“The Morgan Library & Museum is proud to announce a presentation of drawings by painter, sculptor, and draftsman Al Taylor (1948–1999). The Drawings of Al Taylor explores the artist’s lyrical and witty compositions inspired by banal objects and everyday situations. Driven by curiosity and a sense… Read More
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The Book of Ruth: Medieval to Modern at The Morgan Library & Museum, February 14 – June 14, 2020
“The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to present The Book of Ruth: Medieval to Modern. The exhibition celebrates the gift made in 2018 by Joanna S. Rose of The Joanna S. Rose Illuminated Book of Ruth to the Morgan. The accordion-fold vellum manuscript, measuring… Read More
Alfred Jarry: The Carnival of Being and Jean-Jacques Lequeu: Visionary Architect at The Morgan Library & Museum, through May 10, 2020
Alfred Jarry: The Carnival of Being, January 24 through May 10, 2020 “The Morgan Library & Museum presents the first major U.S. museum exhibition exploring the iconoclastic works and personality of the French writer Alfred Jarry (1873–1907). Alfred Jarry: The Carnival of Being considers the… Read More
Illusions of the Photographer: Duane Michals at the Morgan, The Morgan Library & Museum, October 25, 2019 – February 2, 2020
“The Morgan Library & Museum proudly presents an exhibition combining a six-decade retrospective of Duane Michals with an artist’s-choice selection of works from all corners of the permanent collection. Michals is known for his picture sequences, inscribed photographs, and, more recently, films that pose emotional,… Read More
John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal and Guercino: Virtuoso Draftsman at The Morgan Library & Museum, October 4, 2019 – January, 2020
John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal, October 4, 2019 – January 12, 2020 “John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) was one of the greatest portrait artists of his time. While he is best known for his powerful paintings, he largely ceased painting portraits in 1907 and turned instead… Read More
Verdi: Creating Otello and Falstaff—Highlights from the Ricordi Archive at The Morgan Library & Museum September 6, 2019 – January 5, 2020
“After Aida in 1871, except for occasional projects, Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), Italy’s pre-eminent composer, retired from opera at the age of 58. This, however, did not prevent constant pleas from his publisher and future librettist for the maestro to return to the operatic stage. Reluctantly… Read More
Among Others: Photography and the Group at The Morgan Library & Museum, through August 18, 2019
“The Morgan Library & Museum presents a new exhibition about photography’s unique capacity to represent the bonds that unite people. From posed group portraits and candid street scenes to collages, constructions, and serial imagery, photographers have used many methods to place people in a shared… Read More
Drawing the Curtain: Maurice Sendak’s Designs for Opera and Ballet at The Morgan Library & Museum, June 14 – October 6, 2019
“A summer exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum celebrates an extraordinary bequest from acclaimed author and illustrator of children’s books Maurice Sendak (1928–2012). Best known for his 1963 picture book Where the Wild Things Are, Sendak was an avid music and opera lover. Beginning… Read More
Walt Whitman: Bard of Democracy at The Morgan Library & Museum, June 7 – September 15, 2019
“In celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth, the Morgan Library & Museum exhibits the work of the beloved American poet. In a notebook in 1859, Whitman wrote, “Comrades! I am the bard of Democracy,” and over his 73 years (1819–1892) he… Read More
Invention and Design: Early Italian Drawings at the Morgan, The Morgan Library & Museum, February 15 – May 19, 2019
“A new exhibition celebrates the Morgan Library & Museum’s extensive collection of Italian Drawings, exploring how the concept of disegno (a word that means both ‘drawing’ and ‘design’) emphasized the artist’s creative power and fundamentally changed Italian Renaissance art. Invention and Design: Early Italian Drawings at… Read More
The Extended Moment: Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada at The Morgan Library & Museum, February 15 – May 26, 2019
“The Morgan Library & Museum presents an exhibition of photographs from one of the most comprehensive repositories of photography on the continent, the collection at the National Gallery of Canada. The first in a series of three major photography shows at the Morgan in 2019,… 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
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