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 […]
Exhibitions Amy Sterly: The Sound of Reading at Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan, Wales. 30th January – 19th March 2016. Amy Sterly is currently exploring the world of books and reading: what it means to move away from those beautiful and physical objects, from the visual beauty to the sounds, the smells and the textures that are lost: […]
Summer 2015 saw the start of building works at Camberwell College of Arts (CCA) (University of the Arts London); two new buildings are planned which will incorporate, among other exciting additions, a new library with study space. The building work is planned to be complete in 2017 and we can’t wait to see the result. […]
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives (SFMOMA) are currently closed as the museum undergoes a major redevelopment. SFMOMA will re-open on May 14, 2016. For more details on the expansion and their vision for the future follow this link: http://future.sfmoma.org/#transformation. Contributor: Alexandra Duncan, Central Saint Martins (UAL)
The New York Public Library (NYPL) has made over 180,000 copyright-cleared digitised items available as high-resolution downloads. The collection, including rare and unique materials, can be accessed and downloaded via NYPL Digital Collections: http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/ For the full list of resources included within NYPL Digital Collections please see the NYPL blog: http://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01/05/share-public-domain-collections Some highlights include: Berenice Abbott’s iconic documentation of […]
In a dauntless move Central Saint Martins Library, University of the Arts London (UAL), has embarked on a ten-week 24 hour opening pilot. The pilot commenced on 11 January and will see the library leaving its doors well and truly open each week from Monday morning at 09:00 to Friday evening at 22:00. The RFID-enabled library is operating self-service […]