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WORCESTER, MA— To celebrate its bicentennial, the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) commissioned Philip F. Gura to write The American Antiquarian Society, 1812-2012: A Bicentennial History.
“Beaten & Bound” is a look at a unique group of contemporary book and paper artists at the Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN. Much like glassblowing, paper-making and book binding are ancient craft forms that had a major re-birth and resurgence in the twentieth century and…
The Grolier Club is pleased to present a major exhibition that explores the legacy of Aaron Burr. Opening to the public on May 16, Aaron Burr Returns to New York: An Exhibition on Burr and His Contemporaries marks the 200th anniversary of Burr's return to New York, ending a self-imposed exile…
Fred Torres Collaborations is pleased to announce the exhibition Courtney Love And She’s Not Even Pretty on view from May 3 through June 15, 2012. This is the first exhibition of Courtney Love’s drawings, which will feature over 45 works by the artist. A limited edition catalogue has been published…
New York—On March 15 Swann Galleries offered Part II of the Eric C. Caren Collection: How History Unfolds on Paper. Caren’s collection aimed to document every important event in modern history through books, manuscripts, autographs, photographs, posters and ephemera that span the 16th century…
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. - May 3, 2012 - Skinner, Inc. will host a Discovery auction on May 16 and 17 in its Marlborough gallery. The sale presents a varied assortment of antique dolls, vintage toys, collectibles, ephemera, and books, as well as furniture and decorative objects with more than 1200 lots…
DENVER (May 3, 2012) - The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver) today announces the first solo museum exhibition dedicated to the work of Frohawk Two Feathers, the pseudonym for Los Angeles-based artist Umar Rashid. The exhibition, entitled Frohawk Two Feathers: We Buy Gold, We Buy…
DALLAS - The lifetime collection of prominent Washington, DC lawyer and art connoisseur Sam Stern will be offered immediately following the spring auction of Modern & Contemporary art on the afternoon of May 22, 2012.
Washington, D.C.—One of the most celebrated artists of the modern era, Jasper Johns (b. 1930) transformed the field of printmaking. For over 50 years, he has tested the medium’s boundaries, reinventing subjects like targets, American flags, and images from art history in endless variation. The…
A new specialization in Rare Books, and Print and Visual Culture has been approved by the Department of Information Studies at the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA. The specialization, which will be added to the department’s existing specializations in Archival Studies…
