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The Chelsea Rare Book Fair returns to the Chelsea Old Town Hall on the Kings Road in London on…
More than 70 Bibles and devotional works from from the Estate of Robert Funk will go under the…
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The Gershman Y kicks off the new year with the art exhibition And the Word Is…, running January 22-May 14. And the Word Is… explores the use of religious text in contemporary art, from the straightforward to the ironic.
New York—Swann Galleries’ 2015 Illustration Art auction, to be held on January 22, features fresh-to-market works by famous illustrators, cartoonists, commercial artists and children’s book creators.
Godalming—A private collection of fine art and antiques books from the property of a Nobleman opens the first monthly Bibliophile Sale of 2015 at Bloomsbury Auctions. A large number of modern first editions by authors including Graham Greene, Ian Fleming and William Golding will be available for…
New York, NY, January 5, 2015—For many museum-goers the use of rich gold and silver leaf to illuminate religious texts is an artistic practice that began—and ended—centuries ago.
(Boston, MA)—Winter 2015 public book talks and lectures at the Boston Athenæum feature “The Future of Book Publishing” with Michael Levin, Ideas of Order: A Close Reading of Shakespeare’s Sonnets with literary scholar and former Harvard University President Neil L. Rudenstine, and Killers of the…
DALLAS—Heritage Auctions posted its “best ever” year in 2014—and its fifth straight year of growth—with a total of more than $969 million in total prices realized across its auction business ($623+ million) as well as its Private Treaty sales ($345+ million).
Minnesota Center for Book Arts kicks off its yearlong 30th Anniversary celebration with three concurrent exhibitions that celebrate the art of book binding.
London—The working library of one of the most distinguished and influential garden designers of the 20th Century, the late Rosemary Verey (1918-2001), sold for £120,000 ($187,500) at auction in London, doubling the pre-sale estimate. The stunning 84 lot strong collection contained the gardening and…
