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  • A Dickens Christmas

    November 21, 2022–January 8, 2023
    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

    This holiday season, the Library is celebrating with a special installation featuring Dickens’s heavily annotated…

    Charles Dickens is pictured standing at a writing desk and holding a book. He looks just off center and a watch hangs from a chain on the vest he wears inside a large lapelled coat.
  • All This Mine Alone: Lady Gregory and the Irish Literary Revival

    Online Only
    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    Augusta Gregory has long been recognized as the woman who helped shape a new era of modern Irish literature at the turn of the 20th…
    pencil portrait of Lady Gregory
  • We Were Beautiful Then, Too: Late 19th Century African American Cabinet Cards

    June 4–September 23, 2022
    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

    In the 19th century, African Americans harnessed the power of photography to claim a self-possessed identity in line with middle class…

    On the left, a woman wearing a hat and holding a parasol. In the middle, a woman and children standing in a portrait. Black and white photo. On the right, a man wearing a suit is standing against a table. The photo is cepia.right, a ma
  • Peter Kuper's INterSECTS: Where Arthropods and Homo Sapiens Meet

    January 12–August 13, 2022
    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    INterSECTS presents excerpts from artist Peter Kuper’s forthcoming graphic novel, which he developed during his tenure as a fellow at The…
    butterflies flying into main entrance of library
  • Climate, Environment, and the Performing Arts

    April 21–June 30, 2022
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

    Materials from the dance, theatre, and music & recorded sound divisions address how the performing arts have responded to climate…

    A cartoon of a character with a guitar peeking out from long grasses.
  • Akhnaten: Philip Glass’ Operatic Portrait of a Pharaoh

    May 23–June 18, 2022
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

    Celebrating the return of Phillip Glass' Akhnaten, the Library for the Performing Arts delves into the archives.

    A black and white photo of a man behind a piano.
  • TARYN SIMON // The Color of a Flea's Eye: The Picture Collection

    September 24, 2021–May 15, 2022
    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    The Color of a Flea’s Eye foregrounds the Picture Collection at The New York Public Library which, since its founding in 1915, has allowed…
    Contents from the Picture Collection folder "Endpapers"
  • The Skin of Our Teeth: Through Thornton Wilder's Letters

    April 15–May 14, 2022
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

    A collection of photographs and letters by playwright Thorton Wilder highlighting the play, The Skin of Our Teeth.

    A black and white archival image of two younger people kneeling down and being clutched tenderly by two central older people.
  • José Limón: The Mestizo as Ambassador

    October 27, 2021–May 7, 2022
    The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

    An exhibition celebrating Mexican American dancer and choreographer José Limón, one of the most prolific exponents of modern dance.

    Black and white photo of José Limón mid-jump with his back arched, chest raised, and head thrown back, casting a shadow on the wall behind him.
  • Andrés Barba and Alberto Pina: Artists' Books

    April 8–April 24, 2022
    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

    This display presents four artists’ books made by the Spanish artist Alberto Pina and Spanish writer Andrés Barba.

    artist book in all of its parts on display

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