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An archive featuring the progress of Roald Dahl’s 1984 memoir Boy: Tales of Childhood including 33…
A rare signed photograph of former US President Abraham Lincoln and his son will go under the…
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Arresting Beauty: Julia Margaret Cameron which explores the revolutionary work of one of photography’s most pioneering and influential figures runs at The Morgan Library & Museum from May 30 through September 14.
Unearthed: The Power of Gardening running through August 10 at the British Library is a major new exhibition exploring the transformative and sometimes radical power of gardening in Britain.Unearthed considers the role gardening has played in social and political movements from the Diggers and True…
The most substantial manuscript by Horatio Nelson still in private hands is being offered for sale at Firsts London running until May 18 at the Saatchi Gallery in London by Peter Harrington for £450,000.
Our ongoing look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month.The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World by Selena Wisnom
Researchers have confirmed that what was believed to have been a copy of Magna Carta owned by Harvard Law School is actually an original from 1300.The authentication by Magna Carta experts from King’s College London and the University of East Anglia means the document is one of only seven surviving…
The Library of Congress has acquired the photographs, manuscripts and periodical collection of Raúl Ruiz, a leading figure in the Chicano Movement in Los Angeles beginning in the 1960s. Ruiz (1940-2019) was an activist, journalist, photographer, educator and political candidate who advocated…
Freeman’s | Hindman's Lincoln’s Legacy: Historic Americana from the Life of Abraham Lincoln auction of manuscripts, letters, campaign ephemera, keepsakes and personal effects will be held live and online on May 21.
Two new wooden carved sculptures celebrating East Yorkshire’s influence on J. R. R. Tolkien’s work will be officially unveiled on June 6 at All Saints Church in Roos, East Riding of Yorkshire.
The LA Art Book Fair opens this week on May 15 at a new location across two buildings on ArtCenter College of Design's South Campus.
An installation of works by Frédéric Chopin opens today at the The Morgan Library & Museum.
