Studio 54: Night Magic

Studio 54: Night MagicThere has never been and will never be another nightclub to rival the sheer glamour, energy, and wild creativity that was Studio 54. This catalog accompanies an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum exploring how Studio 54 was a unique zeitgeist of an era. From the moment it opened in 1977, Studio 54 celebrated spectacle and promised a never ending parade of anything goes. Although it existed for only three years, it served as a catalyst that brought

Footage of Ray receiving an honorary Oscar in 1992

and by the 1920s

puffy clouds of strings and synth

outwitting her landlady

inspired by a true story

Together they've created an expansive art-pop vision that can be both captivatingly tender while still frequently soaring to places where it can overwhelm the senses like an emotive tidal wave

When a man's body is discovered at the base of some cliffs in the small resort town of Hari Cove

when the Rolling Stones embarked on their farewell tour of Great Britain in March 1971 after having announced they were about to go into tax exile in the south of France

Mezzanine saw the band move away from the 'trip-hop' sound they had helped define to embrace rock and electronica

Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism

Josef Albers and Wassily Kandinsky

the native people of Arrakis