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Kalia M. Brooks, the consulting curator for the Gracie Mansion Conservancy, chose about 50 pieces to borrow from local institutions in time for the house’s Oct. 25 reopening to the public. (The public areas have been closed for about 18 months, and the exterior has been engulfed in netting and scaffolding for restoration work during part of the first year of Mr. de Blasio’s tenancy.) read more from New York Times article.
A video from USA Today features Professor Brooks giving a short walk-through of the art. (if you can, embed the video but not sure you can)
Tours can be arranged by visiting the Gracie Mansion Conservancy website.
More articles:
Gracie Mansion Art Gets a Diversity Makeover, The Wall Street Journal
Gracie Mansion Updates Its Art With Diversity, The New York Times
Photo: Sarah Cascone
Photo: Sarah Cascone
Kalia Brooks is a New York-based curator and writer. She was the Exhibitions Director at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) in Brooklyn, New York, and is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Photography and Imagining Department in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU). She is also a PhD Candidate in Aesthetics and Art Theory with the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (idsva). Brooks received her M.A. in Curatorial Practice from the California College of the Arts (CCA). She served as Public Programs Coordinator at The Studio Museum in Harlem and was a Helena Rubinstein Fellow in Critical Studies at the Whitney Independent Study Program.