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Kansas City, MO. Aug. 30, 2012—The photography exhibition Cabinet of Curiosities: Photography & Specimens opens Sept. 12 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Featuring works that date from the 1850s to the present day, this show explores the many ways photography has expanded our centuries-old…
Here's a reason to pay attention to those dusty old books on family genealogy:
Amherst, MA (August 27, 2012) — For the first time, Eric Carle’s fans will have a chance to see the remarkable variety of paintings, sculptures, and personal sketches that the artist has been making privately for more than 60 years. Best known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar and more than 70 other…
Swann Galleries will offer a rare, complete set of Edward S.
On September 13th, 2012, PBA Galleries in San Francisco will present a premier offering of rare and important books and manuscript materials, the greatest single gathering it has ever had at auction.
One of our ongoing concerns here at Fine Books is the intersection of
books and art. We recently began an occasional series on this blog profiling small, independent publishers who produce exquisite editions of their books. (The first entry in our series was Scarlet Imprint).
Boston, Mass - August 2012 - Skinner, Inc. will auction prints, photographs, paintings, and sculpture on Friday, September 7th in two sessions at its Boston gallery. The prints and photography portion of the sale will begin at 12 p.m.; the painting and sculpture portion will begin at 4 p.m.Fine…
Glenn Horowitz Presents: Rock and Roll Shrink - Record ReleaseAndy Warhol Album Covers - Exhibition PreviewGlenn Horowitz Bookseller will host Peter Dayton’s rocknrollshrink record release on September 2, 2012 6-8pm, concurrent with a preview of the exhibition Andy Warhol: Album Covers.
Washington, DC—Since 1909, major artists from nearly every art
movement have co-opted, mimicked, defused, undermined, memorialized, and
rewritten newspapers. Shock of the News will
examine the myriad manifestations of the "newspaper phenomenon" through
65 collages, paintings, drawings,…
