{"id":351544,"date":"2026-09-20T05:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T05:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/351544\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T05:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T05:36:10","slug":"new-york-citys-fall-exhibition-calendar-is-reaching-peak-girlhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/351544\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City\u2019s Fall Exhibition Calendar Is Reaching Peak\u00a0Girlhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the Museum at FIT\u2019s doll exhibition explores dolls as purveyors of fashion primarily in the 20th and 21st centuries, the Brooklyn Museum offers a deeper look at the longstanding significance of dolls for girls and women in Hopi (an Indigenous tripe in northeastern Arizona) traditions. Intricately crafted from cottonwood and painted, kachina dolls represent Katsinam, spirits who bring moisture and keep the world in balance. Kachina dolls additionally mark milestones in a Hopi woman\u2019s life, as they are gifted, for example, during baby-naming ceremonies and marriages, along with other objects, such as pottery and baskets.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing largely on its expansive Indigenous art collection, the Brooklyn Museum presents more than 120 artworks, including 53 kachina dolls, from the 19th century to the present. A newly commissioned video underscores their importance through interviews with Hopi artists and community members.<\/p>\n<p>At the American Folk Art Museum from October 9, 2026\u2013February 28, 2027<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Home Decor Accessories Art Ornament Tapestry Rug Person Painting Animal Livestock and Mammal\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Needlework%20Picture_American%20Folk%20Art%20Museum.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Needlework Picture, Newburyport, Massachusetts c. 1805\u20131810. Silk on linen. 16 1\/4 x 17 1\/2 in. American Folk Art Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Adam Reich.<\/p>\n<p>Presented during America\u2019s 250th anniversary year, \u201cLocating Girlhood\u201d gives new weight to the early American traditions of needlework and ornamental arts. During the 18th and 19th centuries, samplers, watercolors, and craft-based art forms were part of girls\u2019 education. Historically labeled as \u201cschoolgirl art,\u201d however, these objects have largely been undervalued in the canon.<\/p>\n<p>With nearly 100 works (many loaned from the nation\u2019s leading institutions), this exhibition reconsiders its chosen subject matter from a conceptual standpoint\u2014in particular, why representations of place were so prevalent in works made by girls and young women. Anticipating the popularity of American landscape art, these works uniquely reflected shifting social values, as well as girls\u2019 complex inner worlds.<\/p>\n<p>At the Hispanic Society Museum &amp; Library from November 20, 2026\u2013March 28, 2027<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Theodora Art Painting Adult Person Fashion Face Head Photography Portrait Clothing and Dress\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Francisco%20de%20Goya%20y%20Lucientes%20(Spanish,%201746%20-%201828)_The%20Duchess%20of%20Alba,%2017.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746 &#8211; 1828), The Duchess of Alba, 1797<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy Hispanic Society Museum &amp; Library<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the Museum at FIT\u2019s doll exhibition explores dolls as purveyors of fashion primarily in the 20th and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4982,9,11,10,1471,990],"class_list":["post-351544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-arts","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-splitscreenimagerightinset","tag-web"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}