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Kafka: Making of an Icon will mark the 100th anniversary of the author’s death and celebrate not only Kafka’s achievements and creativity, but also his continuing inspiration for new literary, theatrical and artistic creations around the world.
A sketchbook of drawings of Southern China attributed to artist George Chinnery is set to go under the hammer at Tennants Auctioneers on April 10.English artist George Chinnery (1774-1852) was born in London and educated at the Royal Academy Schools. Chinnery was a gifted artist but terrible with…
The Bonhams online sale Remarkable Women: Manuscripts and Memorabilia ends on Tuesday, April 2; the 55 lots include a large collection related to the author Armine von Tempski (1892–1943), including her manuscripts, letters, photo albums and other possessions ($60,000–90,000). The only known copy…
You Are Here, Ada Limón’s signature project as the nation’s 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, will launch during National Poetry Month in April with a celebration at the Library of Congress and will continue throughout the year with installations of poetry as public art in national…
The volume’s first owner, French physician and bibliophile Dr. Ludovic Bouland (1839–1933), bound the book with skin he took without consent from the body of a deceased female patient in a hospital where he worked. The book has been in the collections of Harvard Library since 1934, initially…
Highlights from Swann Galleries' April 11 Fine Books auction featuring a special section of books from New York theater critic and dramaturge Michael Feingold’s estate including: * * Michael Feingold, After
Remember Me: American Carved Stone Books from the Ian Berke Collection will explore the area where book-like objects and folk art intersect. San Francisco collector Ian Berke (1940 - 2024) began collecting these intriguing artifacts during a chance encounter at an antique show in New England…
Heroes: The British invasion of American comics opens at the Cartoon Museum in London next month with a look at how British artists and writers invaded America and made their mark on iconic superheroes.
Nearly 900 lots are featured in RR Auction's upcoming Apil Fine Autographs and Artifacts sale, featuring nearly 900 lots of items from the 19th and 20th centuries.Highlights include two Abraham Lincoln items. The first is a rare Lincoln check dated February 16, 1859, payable to Johnson &…
Sarah Gordon’s new play Underdog: The Other Other Brontë is an irreverent retelling of the lives and legend of English literature’s famed Brontë sisters which opens tonight at the National Theatre's Dorfman theatre in London.
