NEW YORK – Patti Smith performed a mini-concert at the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday to honor photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and add her voice to a series of pop-up events that represent New York City's first baby steps toward the return of live indoor performances.
Smith performed six songs as well as read poetry and excerpts from her book “Just Kids” in the Beaux-Arts Court at the museum, her voice bouncing off the skylight 60 feet above.
It was a concert to also honor museum workers and drew just under 50 people, all socially distanced in widely spaced chairs. “I'm not nervous, but it's been so long,” she told the crowd.