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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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  • ANNOUNCING THE 2016–2017 SEASON OF MUSIC AT THE MORGAN

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    The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to announce its 2016–2017 concert season, which includes world premiere works, multimedia performances, and programs inspired by the Morgan’s exhibitions and collections.
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  • THE MORGAN ACQUIRES IMPORTANT DRAWINGS BY DAVID HOCKNEY, MARTIN PURYEAR, AND JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT

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    The Morgan Library & Museum announced today the acquisition of three major drawings by David Hockney, Martin Puryear, and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. Each is a valuable addition to a drawings collection at the Morgan that is considered one of the greatest in the world.
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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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  • JEAN POYER: ARTIST TO THE COURT OF RENAISSANCE FRANCE OPENS JANUARY 25

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    The first one-man show in the United States devoted to the work of a manuscript illuminator, Jean Poyer: Artist to the Court of Renaissance France opens at the Morgan Library on January 25, 2001, and remains on view through May 6. Taking a novel approach to the traditional manuscript exhibition, Jean Poyer examines not only the artist's work but also his artistic roots, his contemporaries, and his competitors.
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  • MOZART’S CHILDHOOD COMPOSITIONS, J. D. SALINGER LETTER, AND LORD BYRON’S DON JUAN MANUSCRIPT AMONG TREASURES DISPLAYED AT THE MORGAN THIS SUMMER

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    The Morgan Library & Museum announced today that more than thirty rare works from its collections will be displayed beginning June 14 in the recently restored McKim building.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, TO PRESENT NEW MARK TWAIN EXHIBITION IN CELEBRATION OF THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE LEGENDARY AUTHOR

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    Opening September 17, 2010, the exhibition includes more than 120 rare books, letters, notebooks, diaries, photographs, and drawings associated with the author's life and work. Mark Twain: A Skeptic's Progress is on view through January 2, 2011.
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  • ONE OF THE MOST EXCEPTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIONS IN NORTH AMERICA TRAVELS TO THE MORGAN

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    The Extended Moment: Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada, February 15, 2019 through May 26, 2019.
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  • SEVENTY-FIVE MASTERPIECES FROM SWEDEN’S NATIONIALMUSEUM IN STOCKHOLM TO BE EXHIBITED AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM

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    The Nationalmuseum’s core holdings were assembled by Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (1696–1770), a diplomat and one of the great art collectors of his day.
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