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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art will mark the longevity of a classic picture book hero…
A series of free public exhibitions focusing on creative and intellectual expression in the…
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Boston — Stars of the silver screen feature in this December auction, which is highlighted by a wealth of outstanding signed photographs of icons like Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Marlon Brando, Rudolph Valentino, Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, John Wayne, Grace Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock.
Today's lunchtime viewing is a 40-minute overview of Renaissance painter and printmaker Albrecht Dürer's innovations in art with Dr. Suzanne Karr Schmidt of the Newberry Library, created in association with Getman’s Virtual Bibliophile Holiday Gift Fair earlier this month.
We’ve been lucky…
Last month the Jewish Museum in New York City debuted an exhibition that digs deep into the background of the 2010 book, The Hare with Amber Eyes. The memoir, written by British ceramicist Edmund de Waal, traces his family’s history through an inherited collection of netsuke figurines (miniature…
New York — November at Swann Galleries featured a marathon of fine art auctions including a two-day sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints and Master Drawings, a private collection of Contemporary Artists’ Books, as well as Contemporary art, and travel posters. Combined the auctions earned $6.7…
Minneapolis — Cathy Ryan is the winner of the 2022 Minnesota Book Artist Award for her pandemic-inspired book entitled Chronicle. Sponsored by Lerner Publishing Group and presented as part of the Minnesota Book Awards with MCBA, this biennial award recognizes a Minnesota book artist or…
Our Bright Young Librarians series continues today with Nick Twemlow, literary and poetry collections librarian at the Rose Library at Emory University in Atlanta.
What is your role at your institution?
New York – In the world of international diplomacy, it is often the backstairs conversations that smooth the path to agreement. The peace talks in Paris from April 1782-September 1783 at the end of the American War of Independence were no exception, as demonstrated by two important letters from…
Amherst, MA — Since the 1970s, millions of young artists have learned to draw—and to see—at the hands of Ed Emberley, the universally beloved illustrator, age 90. “You know what I like to hear the kids say?” asks Emberley. ‘I could do that!’”
Let’s take a closer look at our current issue’s Editor’s Shelf of engaging winter reads for bibliophiles.
Los Angeles — Julien’s Auctions closed out its auction season on Sunday, December 5th, 2021 with their year-end grand finale presentation of Property from The Life and Career of Sylvester Stallone, featuring the international superstar and the Golden Globe Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated…
