Art
Surprises from Wayne Thiebaud, Master Draftsman
Thiebaud, just a few months shy of his 98th birthday, offers a glimpse into the thinking behind his five decades of work.
Morgan Library & Museum
Announcement
The Morgan Library & Museum Presents the First Survey of Wayne Thiebaud’s Drawings
Featuring subjects that range from deli counters and solitary figures to dramatic views of San Francisco’s plunging streets, Thiebaud’s drawings endow the most common objects and everyday scenes with a sense of poetry and nostalgia.
Art
A Portrait of Tennessee Williams as a Playwright and a Person
Seeing the playwright's process, the countless drafts, and the lukewarm reception of his early plays is a reminder that the struggle to make art can be overcome — and that we should, through the hardship, carry on.
Art
Three NYC Institutions Come Together to Examine Three Intertwined Religions
This week, a workshop and ongoing exhibition — described as "a contemporary pilgrimage" — examine physical spaces with interfaith meanings.
Art
Peter Hujar's Elegy for New York City in the 1980s
Hujar’s photographs document the effervescent creative spirit that pulsed through the East Village as the AIDS crisis unfolded.
Art
A Photographer’s Donation to a Museum Honors Its Security Guards
Abelardo Morell's photographic map of Henry David Thoreau's journals was gifted to the Morgan Library & Museum in honor of its security guards.
Art
Emily Dickinson Was Less Reclusive Than We Think
I’m Nobody! Who are you? The Life and Poetry of Emily Dickinson at the Morgan Library reveals the poet to be far more socially engaged than we've believed her to be.
Art
Researchers Bury Their Noses in Books to Sniff Out the Morgan Library's Original Smell
Researchers at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York are capturing the smell of its old books to reconstruct the building's 1906 aroma.
Art
The Morgan Marks the Centennial of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity
A century has passed since Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity, which at its core demonstrates that space and time are connected, and both involved in gravity.
Books
All that Glitters Isn't Gold — Sometimes It's Silver from Tiffany's
The Morgan Library and Museum continues to spotlight some of its glittering books beneath the revamped lighting in its historic 1906 McKim Building.
Art
Copper Tomb Sculptures Show Rare Forms of Mesopotamian Portraiture
The ten statues in Founding Figures: Copper Sculpture from Ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 3300–2000 BC at the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan were never meant for our eyes.
Art
The First Photographs of Lightning Crackle with Electric Chaos
In the 1880s, William Nicholson Jennings set out to prove the diversity and unpredictability of lightning's path, capturing the electric light with his plate camera.