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HEAP is the first work by renowned artist Jenny Holzer to enter the Brooklyn Museum\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n
\u00a9 2025 Jenny Holzer. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum<\/p>\n
One of Brooklyn\u2019s landmark cultural institutions, the Brooklyn Museum<\/a> on Eastern Parkway in Prospect Heights, has acquired nearly 600 artworks so far in 2025. The additions enhance the 200-year-old museum\u2019s collections in American Art, Arts of Africa, Asian Art, Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Design, Feminist Art, and Photography, representing cultures across the globe and spanning more than 6,000 years.<\/p>\n Highlights of the generous donation, made in celebration of the museum\u2019s 200th anniversary last year, include transformative works by Japanese sculptor Fujikasa Satoko \u2014 one of two gifts from Alan L. Beller \u2014 which bolster the museum\u2019s growing collection of contemporary Japanese ceramics. Other notable works include a calligraphic piece by early 20th-century Korean activist Ahn Jeung-geun and a group of Japanese bamboo baskets from the Carroll Family.<\/p>\n An ink painting by Soga Shohaku, gifted by longtime donors Carol and John Lyden, joins several significant paintings by major 18th- and 19th-century Japanese artists, historic objects from Japan and Korea, and contemporary Japanese ceramics previously given by the Lydens. \u201cThree Walkers,\u201d a sculpture by Brooklyn-based artist and 2015 MacArthur Fellow Nicole Eisenman and now on view in \u201cEveryday Rebellions: Collection Conversations,\u201d was donated by Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia. \u201cPiano,\u201d a two- and three-dimensional sculpture by Richard Artschwager and a gift from Barbara Bertozzi Castelli, further enhances the museum\u2019s Contemporary Art collection.<\/p>\n Additions to the museum\u2019s photography collection include 38 iconic works by Richard Avedon, Bill Brandt, Bruce Davidson, Sheila Metzner and Irving Penn, drawn from the collection of the late Japanese-born fashion photographer Yasuhiro \u201cHiro\u201d Wakabayashi and donated by his children, Greg and Clark Wakabayashi. Elizabeth and William Kahane contributed \u201cJilly & Polly in the Bathroom,\u201d a photograph by Tina Barney.<\/p>\n Lizzie and Eric Himmel donated 26 works by their parents, fashion photographer Lillian Bassman and street photographer Paul Himmel, along with personal artifacts and ephemera. \u201cHottentot Venus 2000,\u201d a photograph by Lyle Ashton Harris, was gifted by Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn.<\/p>\n Other additions include \u201cHeap\u201d by renowned artist Jenny Holzer, now on view in \u201cBreaking the Mold: The Brooklyn Museum at 200.\u201d \u201cDoors,\u201d a video and sound collage by Christian Marclay, enters the collection as a joint acquisition with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. A major film installation, \u201cRed Green Blue,\u201d by multimedia artist Paul Pfeiffer, is a joint acquisition with the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.<\/p>\n A notable expansion of the museum\u2019s Arts of Africa and Decorative Arts and Design collections includes works by South African artist Robin Rhode and American mixed-media artist David MacDonald, broadening the stories and perspectives from the African diaspora. The museum has prioritized acquiring contemporary works for the Arts of Africa collection as it prepares to reinstall dedicated galleries in 2027. The MacDonald acquisition will go on view in February 2026 in \u201cDesign: 1880 to Now<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n In a statement, Anne Pasternak, the Shelby White and Leon Levy Director of the Brooklyn Museum, which recently received $10 million<\/a> in state funding, said it was an \u201chonor\u201d to welcome these remarkable and significant contributions to the museum\u2019s collection and to share them with the community.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are tremendously grateful for the enduring support of our benefactors, whose partnership helps build a collection that inspires wonder, connects us to our shared sense of humanity, and explores important historical narratives,\u201d Pasternak said.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765574467_616_2024.86a-c_PS22-General-Use-JPEG.jpg\")
Nicole Eisenman\u2019s sculpture \u201cThree Walkers\u201d is a gift from Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia in honor of the Brooklyn Museum\u2019s 200th Anniversary.\u00a9 Nicole Eisenman. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2024.81.14_PS22-General-Use-JPEG.jpg\")
Andy Warhol, Artist\u201d by Richard Avedon is a gift from Hiro and Elizabeth Wakabayashi, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum\u2019s 200th Anniversary. ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2024.84_PS20-General-Use-JPEG.jpg\")
Tina Barney\u2019s image \u201cJill & Polly in the Bathroom\u201d 1987. Chromogenic is a gift from Elizabeth and William Kahane, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum\u2019s 200th Anniversary.\u00a9 Tina Barney, Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Museum<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CUR.2025.30_still02-General-Use-JPEG.jpg\")
Robin Rhode\u2019s video \u201cParabolic Bike\u201d expands the Brooklyn Museum\u2019s Arts of Africa and Decorative Arts and Design collections.Photo courtesy of Robin Rhode and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London.<\/p>\n