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The typewriter that Cecil B. DeMille used for his 1914 movie The Squaw Man goes under the hammer at…
A new exhibition this summer will explore Charles Dickens's theatrical interests and the prolific…
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The Morgan Library & Museum will open A Celebration: Acquisitions in Honor of the Morgan’s Centennial, an exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Pierpont Morgan Library as a public institution on May 9.
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This year's Lyell Lectures will be given by Professor Leah Price at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford and via Zoom. The series will look at how Victorians and their servants interacted with books and their respective reading lives.
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Author, artist, and designer Edward Gorey created work that has permeated both our commercial and cultural worlds and a showcase of his 50-year career at Texas A&M University’s Cushing Memorial Library & Archives is running through September 17.
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A broadside announcing martial law during the 1921 Tulsa Race massacre will be offered in Heritage Auctions' April 25-26 Americana & Political auction.
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A new exhibition at the Grolier Club will examine the verbal and visual qualities of experimental poetry presented by publishers of small independent presses.
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December 4, 1965, marked the live debut of the Grateful Dead and tacked up around San Jose was the band's simple, hand-drawn poster asking: “Can you pass the Acid Test?”. It is among the highlights of Heritage Auctions' April 17-19 Music Memorabilia & Concert Posters auction.This particular…
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Bonhams will host an online auction Airborne: A Fundraising Sale for the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration running April 21-29 April.
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A new exhibition at the Library of Congress seeks to reveal the real George Washington and King George III of Britain behind the myths.George III and Washington never met but The Two Georges: Parallel Lives in an Age of Revolution brings them together for the first time through their letters,…
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A new exhibition pays homage to Emily Dickinson’s botanical devotion using a plant-and light-based photographic process invented during her era.
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Two exhibitions of work by artist Karen Wirth will open on April 12 at Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Building/Books | Karen Wirth: A Retrospective Exhibition and Archabet: An Architectural Abecedarium.