1. This 1930s photomechanical print from our George Arents Collection seemed like a nice addition to our Caturday series - a very fancy girl with her very cute cat. Happy Caturday, and happy long weekend! Remember, NYPL is closed until Tuesday, but you can still check out our eBooks.

    This 1930s photomechanical print from our George Arents Collection seemed like a nice addition to our Caturday series - a very fancy girl with her very cute cat. Happy Caturday, and happy long weekend! Remember, NYPL is closed until Tuesday, but you can still check out our eBooks.

  2. What is art worth? It’s a complicated question, one that will be expertly discussed tonight at NYPL, in a fascinating conversation with world-renowned art dealer Michael Findlay, author of The Value of Art, and Véronique Chagnon-Burke, current Director of Studies at Christie’s Education. In the meantime, let us know what you think… What is art worth TO YOU?

    What is art worth? It’s a complicated question, one that will be expertly discussed tonight at NYPL, in a fascinating conversation with world-renowned art dealer Michael Findlay, author of The Value of Art, and Véronique Chagnon-Burke, current Director of Studies at Christie’s Education.

    In the meantime, let us know what you think… What is art worth TO YOU?

  3. A “Conversation Portrait” of Van Cliburn by Flash Rosenberg. For more, visit http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150902767553189.440253.74159958188&type=1.

    A “Conversation Portrait” of Van Cliburn by Flash Rosenberg. For more, visit http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150902767553189.440253.74159958188&type=1.

  4. We iz French, and we iz rendezvousing. This very cool lithograph of French artist Edouard Manet’s work “Le rendez-vous des chats” is found in the Library’s Samuel Putnam Avery Collection, which is part of the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs and contains over 3,000 etchings, lithographs, and drawings by prominent 19th-century printmakers. We thought it was the perfect black and white Caturday treat, so happy Caturday!

    We iz French, and we iz rendezvousing.

    This very cool lithograph of French artist Edouard Manet’s work “Le rendez-vous des chats” is found in the Library’s Samuel Putnam Avery Collection, which is part of the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs and contains over 3,000 etchings, lithographs, and drawings by prominent 19th-century printmakers. We thought it was the perfect black and white Caturday treat, so happy Caturday!

  5. We’re in love with these gorgeous covers!

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    Read the full article “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”: A children’s classic lives on though many editions and sequels.

    First edition, second state of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (Chicago: George Hill, 1900). 

    Illustration from the first edition of of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (Chicago: George Hill, 1900). 

    “The Tin Woodman of Oz” by L. Frank Baum. Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1918.

    Leaf from the autograph manuscript of L. Frank Baum’s “The Tin Woodman of Oz,” 1918.

    “Tik-Tok of Oz” by L. Frank Baum. Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1914.

    “The Royal Book of Oz” by L. Frank Baum. 1921.

    “Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz” by Ruth Plumly Thompson. 1929.

    “Speedy in Oz” by Ruth Plumly Thompson. 1934.

    “The Wishing Horse of Oz” by Ruth Plumly Thompson. 1935.

    “Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz” by Ruth Plumly Thompson. 1939.

  6. In honor of the first Caturday in May, here’s a lithograph by Edward Penfield that features two kitties. That should doubly satisfy your cat cravings! The lithograph was created sometime in the late 1800s or early 1900s, and currently sits in the Library’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs (which just recently launched its own catalog; we highly recommend you browse). Happy Caturday!

    In honor of the first Caturday in May, here’s a lithograph by Edward Penfield that features two kitties. That should doubly satisfy your cat cravings! The lithograph was created sometime in the late 1800s or early 1900s, and currently sits in the Library’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs (which just recently launched its own catalog; we highly recommend you browse). Happy Caturday!

  7. A GORGEOUS piece of art in celebration of NYPL’s Jefferson Market Library, created by one of Jefferson Market’s own patrons. We just thought we would share this beauty with you today… oh, with a reminder that you can help Jefferson Market win $250,000 to replace and update the doors. After all, the doors to the Library are the doors to knowledge and we want everyone to come inside! All you have to do is VOTE online! One click and you’re done!

    A GORGEOUS piece of art in celebration of NYPL’s Jefferson Market Library, created by one of Jefferson Market’s own patrons. We just thought we would share this beauty with you today… oh, with a reminder that you can help Jefferson Market win $250,000 to replace and update the doors. After all, the doors to the Library are the doors to knowledge and we want everyone to come inside!

    All you have to do is VOTE online! One click and you’re done!

  8. “Labor is fickle commotion,a wombling an unlost labor of love…” - Don Shareauthor of the recently released Wishbone  (Don will be at NYPL this Wednesday with Scott Zieher of Zieher Gallery to discuss the connection of poetry and art. Definitely a can’t-miss event!)

    “Labor is fickle commotion,
    a wombling an unlost
    labor of love…”

    - Don Share
    author of the recently released Wishbone 

    (Don will be at NYPL this Wednesday with Scott Zieher of Zieher Gallery to discuss the connection of poetry and art. Definitely a can’t-miss event!)

  9. Stop by the Ottendorfer Library’s children’s room to see the amazing work of local Brooklyn artist Naoko Stoop. Naoko has graciously lent the Ottendorfer Library several of her pieces from her series “Red Knit Cap Girl.” Raised in Tokyo, Japan, Naoko is a self taught artist who captures the colors, energy, and essence of childhood. Her whimsical illustrations take you on the adventures and experiences of the Red Knit Cap Girl and several of her woodland friends. Naoko’s newest picture book, Red Knit Cap Girl, will be on shelves this June, so be sure to reserve your copy today. This beautiful exhibit will be on display in our children’s room through April.

    Stop by the Ottendorfer Library’s children’s room to see the amazing work of local Brooklyn artist Naoko Stoop. Naoko has graciously lent the Ottendorfer Library several of her pieces from her series “Red Knit Cap Girl.”

    Raised in Tokyo, Japan, Naoko is a self taught artist who captures the colors, energy, and essence of childhood. Her whimsical illustrations take you on the adventures and experiences of the Red Knit Cap Girl and several of her woodland friends.

    Naoko’s newest picture book, Red Knit Cap Girl, will be on shelves this June, so be sure to reserve your copy today. This beautiful exhibit will be on display in our children’s room through April.

  10. John Milisenda’s photographs of Manhattan’s Lower East Side during the 1960s will be on display at the Grand Central Library through June 20.

    His photos are a candid portrait of everyday experiences, balanced between romanticism and mean streets. Many of these images were made when he was a teenager and even before he studied art at the Pratt Institute.

    John Milisenda lives in Brooklyn. His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.