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David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most internationally respected and renowned artists alive today. This exhibition will be the first to focus on his portraits on paper and one of very few exhibitions to investigate his drawing practice.

Dr. Colin B. Bailey, Director of the Morgan Library & Museum, traces the development of J. Pierpont Morgan as a collector of rare books and manuscripts.

In this two-part videos series, self-proclaimed letter-writing enthusiast (and Mean Girls star) Rajiv Surendra guides us through the art of writing a letter and maintaining a handwritten correspondence.

Animals, both factual and fantastic, fill the pages of medieval bestiaries.  These compilations of animal lore and legend merge the familiar with the strange, the local with the distant, and the desirable with the dangerous.

Co-curators of the exhibition Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders, Sherry C.M.

Long before becoming one of the most celebrated figures in the history of science, Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727) kept this pocket-sized memorandum book, filling it with notes distilled from his reading.

“When people talk about me,” Peter Hujar once said of his posthumous reputation, “I want them to be whispering.” That will not happen tonight, as writer, humorist, and cultural commentator Fran Lebowitz reflects candidly on the trials and joys of her close friendship with the artist.

“[The film] has to be basically truthful according to human nature. It has to be real. And that comes from your understanding of people and your lifetime experience... You learn from that. But basically, it has to be truthful. And where are you if it’s not?”

The Sounds of the City as Heard by Jacob Steendam, the First Poet of New York

This virtual tour will explore the museum's interactive website of cylinder seals from ancient Mesopotamia. These miniature masterpieces are among the smallest works ever produced by sculptors.