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Why do the doors of our library building looks so good?

The original ideas for many of Beatrix Potter's stories can be found in the manuscript picture letters she wrote to children of friends and family members.

The symposium is devoted to the drawings of the artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) and takes place in conjunction with the exhibition Sublime Ideas: Drawings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi on view at the Morgan f

John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) was one of the greatest portrait artists of his time. While he is best known for his powerful paintings, he largely ceased painting portraits in 1907 and turned instead to charcoal drawings to satisfy portrait commissions.

Thomas Crow, Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art, NYU/Institute of Fine Arts, explores how Bridget Riley found the catalyst for her signature mode of art--along with its first, electrifying exposure--in a highly idiosyncratic venue.

“The dreamscape is where anything can happen. It's a nice place to keep experiences to use later.” –Naudline Pierre

"Here I am in this time and space, able to see {these paintings] with such intimacy and that is so, so exciting to me as a painter."

Rush Hour Concert, Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Celebrated artists perform chamber music from Baroque to contemporary in the intimate and sumptuous surroundings of J. Pierpont Morgan's Library.

A wonderful lineup of leading musicians including members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and National Symphony Orchestra perform Igor Stravinsky's iconic work L’Histoire du soldat, Wynton Marsalis' updated parable A Fiddler's Tale

The Chamber Orchestra of New York with Music Director Salvatore Di Vittorio perform a musical program inspired by works in the exhibition City of the Soul: Rome and the Romantics.