“Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity”
“The story we are trying to tell is about permanence and change, how some aspects of material culture remain consistent and some things change constantly.”
The Brooklyn Museum of Art has one of the finest collections in the world of Egyptian antiquities and on April 12 will open its exhibition, “Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity.” The museum will double the number of items on display to 600. Overall, it is said to have some 4,000 objects.
The museum has renovated its Egyptian Galleries to handle this exhibition. The oldest artifact in the exhibit, an ivory statuette of a male figure, is dated to about 3800 B.C. The museum says, “With the opening of ‘Egypt Reborn,’ and with over 1150 works of art now in place, the completed Egyptian Galleries at last make available masterpieces representing every period of ancient Egyptian history from one of the finest collections in the world.”
Curator James Romano said:
“The story we are trying to tell is about permanence and change, how some aspects of material culture remain consistent and some things change constantly.”
What an interesting thought — some cultural things remain consistent while others change constantly.
We urge readers who can to visit the museum for the exhibition, and perhaps comment to us what things they noticed that have remained consistent and those that have changed constantly. It would be fun to observe the exhibition from that perspective.
The museum is currently saying this is a long-term installation, so there is plenty of time to find a way to get there. The new, long-term installation has two sections, one chronological and the other thematic.
For those who cannot visit, perhaps you can enjoy some of it on line by visiting the museum’s web site, highlighted in our points of Interest to Explore” section in the right column.