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Sotheby's will run the second installment of its Reason and Revolution auction devoted to the…
Three days after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion collapsed in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy…
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The Raab Collection has acquired and is offering for sale a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Philadelphia scientist and Founding Father David Rittenhouse warning that the goal of the nation should be keeping out of wars and out of debt.
The Gaffurio Codex by composer and kapellmeister of Milan Cathedral Franchino Gaffurio headlines Il Ponte's Antique Books & Livres d'Artistes auction on September 30 and October 1.The famous Italian music theorist's work was written 1473-74 and brings together the main treatises of medieval and…
Gene Colan and Johnny Craig’s original opening splash page of Iron Man No. 1 from May 1968 will go under the hammer at Heritage Auctions’ September 25–27 Comic Art sale, part of a four-day event alongside an overlapping Comic Books auction.The consignor is David Maisel, founding Chairman of Marvel…
What Sotheby’s describes as "the greatest collection of letters and documents relating to Vice-Admiral Horatio, Viscount Nelson in private hands today" will come to auction next month including letters to and from his lover Emma Hamilton.
The British Library is has announced the appointment of Dr Paul Bate as its new Chief Executive, succeeding Interim Chief Executive Dr Jeremy Silver.
Kierra Duncan has been awarded the David Ruggles Prize Grand Prize of $1,000 for her collection Translating Blackness Across Space which gathers American, British, and Anglophone Caribbean editions of 20th century literature by Afro-American and Anglophone Caribbean writers.
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open its doors to the public on September 22 as a first-of-its-kind institution dedicated to showcasing the tradition of storytelling through images.Founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the museum in Exposition Park traces visual storytelling across…
A new exhibition at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art opening tomorrow examines the movements and artists that shaped Carle’s distinctive visual language.On view through September 5, 2027 at the museum in Amherst, Massachusetts, Eric Carle’s Modernist Inspirations traces his…
Graphic Devotions: Late Medieval European Blockbooks will explore the pivotal period 1450 to 1480 in European book history when growing demand for books spurred innovation and experimentation in their production.Featuring 20 bound works plus five prints, the exhibition at The Morgan Library &…
The New York Historical museum explores the history of literary Ireland in a new exhibition opening tomorrow featuring more than 135 rare books, manuscripts, broad sheets, playbills, drawings, prints, and illustrations.
