There are 51 article(s) tagged Brooks Museum of Art:

• April 2024

  • Where to watch the solar eclipse in the Memphis area

    The sun will only be 97.7% obscured in Memphis on Monday. But that doesn’t mean locals can’t join in on some solar eclipse fun at parks, rooftops and gardens.

    By Kambui Bomani April 08, 2024

• March 2024

  • From Rembrandt’s mother to the red carpet: Brooks’ Christian Siriano exhibit opens today

    “Lizzo won her first Grammy in one of the dresses downstairs, and Michelle Obama gave one of the greatest speeches of her career in one of these dresses,” Christian Siriano said. “That feels more important than just clothes to me.”

    By Rob Moore March 22, 2024

• February 2024

  • 150-year-old image of dark-skinned Jesus finds home

    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art was selected by Rhode Island leaders in the arts, historical preservation and Black history to receive the oldest known stained glass depicting Jesus as a person of color, also known as the “Black Gospel Window.”

    By The Associated Press February 24, 2024

• January 2024

  • Brooks, Dixon highlight work of local teens in new exhibitions

    The Scholastic Art Awards are “like the art-kid championship game” said Brooks director of education, Kathy Dumlao. 

    By Sarah Dassinger January 29, 2024

  • Feast & Graze’s owner to operate Brooks Museum cafe

    The Brooks Museum recently terminated its relationship with its previous cafe operator, Loaf, after an unsanctioned fundraising event for a Palestinian relief fund.

    By Christin Yates January 18, 2024

• December 2023

  • City nails down Brooks Museum agreement, delays vote on Chickasaw Gardens gates

    Memphis City Council heard oppositions to the new Memphis Art Museum before giving the green light to an agreement with the Brooks Museum to run it and punted a vote on closing two streets in Chickasaw Gardens.

    By Bill Dries December 19, 2023

• October 2023

  • The To-Do List: Swift on screen, Monster Market and fall fests galore

    This week, artists collaborate onstage at the Tambourine Bash, Loaf and Cxffeeblack come together for brunch and Willie Nelson is on the road again (and coming to Southaven).

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen October 12, 2023

  • Brooks Museum to change name

    The current building in Overton Park will continue to be known as the Brooks Museum of Art while it’s still occupied, but the name of the new Downtown location will be more Memphis-focused. 

    By Christin Yates October 10, 2023

  • Letter to the Editor: The Brooks will ‘interrupt and steal’ the riverwalk

    “This is Memphis’s chance to correct something for the good of the community. I hope that the current ‘powers that be’ reconsider the placement of this museum.”

    By Letters to the Editor October 08, 2023

• September 2023

  • Construction on Downtown Brooks can continue for now, but future uncertain

    Construction on the new downtown location of the Brooks museum can move forward for now but the future of the project remains uncertain. 

    By Aarron Fleming September 20, 2023

  • Brooks Museum reveals details for rooftop park at Downtown location

    Amid a battle over public use of the river bluff, the Brooks Museum announced new details of a proposed open rooftop park at its planned Downtown location.

    By Christin Yates September 19, 2023

• August 2023

  • Riverfront group, including Overton Heirs, sues to stop new Brooks construction

    The Chancery Court lawsuit seeks to stop construction on the new riverfront Brooks Museum, charging violations of the terms of the “public promenade” established when the city was founded in 1819.

    By Bill Dries August 25, 2023

  • Tina Turner, Chadwick Boseman, Grace Jones alight at the Brooks

    “We’re just so proud to have the exhibition here in what is now the largest majority Black city in America,” said the Memphis Brooks Museum’s executive director. “We think it’s so essential that every Memphian sees themselves reflected here in our museum.”

    By Jada Ojii August 10, 2023

• July 2023

  • Calling the bluff: Gambling for a piece of the action

    “While I understand, and share, Virginia McLean’s passion to realize the vision, I submit that her passion has prohibited her from seeing the obvious.”

    By Dan Conaway July 28, 2023

  • Brooks Museum faces mediation over planned site

    Friends for Our Riverfront, a local group dedicated to protecting the city’s riverfront promenade for public use, is legally challenging the museum’s right to build at the Downtown site. 

    By Keely Brewer July 19, 2023

  • The Brooks is creating a Memphis College of Art exhibition

    The Brooks Museum of Art has begun working on an exhibition dedicated the impact and legacy of the Memphis College of Art.

    By Eric Barnes July 14, 2023

• June 2023

  • Brooks Museum breaks ground on new site Downtown

    “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a world-class new home for Memphis’ art collection,” the museum’s executive director said. “Right now, Memphis is known for music, barbecue and the Grizzlies. In 2026, it will also be known for its history, present and future, as a world-class, visual arts destination.”

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    In advance of today’s groundbreaking, Brooks raises $135M for Downtown museum

    By Christin Yates June 02, 2023

  • In advance of today’s groundbreaking, Brooks raises $135M for Downtown museum

    “The astonishing thing about this campaign is that the first $100 million was raised without a rendering or a clear visual of what the new museum will look like.”

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    Brooks Museum breaks ground on new site Downtown

    By Christin Yates June 01, 2023

• April 2023

  • Brooks Museum director discusses art, food, new building

    A conversation with Zoe Kahr, the Brooks Museum’s executive director, about new exhibits, live music, how her family led her into the art museums world and a future exhibit on the the Memphis College of Art.

    By Eric Barnes April 21, 2023

• March 2023

  • Review: Brooks exhibit is ‘a journey of exploration of human commonality’

    An exhibition of detailed and luminously colored paintings in the Renaissance style that has “taken the art world by storm” is now on display at the Brooks. 

    By Žak Ozmo March 31, 2023

  • New Brooks Museum design hopes to create ‘living room’ for Downtown

    “I want you to come to the museum to meet old friends for coffee on the roof garden, where you’ll also encounter beautiful sculpture,” said the museum’s executive director. “I want art to spill out onto your path as you walk, bike, or run past the museum.”

    By Christin Yates March 31, 2023

  • Artists chalk fun up to ‘childhood joy’ at Brooks Museum

    As hundreds of Memphians covered the ground around Brooks Museum of Art for Chalkfest 2023, local artists recreated works from the museum’s collection.

    By Alicia Davidson March 25, 2023

• January 2023

  • New Eats: Loaf at Brooks may be best thing since sliced bread

    The menu at Loaf, located in the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, is about 60% static, leaving almost half of the menu for the chef to get creative with seasonal and rotating items. 

    By Jennifer Biggs January 24, 2023

  • Former food truck finds home at Brooks Museum

    “The ethos is modern Memphis cuisine. To me that means taking Memphis, Mid-South classic dishes and incorporating different ingredients or influences of the major immigrant communities that exist in the Mid-South,” said the food truck’s founder. 

    By Christin Yates January 10, 2023

• October 2022

  • Dia de los Muertos festival bridges cultures and connects loved ones

    Memphians gather at the Brooks Museum to celebrate Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, a holiday hosted annually to honor those who have died.

    By Alicia Davidson October 29, 2022