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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM RECEIVES WILLIAM PALMER JOHNSTON’S EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF WORKS BY HERMAN MELVILLE

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    The Morgan Library & Museum is the recipient of a generous gift from William Palmer Johnston of works by Herman Melville.

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  • THE MORGAN PRESENTS FIRST RETROSPECTIVE OF THE DRAWINGS OF JEAN DUBUFFET

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    Opening at the Morgan Library & Museum on September 30, Dubuffet Drawings, 1935–1962 is the first museum retrospective of the artist’s works on paper.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM PURCHASES EXCEPTIONAL PRINT OF ADAM AND EVE BY ALBRECHT DÜRER

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    The Morgan Library & Museum announced today the acquisition of an exceptionally fine impression of the engraving Adam and Eve by German master Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528).
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  • DEFINING BEAUTY: ALBRECHT DÜRER AT THE MORGAN TO OPEN MAY 18

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    This exhibition is the first in more than twenty years to feature all the Morgan's works by one of the world's iconic artists.
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  • DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF POET JOHN ASHBERY ON VIEW AT THE MORGAN ALONGSIDE RARE EDITIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME

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    Friends Who Came to See Me: Drawings from John Ashbery’s Collection, on view from May 1 through October 25, 2026, features selections from a 2019 gift to the Morgan Library & Museum of twenty-eight works on paper from the collection of the American poet John Ashbery (1927–2017), donated by his husband, David K. Kermani.

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  • XU BING’S SPECTACULAR THE LIVING WORD 3 TO GO ON VIEW JULY 15 AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM

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    The Morgan Library & Museum announced today that Chinese artist Xu Bing will create a new, larger version of his celebrated work The Living Word specifically for the Morgan's soaring glass-enclosed Gilbert Court.
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  • THE MORGAN TO HOLD FIRST EXHIBITION OF ITS CELEBRATED COLLECTION OF FIFTEENTH- AND SIXTEENTH-CENTURY VENETIAN DRAWINGS

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    The first exhibition to focus on the Morgan's outstanding collection of drawings created during this important era in the history of the great port city, Renaissance Venice: Drawings from the Morgan features work by masters such as Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, and Carpaccio.
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  • MAJOR GIFT OF MASTER DRAWINGS MADE TO THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM BY EUGENE AND CLARE THAW

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    The Morgan Library & Museum announced today that noted collector and trustee Eugene V. Thaw and his wife, Clare, have given the institution an extraordinary selection of fourteen master drawings, including works by Rembrandt, Turner, Delacroix, van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso, and Pollock.
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  • THE MORGAN'S LANDMARK McKIM BUILDING, THE OLDEST STRUCTURE IN THE MUSEUM COMPLEX, REOPENS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 AFTER FIRST MAJOR INTERIOR RESTORATION SINCE ITS CONSTRUCTION IN 1906

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    The project provides enhanced exhibition space for the institution and enables the Morgan to share with the public more treasures from its world-renowned permanent collection.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM RECEIVES ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF THE PHILIP GLASS OPERATIC MASTERPIECE EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH

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    In 1976 composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson redefined opera with the debut in Avignon, France, of Einstein on the Beach. The nearly five-hour, non-narrative work broke a host of operatic conventions and would become the most celebrated of the many collaborations between these two giants of the musical and theatrical stage.
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