Category Archives: Museums

Mapping Charles Dickens

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

If you follow this blog you are well aware of the varied events, exhibitions and publications celebrating what would have been Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday. You can discover many of the happenings surrounding the Bicentenary by visiting the Museum of … Continue reading →

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Would You Visit Napoleonland

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

In a baffling bid to increase tourism to France, Yves Jégo, Mayor of Montereau and Deputy from the Parti Radical, has announced plans to raise funding for a new French theme park dedicated entirely to Napoleon Bonaparte. Mayor Jégo suggests … Continue reading →

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Free Art Books

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

The fabulous Guggenheim Museum in New York City recently made sixty-five classic artists’ catalogs and art texts available for free online. This treasuretrove offers many impossible to find historic catalogs from such giants as Kandinsky, Klee, Schiele, Klimt, Calder, Munch … Continue reading →

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Boston’s Newest Jewel

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Yesterday, the stunning new addition to Boston’s wonderful Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was officially opened to the general public. Designed by the Italian architectural studio Renzo Piano, the extension houses a new 2,000 square-foot exhibition space, a stylish cafe, a … Continue reading →

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Painting by Numbers

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

The always enjoyable London Transport Museum at Covent Garden is debuting a very cool new exhibition in its main gallery today called “Painting by Numbers”. The show features vintage versions of the au courant interweb fad—infographics. The historic versions of … Continue reading →

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Get Lost In Some Good Books

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Brian D. Butler

Way back in 2011 we shared a story on the book sculptures and installations of the Slovakian-born artist Matej Krén. Now the enormous stacked book assemblege that he calls “Idiom” has found a permanent home in the Prague Municipal Library … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas (from 1968)

Posted on December 25, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

In 1968, London-based American cartoonist Terry Gilliam was asked to create an animated video “Christmas card” for the popular, off-beat children’s television series Do Not Adjust Your Set, which featured future Monty Pythons Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Michael Palin. … Continue reading →

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Pssst…French Books

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

  The Grolier Club of New York City has fostered interest in, and support for, book arts for more than 125 years. It also offers regular exhibitions, displays, lectures and publications on publishing, printing, libraries, book art and the book … Continue reading →

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eBook Treasures

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Bibliophiles will be dead chuffed to discover eBook Treasures a new way to view (and own) rare books. The UK-based organization has partnered with the British Library, the Royal Society, the John Rylands Library and the British Natural History Museum … Continue reading →

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Library of Human Imagination

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Brian D. Butler

Jay Walker is an American entrepreneur and inventor (he founded priceline.com and holds more than 250 U.S. patents) who has used his massive wealth to create an astonishing private library in his Connecticut mansion. Walker’s Library of Human Imagination contains … Continue reading →

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