1. After last weeks’ Mustache Monday with Solomon J. Solomon, we were still feeling the artistic vibe and thought we’d highlight yet another great artist: Georges Jules Victor Clairin. Clairin is a French painter who created many decorative pieces for various public buildings in Paris. He also caught the eye of actress Sarah Bernhardt and became one of her most favored portraitist, creating paintings based on various roles that she played.  (Image: NYPL Digital Gallery.)

    After last weeks’ Mustache Monday with Solomon J. Solomon, we were still feeling the artistic vibe and thought we’d highlight yet another great artist: Georges Jules Victor Clairin.

    Clairin is a French painter who created many decorative pieces for various public buildings in Paris. He also caught the eye of actress Sarah Bernhardt and became one of her most favored portraitist, creating paintings based on various roles that she played. 

    (Image: NYPL Digital Gallery.)

  2. Solomom J. Solomon, a British painter, is best known for his dramatic, theatrical scenes from mythology and the biblical context. Ironically, Solomon painted these scenes out of pure enjoyment. He mainly painted portraits to make ends meet.  NYPL has a great selection of works about Solomon’s work if you are interested in learning more about his style of art.  Happy Mustache Monday! (Image: NYPL Digital Gallery.)

    Solomom J. Solomon, a British painter, is best known for his dramatic, theatrical scenes from mythology and the biblical context. Ironically, Solomon painted these scenes out of pure enjoyment. He mainly painted portraits to make ends meet. 

    NYPL has a great selection of works about Solomon’s work if you are interested in learning more about his style of art. 

    Happy Mustache Monday!

    (Image: NYPL Digital Gallery.)

  3. Against the Grain - Design and Style Series Event @ NYPL →

    4/8/2013: FREE - Auditorium doors open at 5:30 p.m. This event is held in conjunction with the exhibition Against the Grain: Wood in Contemporary Art, Craft and Design, currently on view at the Museum of Arts and Design through September 15, 2013. The participants include designer Sebastian Errazuriz and scul…

    Join us May 8th for a discussion about some of the most interesting conceptual technical trends in woodworking today. The recently published book Against the Grain includes approximately 65 provocative pieces that defy the public’s perception of wood.  

  4. Today is the Kentucky Derby AND Caturday, so in honor of both, we present this beautiful lithograph, created in Germany sometime between 1837 and 1842. It’s called “Staedtischer Stall,” and is currently in our Art and Architecture Collection. Is it a coincidence that most of the other animals are looking up at the cat? We don’t think so. 

    Today is the Kentucky Derby AND Caturday, so in honor of both, we present this beautiful lithograph, created in Germany sometime between 1837 and 1842. It’s called “Staedtischer Stall,” and is currently in our Art and Architecture Collection. Is it a coincidence that most of the other animals are looking up at the cat? We don’t think so. 

  5. Well this photo by mydmbtmblr captures the energy of Springtime outside the Schwarzman Building and does it so nicely, we thought we should share it with you all.  You should visit us, be part of the lunchtime scene and check out the Lorca (red banner on the left) and Cassatt (yellow banner on the right) exhibitions inside.  mydmbtmblr: Lunchtime at the #NYPL —Gimme dat sunshine. (at New York Public Library)

    Well this photo by mydmbtmblr captures the energy of Springtime outside the Schwarzman Building and does it so nicely, we thought we should share it with you all. 

    You should visit us, be part of the lunchtime scene and check out the Lorca (red banner on the left) and Cassatt (yellow banner on the right) exhibitions inside. 

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    Lunchtime at the #NYPL —Gimme dat sunshine. (at New York Public Library)

  6. The images before you are part of Mid-Manhattan Library’s latest exhibition, Play Button - featuring a collection of artists’ books and zines by Brian Belott, Pam Butler, Tamara Gonzales, Maggie Lee, Craig Olson, and Elisa Soliven.

    And if you’re thoroughly intrigued, join us Saturday afternoon as Tamara Gonzales discusses her work and the exhibition with Sharon Butler. A zine party will follow the audience Q&A session. (That’s right, we said ZINE PARTY)

  7. Is there anything better than a catnap in a sunbeam? These cats - sketched by Samuel Putnam Avery in 1876 and found in the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs - have the right idea and we suggest taking a page out of their book. In fact, why not take your favorite book, find your favorite spot in the sun and enjoy a relaxing Caturday…err, Saturday we mean!

    Is there anything better than a catnap in a sunbeam? These cats - sketched by Samuel Putnam Avery in 1876 and found in the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs - have the right idea and we suggest taking a page out of their book. In fact, why not take your favorite book, find your favorite spot in the sun and enjoy a relaxing Caturday…err, Saturday we mean!

  8. Petra Giloy Hirtz and Marin Hopper - Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album - An Art Book Series Event | The New York Public Library →

    Did you miss NYPL’s event last week with Petra Giloy Hirtz and Marin Hopper, the daughter of legendary actor Dennis Hopper? Not to worry, the audio is online! The pair discussed the stunning new book Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album - Vintage Prints from the Sixties, which explores the late artist’s career as a photographer and delves into recently rediscovered photographs by Hopper himself. 

  9. It’s Caturday, so we thought we’d share this 1890s newspaper poster from our Art and Architecture Collection of a little black cat running away from a loud newspaper boy declaring there’s a new opera house in town. The poster was an advertisement for the Boston Sunday Herald - quite appropriate, considering our thoughts have been with Boston and its people all week. 

    It’s Caturday, so we thought we’d share this 1890s newspaper poster from our Art and Architecture Collection of a little black cat running away from a loud newspaper boy declaring there’s a new opera house in town. The poster was an advertisement for the Boston Sunday Herald - quite appropriate, considering our thoughts have been with Boston and its people all week. 

  10. We know we shared this event with you earlier last week, but now we have some fantastic photos of tattoo art courtesy of the Prestel, publishers of Skin Graf, which will be discussed next Wednesday by not only Kaves but Billy Burke and Sacha Jenkins. Don’t miss it folks!

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    Prestel Publishing and the New York Public Library are thrilled to announce an upcoming discussion and book signing for SKIN GRAF: MASTERS OF GRAFFITI TATTOO. World-renowned graffiti artist turned tattooist Michael “Kaves” McLeer and cultural documentarian Billy Burke will be joined by writer and producer Sacha Jenkins for a fascinating look at the vibrant relationship between graffiti and tattoo art.

    The discussion will take place next Wednesday, April 24th, 6pm (doors open at 5:30pm) at the NYPL on 42nd Street. The event is free and open to the public.