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Napoleon Jones-Henderson wanted viewers to see his prints “as an image of themselves, because the works were about projecting positive images.”

Jones-Henderson’s screenprint “A Few Words From the Prophet Stevie” was created during the Black Arts Movement—the cultural wings of the Black Power Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

In the print, you can find symbols and colors associated with , including the horizontal red, black, and green bands of color in the pyramid, which also make up the colors of the Pan-African flag.

In 1969, while still an art student, Jones-Henderson joined the artist collective AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists), which sought to use visual art for the empowerment and liberation of Black communities.

See this work in Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200, on view now.

🎨 Napoleon Jones-Henderson. A Few Words From the Prophet Stevie, 1976. Screenprint on paper. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of R.M. Atwater, Anna Wolfrom Dove, Alice Fiebiger, Joseph Fiebiger, Belle Campbell Harriss, and Emma L. Hyde, by exchange, Designated Purchase Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, and Carll H. de Silver Fund, 2012.80.22. © Napoleon Jones-Henderson. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

So, you want a happy hour centered around LGBTQ+ art and artists? We’ve got you! 🥂

Join us for Art History Happy Hour: Pride on June 25 at 7 pm for talks featuring curator Liz St. George, photographer Lola Flash (), historian Hugh Ryan (), and drag artist Bertha Vanayshun ().

Tickets include one specialty drink—get yours for $30 ($18 for Members) through the link in our bio.

📷 Lola Flash (American, born 1959). Thato, 2002. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Lily and Earle M. Pilgrim Art Foundation, 2018.54. (Photo: Image courtesy the artist) → Art History Happy Hour: Stonewall at 50, June 2019. (Photo: Kolin Mendez)

Beyoncé wore the Heliosphere dress in 2023.

Designed by Iris van Herpen for the Renaissance world tour, the Heliosphere dress was first worn during Beyoncé’s performance in Amsterdam on June 17.

Created by a team of 12 artisans over nearly 700 hours, the design incorporates 980 silver silicon elements, each hand-sewn onto illusion tulle, embellished with Swarovski crystals. The components are supported by a transparent PETG structure that rises in a radiant halo around Beyoncé's face. The look is completed by a voluminous glass-organza cape adorned with mirrored appliqués that echo the dresses sculptural forms.

See the Heliosphere dress and more than 140 extraordinary haute couture creations on view now in Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses.

📷 Iris van Herpen. Heliosphere Dress, 2021. Silk organza, silicone, mirror Mylar, PETG, tulle, and Swarovski crystals. Courtesy of Parkwood Entertainment, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood, Courtesy of Iris van Herpen) → Installation view of Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses, Brooklyn Museum, 2026. (Photo: On White Wall/Paula Abreu Pita)

1970, 1973, and 2026 NBA Champions! 🏆🏀

From Bill Bradley’s championship era to Spike Lee’s decades of unwavering courtside devotion—once a Knick, always a Knick!

Congratulations to the New York Knicks on bringing the Larry O’Brien Trophy back to the city.

📷 Spike Lee: Creative Sources VIP Preview, 10/03/2023. Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Will Ragozzino/Matthew Carasella Photography)

Home to 125 million bioluminescent algae, this dress is alive.

Iris van Herpen created this first-of-its-kind “living look” in collaboration with biodesigner Chris Bellamy. Cultivated over several months in seawater baths, the Pyrocystis lunula algae were then molded into a specialized nutrient gel held within a protective membrane.

Caring for the dress—and the 125 million Pyrocystis lunula it contains—requires a symbiotic relationship that reinvents creation traditions entirely; the garment is cultivated rather than constructed.

See the “Living Algae” Look from the Sympoiesis Collection as part of Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses.

📷 Iris van Herpen. Living Algae Look, from the Sympoiesis collection, 2025. Pyrocystis lunula algae, nutrient gel, H2O, silicone, silk organza, and tulle. Collaborator: Chris Bellamy. Model: Stella Maxwell. (Photo: Molly SJ Lowe) → Installation view of Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses, Brooklyn Museum, 2026. (Photo: On White Wall/Paula Abreu Pita)

Come celebrate Juneteenth with us at The Lay Out’s 7th annual celebration in Fort Greene Park, centering Black joy, creativity, play, and community.

Brooklyn Museum on Wheels is pulling up for a day of hands-on art-making, adornment, music, and imagination for all ages.

Stop by our mobile museum to design accessories, create your own mini–boom box, and pose in a one-of-a-kind photo booth celebrating style, memory, and self-expression.

🗓️ Sunday, June 14, 12–5 pm
📍 Fort Greene Park, Dekalb Avenue and S Portland Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
👪 All ages are welcome

This program is created in partnership with The Lay Out.

📷 Saddles and Soul: A Juneteenth Celebration, 2024. (Photo: Kolin Mendez)

Btw, this is where we post from… 🏛️

📷 Institutional photography, 06/28/2024. Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Adrianna Glaviano)