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The best butts in Brooklyn 🍑
Apr 24, 2025
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No ifs, ands, or buts about it! A cheeky guide to the Brooklyn Museum Good news: We made a scavenger hunt featuring booty-ful artworks from our collection, along with clues to help you locate them in the galleries. Let’s get to the bottom of this! American Art, 5th Floor Beyond the butt, this painting includes a representation of the artist himself, along with a sculpture of a character in Greek mythology. American Art, 5th Floor Gracefully pulling back a bowstring, this ancient Roman goddess is a variation of one that topped the Madison Square Garden Tower from 1894 to 1925. Design: 1880 to Now, 4th Floor Chairs are works of art made with butts in mind. Primary colors and straight lines were also very important to the Dutch designer of this seat. Don’t fall behind Pick up a full guide at the Admissions Desk and track down each artful derriĂšre during your next visit. Plan your visit Butt wait . . . there’s more! While we’re on the subject, why not cushion your own tush? We collaborated with Head of State to design cozy sweatpants, hoodies, and T-shirts to commemorate our exhibition Solid Gold. Get them while they’re hot. (These sweatpants would look great on you.) Shop the Head of State collection From the top: John Koch. The Sculptor, 1964. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 69.165. © John Koch. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Diana of the Tower, 1895. Gilded bronze. Brooklyn Museum, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 23.255. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum); Gerrit Th. Rietveld and G.A. van de Groenekan. Red Blue Chair, ca. 1917–18. Painted beechwood. Brooklyn Museum, Designated Purchase Fund, 71.73. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum) 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238 Unsubscribe View in browser