The Morgan Library & Museum - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for The Morgan Library & Museum. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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“Collections Spotlight, Fall 2023 / Winter 2024” Exhibition
Objects on view in J. Pierpont Morgan’s library reflect the past, present, and future of the collections in four curatorial departments, comprising illuminated manuscripts from the medieval and renaissance...More »
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“Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio” Exhibition
British artist Bridget Riley (b. 1931) is one of the most celebrated abstract painters of her generation. This exhibition—the first dedicated exclusively to her drawings in over fifty years—provides an...More »
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“Into the Woods: French Drawings and Photographs from the Karen B. Cohen Gift” Exhibition
Charcoal drawing of landscape with human and animal figures approaching trees, in brown and gray washes with white highlights. The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates the gift of more than 130 drawings...More »
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“Ferdinand Hodler: Drawings—Selections from the Musée Jenisch Vevey” Exhibition
A modern art pioneer, renowned Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918) created works that range from vast symbolist compositions to intimate, realist portraits and nearly abstract landscape paintings....More »
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“A Focus on the Figure: Selections from the Karen B. Cohen Gift” Exhibition
While exploring the volumes in her parents’ library, Karen Bassine Cohen discovered a passion for the nineteenth century. She began collecting drawings from the period in the 1970s, and through decades...More »
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“Sketching among the Ruins” Exhibition
Sketching among the Ruins By the mid-eighteenth century, the practice of sketching outdoors with oil paint had become popular among landscape artists. Furthermore, a study trip through Europe, often centered...More »
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“Poetry and Patronage: The Laubespine-Villeroy Library Rediscovered” Exhibition
Young, handsome, and highborn, Claude III de Laubespine lived in luxury after marrying an heiress and obtaining the favor of King Charles IX. His brilliant career at court was cut short in 1570, when he...More »
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David Hockney “Drawing from Life”
David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most internationally respected and renowned artists alive today. This exhibition will be the first to focus on his portraits on paper and one of very few exhibitions...More »
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Edmund Burke “Sublime on the Small Scale”
In 1757, the British statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke published A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, an aesthetic treatise that profoundly influenced...More »
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Betye Saar “Call and Response”
Los Angeles–based artist Betye Saar (b. 1926) emerged in the 1960s as a major voice in American art. Part of a wave of artists, many of them African American, who embraced the medium of assemblage, she...More »
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“The Drawings of Al Taylor” Exhibition
Active in New York in the 1980s and 1990s as a sculptor and draftsman, Al Taylor (1948–1999) found inspiration for his lyrical and witty compositions in banal objects and everyday situations. Driven by...More »
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“The Book of Ruth: Medieval to Modern” Exhibition
Famine and flight, emigration and immigration, foreignness: these are some of the societal issues touched upon by the anonymous author of the Bible’s Book of Ruth, whose titular character was a great-grandmother...More »
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Jean-Jacques Lequeu “Visionary Architect. Drawings from the Bibliothèque nationale de France”
Six months before he died in poverty and obscurity, architect and draftsman Jean‐Jacques Lequeu (1757–1826) donated one more than 800 drawings, one of the most singular and fascinating graphic oeuvres...More »
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Alfred Jarry “The Carnival of Being”
The subversive works and personality of the French writer Alfred Jarry (1873–1907) played a crucial role in the transition from the nineteenth-century avant-garde to the emergent modernist movements of...More »
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“Illusions of the Photographer: Duane Michals at the Morgan” Exhibition
Contemplative, confessional, and comedic, the art of Duane Michals exerts an appeal that transcends the conventional audience of photography. Since the early 1960s, Michals has worked past what he sees...More »
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“Guercino: Virtuoso Draftsman” Exhibition
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, known as Guercino (1591–1666), was arguably the most interesting and diverse draftsman of the Italian Baroque era, a natural virtuoso who created brilliant drawings in a broad...More »
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John Singer Sargent “Portraits in Charcoal”
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...More »
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“Verdi: Creating Otello and Falstaff—Highlights from the Ricordi Archive” Exhibition
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...More »
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“Rivers and Torrents: Oil Sketches from the Thaw Collection” Exhibition
By the start of the nineteenth century, the practice of using oil paint on paper while working outdoors became standard practice among landscape artists. Studies of water emerged as a recurrent motif for...More »
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Joseph Cornell “The Saint-Exupéry Dossier”
To mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the publication of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic story The Little Prince, the Morgan presents five newly discovered drawings by the author as well as intimate...More »
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Wayne Thiebaud “Draftsman”
Best known for his luscious paintings of pies and ice-cream cones, California artist Wayne Thiebaud (born 1920) has been an avid and prolific draftsman since he began his career as an illustrator and cartoonist....More »
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Thomas Gainsborough “Experiments in Drawing”
The eighteenth-century British master Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) is celebrated for his portraiture and for his depictions of rural landscapes. Although he was best known as a painter, he was also...More »
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“Treasures from the Vault” Exhibition
The Morgan is home to some of the world’s greatest collections of medieval manuscripts, printed books and bindings, literary manuscripts, private letters and correspondence, and original music. Treasures...More »
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Peter Hujar “Speed of Life”
The life and art of Peter Hujar (1934–1987) were rooted in downtown New York. Private by nature, combative in manner, well-read, and widely connected, Hujar inhabited a world of avant-garde dance, music,...More »
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“Views of Rome and Naples: Oil Sketches from the Thaw Collection” Exhibition
During the second half of the eighteenth-century, a journey to Italy was considered an essential component in the education of young artists and noblemen from Northern Europe. Although Venice and Florence...More »
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“Poussin, Claude, and French Drawing in the Classical Age” Exhibition
The French refer to the seventeenth century as the Grand Siècle, or the Great Century. Under the rule of Louis XIII and Louis XIV, the period saw a dramatic increase in French political and military power,...More »
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“Henry James and American Painting” Exhibition
In 1884, Henry James (1843–1916) wrote in The Art of Fiction: The analogy between the art of the painter and the art of the novelist is, so far as I am able to see, complete. Their inspiration is the...More »
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“Noah’s Beasts: Sculpted Animals from Ancient Mesopotamia” Exhibition
Animal representations in the sculptural arts of the ancient Near East are remarkable for their evocative expressive power. Beautiful and durable, these artworks have withstood the millennia and preserve...More »
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“Dubuffet Drawings, 1935–1962” Exhibition
In the mid-1940s, French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985) shocked the art establishment with his paintings inspired by children’s drawings, graffiti, and the art of psychiatric patients. Rejecting conventional...More »
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Hans Memling “Portraiture, Piety, and a Reunited Altarpiece”
Completed around 1470 in Bruges, Hans Memling’s Triptych of Jan Crabbe was dismembered in the 18th century and has never before been reconstructed for an American audience. Two panels from the altarpiece...More »
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“Rocks and Mountains: Oil Sketches from the Thaw Collection” Exhibition
During the second half of the eighteenth century, the practice of using oil paint on paper while working outdoors became popular among landscape artists. Rugged topography emerged as an important motif...More »
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“Trees: Oil Sketches from the Thaw Collection” Exhibition
During the second half of the eighteenth century, the practice of using oil paint on paper while working outdoors became popular among landscape artists. Trees, individually and in stands, emerged as an...More »
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“Treasures from the Vault” Exhibition
The Morgan is home to some of the world’s greatest collections of medieval manuscripts, printed books and bindings, literary manuscripts, private letters and correspondence, and original music. Treasures...More »
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“Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol” Exhibition
Every holiday season, the Morgan displays Charles Dickens’s original manuscript of A Christmas Carol in Pierpont Morgan’s historic library. Dickens wrote his iconic tale in a six-week flurry of activity...More »
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“Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts” Exhibition
World renowned for his paintings, sculptures, drawings, and cut-outs, Henri Matisse (1869–1954) also embraced the printed book as a means of artistic expression. Between 1912 and his death in 1954, he...More »
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Martin Puryear “Multiple Dimensions”
One of the most important contemporary American sculptors, Martin Puryear (b. 1941) has also made drawings throughout his career. This exhibition is the first to highlight the important role that drawing...More »
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Ernest Hemingway “Between Two Wars”
This is the first ever major museum exhibition devoted to the work of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), one of the most celebrated American authors of the 20th century. Organized in partnership with the John...More »
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“Embracing Modernism: Ten Years of Drawings Acquisitions” Exhibition
This exhibition marks the 10th anniversary of the Morgan Library & Museum’s pivotal decision to collect and exhibit modern and contemporary drawings. Long noted for its holdings of Old Master drawings,...More »
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“Hebrew Illumination for Our Time: The Art of Barbara Wolff” Exhibition
Hebrew Illumination for Our Time: The Art of Barbara Wolff offers startling illuminations—recent gifts to the Morgan—created by this contemporary artist. The ten folios of “You Renew the Face of the Earth”...More »
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“Piranesi and the Temples of Paestum: Drawings from Sir John Soane’s Museum” Exhibition
In 1777 the great Italian draftsman, etcher, and antiquarian Giovanni Battista Piranesi visited the haunting and majestic archaeological site of Paestum on the Gulf of Salerno south of Naples. He produced...More »
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“Exploring France: Oil Sketches from the Thaw Collection” Exhibition
During the second half of the eighteenth century, the practice of using oil paint on paper while working outdoors became popular among landscape artists. French artists often traveled to Italy to study,...More »
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“Treasures from the Vault” Exhibition
The Morgan is home to some of the world’s greatest collections of medieval manuscripts, printed books and bindings, literary manuscripts, private letters and correspondence, and original music. Treasures...More »
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“A Certain Slant of Light: Spencer Finch at the Morgan” Exhibition
American artist Spencer Finch (b. 1962) has created a large-scale, site-specific installation at the Morgan inspired by its great collection of medieval Books of Hours—beautiful, hand-painted works that...More »
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“Sky Studies: Oil Sketches from the Thaw Collection” Exhibition
During the second half of the eighteenth century, the practice of using oil paint on paper while working outdoors became popular among landscape artists. In a treatise offering advice to students of landscape...More »
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“Miracles in Miniature: The Art of the Master of Claude de France” Exhibition
The Master of Claude de France was one of the last great French illuminators. His was a fine and delicate style, characterized by the use of subtle lilacs, mauves and roses, juxtaposed with chartreuse...More »
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“A Dialogue with Nature: Romantic Landscapes from Britain and Germany” Exhibition
Organized by the Morgan and London’s Courtauld Gallery, A Dialogue with Nature explores aspects of Romantic landscape drawing in Britain and Germany from the 1760s to 1840s. The exhibition draws upon the...More »
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“Gatsby to Garp: Modern Masterpieces from the Carter Burden Collection” Exhibition
Between 1973 and 1996 Carter Burden, a cultural benefactor and former New York City councilman, assembled the greatest collection of modern American literature in private hands. This exhibition brings...More »
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“The Little Prince: A New York Story” Exhibition
Since its publication seventy years ago, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince has captivated millions of readers throughout the world. It may come as a surprise that this French tale of an interstellar...More »
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“Visions and Nightmares: Four Centuries of Spanish Drawings” Exhibition
This exhibition marks the first presentation of Spanish drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum. Compared to works from other major European schools, Spanish drawings have long been considered uncharted...More »
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“Leonardo da Vinci: Treasures from the Biblioteca Reale, Turin” Exhibition
For the first time in New York, the Morgan presents Leonardo da Vinci’s extraordinary Codex on the Flight of Birds, and one of his most celebrated drawings, the Head of a Young Woman, which served as a...More »
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“Beethoven’s Ninth: A Masterpiece Reunited” Exhibition
As part of the Bicentenary celebrations of the Royal Philharmonic Society, the Morgan will display two historic copyist scores of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, marking the first time they have been brought...More »
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“Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul” Exhibition
The works of Edgar Allan Poe have frightened and thrilled readers for more than one hundred-fifty years. “Terror of the Soul”—inspired by the preface to “Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque”—explores...More »
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“Lose not heart: J. D. Salinger’s Letters to an Aspiring Writer” Exhibition
Between 1941 and 1943 J. D. Salinger sent nine letters and postcards to Marjorie Sheard, an aspiring Canadian writer. This important collection of documents, acquired by the Morgan in April 2013, sheds...More »
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“Reflections on a Nation: American Writings from the Gilder Lehrman Collection” Exhibition
This fall, the Morgan will display a selection of exceptional documents from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, one of the country’s foremost archives of Americana. The selection represents...More »
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Monika Grzymala “Volumen”
This summer the Morgan will continue its annual sculpture series with a large-scale installation by Berlin-based artist Monika Grzymala. This site-specific work will be composed of thousands of sheets...More »
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“Old Masters, Newly Acquired” Exhibition
“Old Masters, Newly Acquired” explores the recent growth of the Morgan’s collection of drawings made before 1900. The past three years have been an exceptionally robust period during which important gifts,...More »
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“Illuminating Faith: The Eucharist in Medieval Life and Art” Exhibition
When Christ changed bread and wine into his body and blood at the Last Supper, he instituted the Eucharist and established the central act of Christian worship. For medieval Christians, the Eucharist (the...More »
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“Subliming Vessel: The Drawings of Matthew Barney” Exhibition
Subliming Vessel is the first museum exhibition devoted to Matthew Barney’s works on paper. Featuring nearly one hundred drawings spanning the artist’s career to date, the exhibition will include Barney’s...More »
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“New Acquisition: The Saint John’s Bible” Exhibition
In 1998 Saint John’s University commissioned calligrapher Donald Jackson to produce a fully illuminated luxury manuscript of the Bible. Jackson and his team of artists completed The Saint John’s Bible...More »
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“Treasures from the Vault” Exhibition
The Morgan is home to some of the world’s greatest collections of medieval manuscripts, printed books and bindings, literary manuscripts, private letters and correspondence, and original music. Treasures...More »
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"Drawing Surrealism" Exhibition
Bringing together more than 160 works on paper by such iconic artists as Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst, Leonora Carrington, and Joan Miró, this is the first major exhibition to explore the central role of drawing...More »
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"Treasures from the Vault" Exhibition
"Treasures from the Vault" offers a changing selection of works drawn from the Morgan's celebrated collections of medieval manuscripts, printed books and bindings, literary manuscripts, private letters...More »
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"Josef Albers in America: Painting on Paper" Exhibition
Josef Albers (1888–1976) is best known for his series of paintings, "Homage to the Square," in which he endlessly explored color relationships within a similar format of concentric squares. Less well-known...More »
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Robert Wilson/Philip Glass "Einstein on the Beach"
Reuniting the score and designs from Philip Glass and Robert Wilson's Einstein on the Beach, this exhibition focuses on the opera's premiere performances in 1976. Visitors will enter a gallery awash in...More »
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Ellsworth Kelly "Sculpture"
Three major sculptures by renowned abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly are now on view as part of the Morgan's summer sculpture program in the Gilbert Court. Spare and elegant, Kelly's free-standing totemic...More »
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"Renaissance Venice: Drawings from the Morgan" Exhibition
Featuring some seventy masterpieces of drawings, books, maps, and letters from the Morgan's rich holdings, the exhibition "Renaissance Venice: Drawings from the Morgan"chronicles the artistic production...More »
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Dan Flavin "Drawing"
Best known for his fluorescent light installations, Dan Flavin was also an avid draftsman. This first retrospective of his drawings will include over one hundred sheets representing every phase of his...More »
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"Rembrandt's World: Dutch Drawings from the Clement C. Moore Collection" Exhibition
Bolstered by a new political independence, economic prosperity, and maritime supremacy, the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century witnessed a rich artistic flourishing. This exhibition features over...More »
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Robert Burns and "Auld Lang Syne"
Every December 31, tens of millions of people raise their voices with friends and family in a chorus of "Auld Lang Syne," bidding farewell to the past year and looking forward to a promising new one. But...More »
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"Charles Dickens at 200" Exhibition
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was Britain's first true literary superstar. In his time, he attracted international adulation, and many of his books became instant classics. Today, his popularity continues...More »
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"David, Delacroix, and Revolutionary France: Drawings from the Louvre" Exhibition
From the time of the French Revolution of 1789 through the reign of King Louis-Philippe and the establishment of the Second Empire in 1852, an incredible concentration of artistic talent brought its collective...More »
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"Ingres at the Morgan" Exhibition
This exhibition presents seventeen exceptional drawings and three letters by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), one of the greatest draftsman and portraitists in French history. Spanning the artist's...More »
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Xu Bing "The Living Word"
A reflection on language and the nature of writing has been at the core of Xu Bing's art since the beginning of his career in China during the mid-1980s. It is therefore particularly fitting that the Morgan,...More »
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"Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists' Enumerations from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art" Exhibition
From the weekly shopping list to the Ten Commandments, our lives are full of lists—some dashed off quickly, others beautifully illustrated, all providing insight into the personalities and habits of their...More »
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“The Morgan–Renzo Piano Building Workshop Project with a Brief History” Exhibition
The Morgan expansion project is the subject of a special exhibition that begins with a historical survey of the site from the 1850s through today. The expansion project is represented by drawings, models,...More »
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"Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands" Exhibition
This exhibition will explore the evolution of fashionable clothing in Northern Europe—from the fashion revolution of the early fourteenth century to the dawn of the Renaissance. Drawn from the Morgan's...More »
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Jim Dine "The Glyptotek Drawings"
Painter, sculptor, poet, and draftsman, Jim Dine (American, born 1935) began his career in the early 1960s, participating in Happenings and the Pop Art movement. In the 1970s, draftsmanship became central...More »
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"The Age of Elegance: The Joan Taub Ades Collection" Exhibition
Over thirty old master drawings by French, Italian, and Northern artists of the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries are featured in this exhibition, with a particular concentration of works by eighteenth-century...More »
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"The Changing Face of William Shakespeare" Exhibition
In 2009, when the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon unveiled a previously unknown portrait painting with strong claims to be the only surviving life-time portrait of William Shakespeare,...More »
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"The Diary: Three Centuries of Private Lives" Exhibition
Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) relied on her diary to escape stifling work as a schoolteacher; Tennessee Williams (1911–1983) confided his loneliness and self-doubt; John Steinbeck (1902–1968) struggled...More »
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"Mannerism and Modernism: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs" Exhibition
The Morgan Library & Museum presents over one hundred drawings and photographs from the collection assembled by American fashion designer Herbert Kasper—known simply as Kasper. The collection, exceptional...More »
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"Lichtenstein in Context: Drawing in the 1960s" Art Talk
This half-day symposium explores the role of drawing in the 1960s in the work of Lichtenstein and his contemporaries. It will address the technique, style, and function of drawing in Pop, Minimal, and...More »
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Inaugural Exhibition to Celebrate Major Interior Restoration
On October 30, The Morgan Library & Museum's landmark McKim building will reopen to the public following the completion of the most extensive restoration of its interior spaces since its construction...More »
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Roy Lichtenstein "The Black-and-White Drawings, 1961–1968"
Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) has long been considered one of the key figures in the development of Pop Art. His signature brightly colored paintings are cornerstones of museum collections the world over....More »
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Edgar Degas "Drawings and Sketchbooks"
Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas (1834–1917), Emilie Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs, 1877–85, pastel over lithograph. Thaw Collection, 1997.88. Degas (1834–1917), founding member of the Impressionist...More »
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Anne Morgan "War: Rebuilding Devastated France, 1917–1924"
This exhibition brings to life the extraordinary work undertaken by a small team of American women volunteers who left comfortable lives in the United States to devote themselves to relief work in France...More »
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"Mark di Suvero at the Morgan" Exhibition
Three sculptures by Mark di Suvero are on view in the multi-story, glass-enclosed atrium designed by architect Renzo Piano. The exhibition is the first of contemporary sculpture at the Morgan. The works...More »
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"Romantic Gardens: Nature, Art, and Landscape Design" Exhibitions
Scenic vistas, winding paths, bucolic meadows, and rustic retreats suitable for solitary contemplation are just a few of the alluring naturalistic features of gardens created in the Romantic spirit. Landscape...More »
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"Defining Beauty: Albrecht Dürer at the Morgan" Exhibition
Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), preeminent master of the German Renaissance, transformed drawing in northern Europe. Using his unrivaled talent as a draftsman and the force of his powerful artistic persona,...More »
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"Written in Stone: Historic Inscriptions from the Ancient Near East, ca. 2500 B.C.–550 B.C." Exhibition
An inscribed tablet from the Middle Assyrian period of Mesopotamia records and commemorates the restoration of the temple of the goddess Ishtar in the capital city of Assur. The extremely rare object is...More »
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"Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey" Exhibition
"Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey" features thirty-one original Palladio drawings from the Royal Institute of British Architects. These exquisite drawings, which were exhibited only once...More »
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"Rome After Raphael" Exhibition
Featuring more than eighty works drawn almost exclusively from the Morgan's exceptional collection of Italian drawings, Rome After Raphael illuminates artistic production in Rome from the Renaissance to...More »
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"Flemish Illumination in the Era of Catherine of Cleves" Exhibition
This exhibition of eighteen manuscripts illuminated in the area of Flanders in the southern Netherlands (today part of Belgium) celebrates the variety of styles from the last great flowering of Flemish...More »
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"Demons and Devotion: The Hours of Catherine of Cleves" Exhibition
"The Hours of Catherine of Cleves" is the most important and lavish of all Dutch manuscripts as well as one of the most beautiful among the Morgan's collection. Commissioned by Catherine of Cleves around...More »
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"A Woman's Wit: Jane Austen's Life and Legacy" Exhibition
This exhibition explores the life, work, and legacy of Jane Austen (1775–1817), regarded as one of the greatest English novelists. Offering a close-up portrait of the iconic British author, whose popularity...More »
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"Where the Wild Things Are: Original Drawings by Maurice Sendak" Exhibition
This special exhibition features original drawings and manuscript pages from the classic children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak (b. 1928). The exhibition presents a rare opportunity...More »
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"The Informed Eye: An Expert Look at Print Collecting" Exhibition
Produced in cooperation with the International Fine Print Dealers Association, the forum will explore the criteria used to look at and purchase prints as a genre of collecting. Panelists: Deborah Wye,...More »
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"Rococo and Revolution: Eighteenth-Century French Drawings" Exhibition
The exhibition features more than eighty exceptional drawings almost exclusively from the Morgan's renowned holdings. The efflorescence of the ancien régime and its eventual downfall provide the backdrop...More »
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"Celebrating Puccini" Exhibition
The life and music of one of opera's iconic figures, composer Giacomo Puccini, is the subject of "Celebrating Puccini." On view are approximately forty items related to Puccini's career, including rarely...More »
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"William Blake's World: 'A New Heaven Is Begun'" Exhibition
Visionary and nonconformist William Blake (1757–1827) is a singular figure in the history of Western art and literature: a poet, painter, and printmaker. Ambitiously creative, Blake had an abiding interest...More »
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"Pages of Gold: Medieval Illuminations from the Morgan" Exhibition
This exhibition comprises nearly sixty lavish single leaves, dating from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries. Pierpont Morgan, the preeminent collector of complete medieval and Renaissance manuscripts,...More »
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"Creating the Modern Stage: Designs for Theater and Opera" Exhibitions
rawn from the Morgan's collection, the exhibition examines the origins of modern scenic design and chronicles the evolution of stage sets during the highly innovative period of ca. 1900 to 1970. Modern...More »
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"New at the Morgan: Acquisitions Since 2004" Exhibition
Presenting over one hundred works that underscore the great scope of the Morgan's collecting interests, the exhibition includes old master and modern drawings, literary and musical manuscripts, illuminated...More »
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"On the Money: Cartoons for The New Yorker From the Melvin R. Seiden Collection" Exhibition
Celebrating the art of the cartoonist, the exhibition features approximately eighty original drawings by some of The New Yorker's most talented and beloved artists who have tackled the theme of money and...More »
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"The Thaw Collection of Master Drawings: Acquisitions Since 2002" Exhibition
Recently acquired drawings from the spectacular private holdings of collector Eugene V. Thaw are the subject of an extraordinary new exhibition. The show features more than eighty works that have been...More »
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"Studying Nature: Oil Sketches from the Thaw Collection" Exhibition
Intimately scaled sketches made in oils and executed in nature are the subject of a new exhibition which presents more than twenty works drawn from the collection of Eugene V. and Clare Thaw, which chronicles...More »
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"Protecting the Word: Bookbindings of the Morgan" Exhibition
One of the Morgan's core strengths is its collection of historically and artistically significant bookbindings. Begun energetically by Pierpont Morgan himself before the turn of the twentieth century,...More »
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"Italian Treasures from the Calabria Region" Exhibition
On view for the first time in the United States are 10 extraordinary objects that highlight the splendid yet relatively little-known artistic achievements of Calabria, the southernmost part of the Italian...More »
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"John Milton’s Paradise Lost" Exhibition
John Milton's "Paradise Lost" celebrates the 400th anniversary of the birth of John Milton (1608–1674) with an exhibition drawn from the Morgan's collection of the English poet's work, which includes the...More »
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"Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors" Exhibition
A dignified elephant, dressed in a green suit and wearing a yellow crown, walks upright across the page. This image— both absurd and endearing— has become instantly recognizable to several generations...More »
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"Liszt in Paris: Enduring Encounters" Exhibition
When the 12-year-old Franz Liszt (1811–1886) arrived in Paris in 1823 with his parents, he had already astounded audiences with his extraordinary musical gifts in his native Hungary, as well as in Germany...More »
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Philip Guston "Works on Paper"
The first retrospective of Philip Guston's (1913–1980) drawings in twenty years, this exhibition is the only opportunity to view these drawings in America. Philip Guston was a prolific draftsman who often...More »
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"Illuminating the Medieval Hunt" Exhibition
The most influential medieval treatise on hunting was "Livre de la chasse," written by Gaston Phoebus between 1387 and 1389. The forty-six surviving manuscripts and numerous printed editions of the text...More »
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"Draftsmen of the Medici Court: Drawings from the Morgan" Exhibition
As a complement to its current exhibition Michelangelo, Vasari, and Their Contemporaries: Drawings from the Uffizi, The Morgan Library & Museum presents from its rich permanent collection a select...More »
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"Michelangelo, Vasari, and Their Contemporaries Drawings from the Uffizi" Exhibition
Seventy-nine masterpieces of Renaissance drawing, including a number of rarely seen works, are on view in a new exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum entitled, Michelangelo, Vasari, and Their Contemporaries:...More »
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Irving Penn "Close Encounters"
Close Encounters showcases a group of sixty-seven portraits of notable subjects by Irving Penn (b. 1917), acquired by The Morgan Library & Museum in 2007. The exhibition demonstrates Penn's incredible...More »