Exhibits

A widely connected pioneer of Pop and mail art, Ray Johnson (1927–1995) was described as “New York’s most famous unknown artist.” Best known for his multimedia collages, he stopped exhibiting in 19
Ulysses by James Joyce was first published one hundred years ago on February 2, 1922.
In 1903, at the height of the worldwide craze for postcards, the Eastman Kodak Company unveiled a new product: the postcard camera.
Initiated in November 2012 by Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo, the awards celebrate the photobook’s contribution to the evolving narrative of photography with three major categories: First Phot
John James Audubon’s The Birds of America has been analyzed by scholars of art history, ornithology, and history of science and mythologized within American frontier history alongside the evocative
Spectacular manuscripts from around the world.
Images drawn from the Hebrew Bible (known to Christians as the "Old Testament") were among the most popular subjects for Christian illuminated manuscripts in the Middle Ages.
America’s beloved Little Golden Books were first released in 1942 and sold over 1.5 million copies within five months.
For All Time: The Shakespeare First Folio celebrates the University of British Columbia Library’s recent acquisition of a first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies—an
This exhibition presents excerpts from artist Peter Kuper’s forthcoming graphic novel, which he developed during his tenure as the Jean Strouse Fellow at The New York Public Library’s Dorothy and L