Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection at the Brooklyn Museum for final full exhibition
Paul Cezane, “Study of a Skull,” watercolor and graphite on buff wove paper. Gift of the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation and family. Photo: Bruce M. White/Brooklyn Museum
PROSPECT HEIGHTS — THE HISTORIC HENRY and Rose Pearlman Collection, which includes over 50 modern European works, will come to the Brooklyn Museum on Oct. 2 to April 2027.
The collection has been shared across the Brooklyn Museum, LACMA and MoMa, and it will be divided between the three institutions with 29 of the works going to the Brooklyn Museum. The fall exhibition, “Cézanne to Modigliani: Gifts of Modern Art from the Pearlman Collection,” will be the final full-collection exhibition of the works. In honor of the Pearlman family, the exhibition will feature a special focus on the Pearlmans, who heavily invested in Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Museum.
The exhibition will feature works from Cézanne, Degas, Gauguin, Manet, Modigliani, Pissarro, Soutine, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh and others.
SUNSET PARK — “As a resident of Marine Park, one of the great surprises I found biking around Industry City and visiting Japan Village was to discover Bush Terminal Park. I continue to be amazed at the serene hideaways that the city offers in some of the busiest places — and, still, with an iconic view.”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — ‘A miracle that no one was killed …’ That’s what neighbors are saying about the collapse of the Hotel St. George marquee. Shown in this photograph are workmen beginning the removal and repair of the historic, old neon sign at the corner, referencing a relic of Brooklyn Heights’ past: the St. George Hotel.
ATLANTIC AVENUE — Exhausted shopper with cluster of bags and goods from mall at Boerum Place stops to look at huge construction site across the street. “Is that REALLY going to be a jail??” Her male companion is reassuring, “Nothing like Rikers … this is 21st Century.”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Overheard in line at one of most popular pastry outlets on Montague Street: “Hope I can get them into a camp …” A mother with two pre-schoolers in tow was showing a friend the Dodge Y flyer for Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 18.
