue, Brownsville), 1953, printed 1995. Selenium-toned gelatin silver print. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paula W. Hackeling, 1997.164.33. © The N. Jay Jaffee Trust (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)