Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
We want to extend our most heartfelt gratitude to everyone who joined us at this year's Virtual Brooklyn Artists Ball, honoring KAWS. A special thanks to our fabulous Trustees, this year’s Event Chairs, Host Committee, and Sponsors, and the artists, performers, and participants who made the Ball a magical celebration of the Museum.
We hope you enjoy these highlights from the 2021 Brooklyn Artists Ball and look forward to seeing you soon!
Images: Jama Coaque. Effigy Vessel, ca. 300 B.C.E.-600 C.E. Ceramic. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Tessim Zorach, 88.57.2; “MY PEOPLE” Written by Judith Hill, Performed by Judith Hill, Chris Bullock, Louis Cato, Jack DeBoe, Michael Maher, Shaun Martin, and Jonathan Scales; KAWS (American, born 1974). WHAT PARTY, 2020. Bronze, paint. © KAWS; KAWS. SEPARATED, 2020. © KAWS; Hopi Pueblo. Tile, late 19th-early 20th century. Clay, slip. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1047.11; Seated Buddha Shakyamuni, 965 or 1025. Gilt bronze. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Asian Art Council in memory of Mahmood T. Diba and Mary Smith Dorward Fund, 1999.42; Stela of Maaty and Dedwi, ca. 2170-2008 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 39.1; Vasily Vereshchagin (Russian, 1842-1904). The Road of the War Prisoners, 1878-1879. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Lilla Brown in memory of her husband, John W. Brown , 06.46; Kehinde Wiley (American, born 1977). Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps, 2005. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Partial gift of Suzi and Andrew Booke Cohen in memory of Ilene R. Booke and in honor of Arnold L. Lehman, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, and William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund , 2015.53. © Kehinde Wiley.
We want to extend our most heartfelt gratitude to everyone who joined us at this year's Virtual Brooklyn Artists Ball, honoring KAWS. A special thanks to our fabulous Trustees, this year’s Event Chairs, Host Committee, and Sponsors, and the artists, performers, and participants who made the Ball a magical celebration of the Museum.
We hope you enjoy these highlights from the 2021 Brooklyn Artists Ball and look forward to seeing you soon!
Images: Jama Coaque. Effigy Vessel, ca. 300 B.C.E.-600 C.E. Ceramic. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Tessim Zorach, 88.57.2; “MY PEOPLE” Written by Judith Hill, Performed by Judith Hill, Chris Bullock, Louis Cato, Jack DeBoe, Michael Maher, Shaun Martin, and Jonathan Scales; KAWS (American, born 1974). WHAT PARTY, 2020. Bronze, paint. © KAWS; KAWS. SEPARATED, 2020. © KAWS; Hopi Pueblo. Tile, late 19th-early 20th century. Clay, slip. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1047.11; Seated Buddha Shakyamuni, 965 or 1025. Gilt bronze. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Asian Art Council in memory of Mahmood T. Diba and Mary Smith Dorward Fund, 1999.42; Stela of Maaty and Dedwi, ca. 2170-2008 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 39.1; Vasily Vereshchagin (Russian, 1842-1904). The Road of the War Prisoners, 1878-1879. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Lilla Brown in memory of her husband, John W. Brown , 06.46; Kehinde Wiley (American, born 1977). Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps, 2005. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Partial gift of Suzi and Andrew Booke Cohen in memory of Ilene R. Booke and in honor of Arnold L. Lehman, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, and William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund , 2015.53. © Kehinde Wiley.
