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  • Shelley’s Ghost: The Afterlife of a Poet

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    February 24, 2012 (All day) - June 24, 2012 (All day)

    For the first time ever, selections from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein manuscript will be available for public viewing in the United States in this exciting exhibition, which is being shown in collaboration with the Bodleian Library at Oxford University in England and will highlight the 

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  • Photography and Ruin

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    March 2, 2012 (All day) - May 6, 2012 (All day)

     Allegories are, in the realm of thoughts, what ruins are in the realm of things.

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  • In Pieces: The Ancient Fragment or Ruin in Early Modern Prints

    Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
    March 2, 2012 (All day) - May 6, 2012 (All day)

    In 1517, Pope Leo X appointed Raphael the first Superintendent of Antiquities. In his new post, the artist was responsible for ensuring that looters stopped plundering Rome’s classical past and that the city’s ancient buildings and sculptures were preserved for future 

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  • Celebrating Our Legacy: Oral History Photographic Exhibit of the League of Professional Theater Women

    New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
    March 8, 2012 (All day) - April 28, 2012 (All day)

    The League of Professional Theatre Women, an advocacy organization dedicated to promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in the professional theatre, celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2012.  The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is pleased to collaborate 

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  • Star Quality: The World of Noel Coward

    New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
    March 12, 2012 (All day) - August 18, 2012 (All day)

    A collaboration with the Noel Coward Foundation, the Museum of Performance & Design (San Francisco) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. 

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