Photo courtesy | New York Public Library Picture Collection
Title: NYPL Picture Collection Tour
Date & Time: Monday, April 28th, 2025 at 4:45 PM (Tour begins promptly at 5:00 PM)
Duration: 1 hr 30 min
Capacity: 15
Admission: Free! (A.R.T. Members only)
Location: New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (Room 119, 476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018)
Join NYPL Picture Collection librarians as we dive into this world of images! Librarians will introduce the Collection and facilitate a workshop inspired by the 2009 book, Interview. A verbal-visual dialogue between curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and conceptual photographer Hans-Peter Feldmann, Obrist poses questions in writing and Feldmann responds with a picture from his collection. The results are frequently surprising -- and an exercise in visual thinking, storytelling, serendipity, and communication.
This is an in-person event limited to 15 A.R.T. Members. No refunds for cancellations and registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event.
ABOUT
Since its creation in 1915, The Picture Collection has been an unparalleled resource for artists, illustrators, designers, teachers, students, and general researchers. It offers 1.5 million circulating images clipped from books and magazines across 12,000 subject headings arranged in alphabetical order– from pictures of Abacus to pictures of Zoology. This arrangement of printed images into subject headings (as nouns, verbs, people, places, concepts, and times) makes it a unique instrument for visual thinking for many creative fields.
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