“The New-York Historical Society, New York’s first museum, presents an exhibition that explores the civil rights movement through one of the most emotionally compelling forms of visual expression—the children’s picture book. Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through Children’s Books, on view… Read More
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Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood by Uri Shulevitz, Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, October 13, 2020
“I wrote Chance as a memorial to my parents, who are no longer alive, and who can now live forever in my book. I wrote it now while I still have vivid memories of events from over 80 years ago, and before I begin to… Read More
RAFFAELLO 1520 – 1483 published by Skira Editore. Exhibition at Scuderie del Quirinale, Roma, through June 2, 2020*
Published in collaboration with the Scuderie del Quirinale and the Uffizi to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death, the book published by Skira Editore serves as a complement to the Scuderie del Quirinale’s major exhibition and tribute to Raphael. The once-in-a-life-time exhibition, Raphael 1520-1483 traces… Read More
Lita Cabellut visually interprets Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding, published by Artika, February 19, 2020
Artika, the Barcelona-based artists’ book publisher, releases Blood Wedding, its newest book, by Spanish artist Lita Cabellut (Born in Sariñena, Spain in 1961). In this book, with both Spanish and English text, Cabellut visually translates Federico García Lorca’s theatrical masterpiece with 31 previously unpublished figurative… Read More
Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth at The Morgan Library & Museum, January 25 – May 12, 2019
“The Morgan Library & Museum offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to see a remarkable collection of materials related to one of the world’s most beloved authors, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973). Tolkien’s adventurous tales ignited a fervid spark in generations of readers. From the children’s classic… Read More
French Book Arts: Manuscripts, Books, Bindings, Prints, and Documents, 12th–21st Century at The Grolier Club, through February 2, 2019
“The Grolier Club unveiled its reconstructed state-of-the-art Exhibition Hall, capping a total renovation of the public spaces in the century-old building. To mark the occasion, The Grolier Club mounted the celebratory exhibition French Book Arts: Manuscripts, Books, Bindings, Prints, and Documents, 12th–21st Century. The approximately 90 works are… Read More
Obama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete Souza with Foreword by Barack Obama; Little, Brown and Company; November 7, 2017
Obama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete Souza, includes a foreword by President Obama, in which he writes, “Over those eight years, Pete became more than my photographer—he became a friend, a confidant, and a brother.” This is the definitive visual biography of the Obama presidency, including… Read More
Picasso / Picault, Picault / Picasso: A Magic Moment in Vallauris 1948-1953 by Sylvie Vautier presented at French Institute Alliance Française, October 2017
The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) welcomed legendary artist and bestselling author Françoise Gilot and art historian Sylvie Vautier for a conversation to celebrate the English release of Vautier’s beautiful first book, Picasso / Picault, Picault / Picasso: A Magic Moment in Vallauris 1948-1953 published by… Read More
The American Writers Museum opened in Chicago May 16, 2017
The American Writers Museum (AWM), interactive and high tech, is the first and only museum of its kind in the United States. The mission of the American Writers Museum is to engage the public in celebrating American writers and exploring their influence on our history, our… Read More
It’s Me, Eloise: The Voice of Kay Thompson and the Art of Hilary Knight at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, February 12 – June 4, 2017
“Eloise has been called a force of nature: brazen, ill-mannered, and utterly appealing, the six-year-old terror of the Plaza Hotel. The girl Kay Thompson created in voice and Hilary Knight brought to life through illustration is at the heart of a new exhibition at The… Read More
Renée Radell: Web of Circumstance with text by Eleanor Heartney, published by Predmore Press
In the new publication Renée Radell: Web of Circumstance, Eleanor Heartney opens with this now-famous 1971 provocation by legendary art historian Linda Nochlin, “Why have there been no great women artists?” While acknowledging that women artists continue to face obstacles in an uneven playing field, in this book Heartney showcases a rare… Read More
Delirium: The Art of the Symbolist Book at The Morgan Library & Museum, January 20 – May 14, 2017
“The Symbolist movement coalesced during the second half of the nineteenth century amidst the era’s artistic emphasis on representing objective reality. Writers in France and Belgium sought a new form of art—one that invoked the visible world purely as symbols that correlate to the ineffable… Read More
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