Brooklyn Museum Reveals 2025 Acquisitions, Including Poignant Calligraphy and Christian Marclay’s ‘Doors’

The Brooklyn Museum has revealed the more than 600 works that it acquired in roughly the past year, providing a view into the institution’s collecting priorities as it marks its 200th anniversary.Contemporary art continued to be a core focus, with works by Tony Bechara, Nicole Eisenman, Jack Pierson, Enrique Chagoya, Bisa Butler, and others of note joining the museum’s holdings in 2025. Also among the newly acquired works is Christian Marclay’s 2022 video Doors, which is curren