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Exhibitions at NYPL

Exhibitions and special displays at the Library's many locations showcase our rich and varied collections.

  • Cui Fei

    Mid-Manhattan Library
    Now through December 3, 2010

    The Art and Picture Collection presents the site-specific installation Manuscripts of Nature V by multi-media artist Cui Fei.

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  • What's Up @ the Schomburg?

    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
    Now through February 28, 2011

    Located within the walls of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture are surprisingly rare and unique books, manuscripts, artworks, photographs and memorabilia as old as the 4th century and as new as today!

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  • Linda DeLaney Paleias: Science, Tools & Magic

    Columbus Library
    Ongoing

    Artist Linda DeLaney Paleias presents Science Tools & Magic: Figurative and Landscape Fantasies in Oil, Watercolor and Collage.

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  • Winnie-the-Pooh and Friends: The Original Toys

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    Ongoing

    The REAL Winnie-the-Pooh won't be found on a video, in a movie, on a T-shirt or a lunchbox. Since 1987, the REAL Pooh and four of his best friends--Eeyore, Piglet, Kanga, and Tigger--have been living at The New York Public Library.

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  • The Gutenberg Bible

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    Ongoing

    The first substantial printed book in the West is the royal-folio two-volume Bible on display, comprising nearly 1,300 pages and printed in Mainz on the central Rhine by Johann Gutenberg (ca. 1390s-1468) in the 1450s.

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  • Jill Kupin Rose Gallery

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    Ongoing

    This ongoing exhibition consists of large wall panels with photographs, text, objects, and videos illustrating the history and the vast array of collections, services, and users of The New York Public Library's Branch and Research Libraries.

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  • An Emerging Nation: Paintings by the Soweto School of South African Artists

    Countee Cullen Library
    Now through September 29, 2010

    These original paintings created by South African artists who lived during Apartheid portray a way of life that is fast disappearing in South Africa. They are historically significant because they depict a peoples’ struggles and eventual victory into freedom and democracy.
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  • Scenes From the Attic, Photos by Brandi Merolla

    St. George Library Center
    Now through October 31, 2010

    “Scenes From the Attic” is Brandi Merolla’s newest group of large color photographs in which she poses her own collectibles to create mysterious, enigmatic narratives. The small inanimate objects become animated through the camera lens. The figurine’s weathered faces, 

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  • "Portrait of Harlem" - Photography Exhibit @ The George Bruce Branch

    George Bruce Library
    Now through September 30, 2010

    Photographer Lenore Browne presents "Portrait of Harlem" - an exhibit of a series of photographs that capture unique views of Harlem. From her website( portraitofharlem.coimage.net), you find the following description:

    "Browne uses primarily black and white silver 

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  • On Display: Staycation

    New Dorp Library
    Now through September 7, 2010

    A selection of travel books related to the NYC area and New Jersey: From beaches to mountains to weekend getaways.

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  • New York City: Photography by David Zukerman

    Spuyten Duyvil Library
    Now through November 5, 2010

    The exhibit centers on the vibrant world of New York--the use of space & the idea of the common good as examined by the Founding Fathers.

    David Zukeman is a lawyer & student of the Constitution.  He also publishes The Lonely Pamphleteer Review website.  Much of this he 

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  • Photopaintings by Nesya Blue

    Columbus Library
    Now through October 30, 2010

    Filmmaker and artist Nesya Blue's photopaintings are produced by an original method which she developed.  She prints her black and white photographs on to transparent sheets of film, then paints a separate underpainting in oil color on board.  The process is completed by sandwich 

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  • AHRC Sculpture Exhibit

    Grand Concourse Library
    Now through November 2, 2010

    Residents from AHRC, make a sculptures, using a variety of materials.

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  • Staying Alive 2: A cru of characters

    Hamilton Fish Park Library
    Ongoing

    ORIGINAL GRAFFITI ART by

    David Alicea aka Lethal, Moriah Ressler & Twelph

    And featuring:

    Ongoing exhibit of black book & sketchbook pages

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