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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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  • A SENSE OF HUMOR WHEN ECONOMIC TIMES ARE TOUGH—THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM PRESENTS NEW YORKER CARTOON EXHIBITION "ON THE MONEY"

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    Show Features Luminaries of the Craft and Their Insightful Takes on Boom and Bust
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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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  • THE MORGAN CELEBRATES ACQUISITION OF THE COMPLETE THAW DRAWINGS COLLECTION WITH AN EXHIBITION OF OVER 150 MASTERWORKS

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    Artists Range from Mantegna, Rembrandt, Goya, and Turner to Degas, Matisse, and Picasso
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM ELECTS FOUR NEW MEMBERS TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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    The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to announce the election of four new members to its Board of Trustees: Mohit Assomull, G. Scott Clemons, Eric L. Motley, and Donna Perret Rosen.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM ACQUIRES ASHLEY BRYAN’S SAIL AWAY

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    The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to announce the acquisition of the preliminary drawings and collages that appear in Ashley Bryan’s 2015 book Sail Away (Simon & Schuster).
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  • MORGAN LIBRARY RECEIVES MAJOR REMBRANDT LANDSCAPE DRAWING AS GIFT

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    The Morgan Library announced today that it has acquired, through the generosity of an anonymous friend, an extraordinary pen-and-ink landscape drawing by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606–1669). Dating to around 1650, it depicts a panoramic view of a bulwark and a group of houses seen from the walls of the city of Amsterdam.
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  • THE MORGAN PRESENTS A SOLO EXHIBITION OF ASSEMBLAGES AND SKETCHES BY BETYE SAAR

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    The Morgan Library & Museum proudly announces a solo exhibition of work by the Los Angeles–based artist Betye Saar (b. 1926). Best known for incisive collages and assemblages that confront and reclaim racist images, Saar emerged in the 1960s as part  of a wave of artists, many of them African American, who embraced the medium of assemblage.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM PRESENTS BRIDGET RILEY DRAWINGS: FROM THE ARTIST’S STUDIO

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    The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to present Bridget Riley Drawings: From the Artist’s Studio on view from June 23 to October 8, 2023. British artist Bridget Riley (b. 1931) is one of the most celebrated abstract painters of her generation.
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  • THE FIRST RETROSPECTIVE OF MATTHEW BARNEY’S DRAWINGS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM THIS SPRING

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    Exhibition includes nearly one hundred drawings exploring the close relationship between the artist's works on paper and his sculptures and films.
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