Read our latest blog on Brooklyn Museum​'s exhibition “Proof: Francisco Goya, Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Longo”, curated by Robert Longo in collaboration with Kate Fowle, on view through January 7, 2018. This post is written by Ximena Kilroe, Curatorial Intern. This exhibition is a convergence of works that span four centuries, connected by each artist’s impulse to document the turbulent politics of their respective eras. The exhibition features work by Longo as well as #FranciscoGoya and #SergeiEisenstein, both of whom Longo has cited as important influences. 〰 “None of the work is simply documentary,” [Robert] Longo says, “rather, the works in this exhibition are responses to the world.” Longo, whose hyper-realistic charcoal drawings can easily be mistaken for photographs, emphasizes the importance of understanding his work as mediating between events that are “highly personal and socially relevant.” His work issues a timely reminder that political and historical images are not necess...