Exhibitions

George Lowther, The Adventures of Superman. Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., No. 656. From the collection of Molly Guptill Manning.
Did the US Have the Best-Read Army in World War II?
September 21, 2023
The Grolier Club in New York City presents an exhibition this fall about the power of books and ideas at a time of censorship and repression. 
Dior Men Summer 2023 group shot in front of Charleston reconstruction (full collection and set not shown in exhibition)
New Exhibition on Bloomsbury Group and Fashion Opens
September 13, 2023
Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and Fashion, which opens today, is the first major exhibition to explore the fashion of the
poster for Phaidon exhibition
Phaidon and Christie’s Celebrate a Century of Bookmaking
September 12, 2023
As part of Phaidon's 100th anniversary celebrations this year the publishing house has opened up its archives for a special exhibition at Christie’s, Rockefel
An ancient mappe of Fairyland newly discovered and set forth designed by Bernard Sleigh, 1918
New Exhibition Focuses on History of Fantasy Writing
September 12, 2023
A major new exhibition, Fantasy: Realms of Imagination, at the British Library will explore the evolution of fantasy.
Image from the exhibition poster
Exhibit Celebrates 250th anniversary of Phillis Wheatley's First Book of African American Poetry
September 5, 2023
In September 1773, Phillis Wheatley published 
Shakespeare & Co. paianted storefront sign by Marie Monnier-Becat (1894–1976). Paris, ca. 1920.
Princeton Celebrates Shakespeare First Folio with Literature Exhibition
September 1, 2023
In honor of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623,
Bifolium from the Pink Qur’an, Spain (Granada and Valencia), 1200s, Qur’an (text in Arabic). Tempera colors, gold, silver, and ink
New Exhibition Explores Graphic Design and Creation of Medieval Books
August 30, 2023
Graphic Design in the Middle Ages will reveal the ways that design influenced the making, reading, and interpretation of
Images (left to right): Martin Haake, Yiddishland (detail), 60-foot illustrated mural, 2023. Yiddish typewriter, Hermes “Baby” model (Switzerland), 1941. A Collection of Jewish Songs for Violin, Hebrew Publishing Company (New York), 1914.
Yiddish Book Center Celebrates 150 Years of Modern Jewish Creativity
August 22, 2023
The Yiddish Book Center presents a major new core exhibition that explores a multi-faceted international story of identity, creativity, migration, a
Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., No. K-28.
Which Was The Best-Read Army in the World?
August 15, 2023
The Grolier Club in New York City presents an exhibition this fall about the power of books and ideas at a time of censorship and repression. 
Max Beerbohm's 'Un Revers' self-caricature
Max Beerbohm: The Price of Celebrity Coming Soon to NYPL
August 8, 2023
Celebrity became an international industry in the late 19th century and the English artist and author Max B