Drawing of Alice from Lewis Carroll’s manuscript of Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, written between 1862 and 1864. Image courtesy of the British Library. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, with its iconic characters and phantasmic events, is a compelling classic that still holds our imaginations 150 years after its publication. The story’s influence has spiralled down […]
Domaine de Boisbuchet plans new design library facilities. Since 1995, Domaine de Boisbuchet has been an international centre for cultural research and education. Based in a 19th-century manor in the south-west of France, it offers high-profile activities in design and architecture which include exhibitions, experimental architecture in its historic park, and workshops with leading […]
ARLIS/UK & Ireland PDC event: Art and Design Reference Resources, National Art Library, V&A Museum, London, 18 January 2016 My name is Jane and I’m a recent arrival to the library team at Tate Library & Archive in London. The Introduction to Art and Design Reference Resources workshop on 18 January 2016 was my first […]
ARLIS visit, Heinz Archive and Library, National Portrait Gallery, Monday 9 November 2015. We were introduced to the Library by the Librarian Joseph Ripp. Joseph explained that the Library was founded in 1857 by Sir George Scharf, the first Director of the National Portrait Gallery. When the Gallery assesses a portrait for possible acquisition, the […]
The ARLIS/UK & Ireland 2016 Annual General Meeting will take place on 13 April, at the Paul Mellon Centre. This is a great opportunity to be updated on the past year’s ARLIS activity, to tour the beautiful Paul Mellon Centre, enjoy a lunch with your art librarian colleagues and, of course, end the afternoon with a drink […]
Wafaa Bilal, an Iraqi-American artist, is using an exhibition and crowdfunding to re-populate the shelves of the College of Fine Arts library at the University of Baghdad, understood to have been one of the major fine art institutions in the Middle East. The entire collection was sadly burnt to ashes during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. […]
Please see this message from the ARLIS/UK & Ireland Chair regarding conference 2016: Dear All, I regret to inform everyone that due to extenuating circumstances it will be necessary to postpone the ARLIS Annual Conference from July this year to the following year. 2016 is a special centenary year in Irish history and this is […]
These two titles published by Lund Humphries show how a major publisher can collaborate successfully with museums and galleries in the production of colourful, informative tomes. Adam, Peter and Andrew Lambeth – Eileen Gray: the private painter. London, Lund Humphries in association with Osborne Samuel, 2015 Book arising from an exhibition of the same name […]
These two titles published by Lund Humphries show how a major publisher can collaborate successfully with museums and galleries in the production of colourful, informative books. Peter Adam and Andrew Lambeth, Eileen Gray: the private painter. London: Lund Humphries in association with Osborne Samuel, 2015. ISBN 978184221833 (hbk.) £30.00 Book arising from an exhibition of […]