January 9, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsHarry Ransom Center will host the David Foster Wallace Symposium in April The Harry Ransom Center will host the David Foster Wallace Symposium on April 5 and 6 at the Ransom Center. The symposium includes a public program on Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m. in Jessen Auditorium. Symposium registration is limited and opens January 23 at 11 a.m. CST. Participants must… read more
January 6, 2012, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsOnly three days left to see Frida Kahlo’s "Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940) is on display for only three more days at the Harry Ransom Center. This Sunday is the last day visitors can view the work before it travels to its next destination. The painting, one of the Ransom Center’s most famous… read more
January 5, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: A map of Greenwich Village from The Greenwich Village Quill As it is today, Manhattan was the center of American magazine publishing in the 1920s. The vast majority of those who signed the door in Frank Shay’s Bookshop in Greenwich Village had some role in the business as editors, publishers, printers, or contributors to a variety of publications. While some… read more
