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2011

  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM TO PRESENT OLD MASTER DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ARTS PATRON JOAN TAUB ADES

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    The fine and diverse collection of Italian, French, and Northern European old master drawings assembled by Joan Taub Ades is the subject of a new exhibition, opening May 13 at The Morgan Library & Museum.
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  • POET ROBERT BURNS AND THE CREATION OF THE BELOVED NEW YEAR’S EVE SONG “AULD LANG SYNE” IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW EXHIBITION AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM 

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    the exhibition features rare printed editions, a manuscript of the song in the poet's own hand, and selections from the Morgan's important collection of Burns letters.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM RECEIVES MAJOR BEQUEST FROM THE ESTATE OF FORMER DIRECTOR CHARLES RYSKAMP

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    The Morgan Library & Museum announced today that it has received a bequest of more than one hundred drawings and prints from the estate of former director Charles Ryskamp, who died on March 26, 2010.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM PRESENTS EXHIBITION FOCUSING ON THE CONTROVERSIAL SHAKESPEARE PORTRAIT QUESTION

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    When the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-Upon- Avon unveiled a previously unidentified portrait with strong claims to be the only surviving contemporary likeness of William Shakespeare (1564–1616), it created an international stir.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM TO HOLD MAJOR EXHIBITION THIS FALL CELEBRATING THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF CHARLES DICKENS

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    Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was Britain's first true literary superstar. In his time, he attracted international adulation on an unprecedented scale, and many of his books became instant classics.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM TO HOLD FIRST RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF DRAWINGS BY DAN FLAVIN

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    Now, for the first time, the central role that drawing played in Flavin's art will be explored in a major exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum, opening on February 17, 2012.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM TO EXHIBIT JIM DINE'S IMPORTANT "GLYPTOTEK DRAWINGS" FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEW YORK

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    Jim Dine's series of extraordinary drawings inspired by Greek and Roman sculpture and sourced primarily at the Glyptothek Museum in Munich, Germany will receive its first New York showing in a new exhibition opening May 20 at The Morgan Library & Museum.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM TO LAUNCH RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF DRAWING FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE MODERN PERIOD

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    The Morgan Library & Museum, announced today the creation of a new institute to support research in the drawings field and to nurture new generations of scholars and curators.
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  • EIGHTY OUTSTANDING NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH DRAWINGS FROM THE LOUVRE TO GO ON VIEW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE U.S. AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM 

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    This fall The Morgan Library & Museum will host an exhibition of eighty of the Musée du Louvre's finest drawings by artists working in France from the onset of the Revolution in 1789 through the establishment of the Second Empire in 1852.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM RECEIVES EXCELLENCE IN PRESERVATION AWARD FROM THE PRESERVATION LEAGUE OF NEW YORK

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    The Morgan Library & Museum announced today that the 2010 restoration of its original library, popularly known as the McKim building, has been honored with an award for Excellence in Historic Preservation from the Preservation League of New York State.
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