September 26, 2016, Filed Under: Authors, Exhibitions + EventsPolitics, perception, and precious details: Q&A with poet Naomi Shihab Nye Award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye reads from her work for the Ransom Center’s 2016 Burnshaw Lecture.
September 23, 2016, Filed Under: Conservation, Exhibitions + Events, PhotographyElliott Erwitt: Home Around the World / Un hogar en todo el laboratorio Durante la planeación de exhibiciones en el Harry Ransom Center, los curadores seleccionan los materiales que consideran más relevantes en las colecciones y que, a su vez, mejor se relacionan con los temas de cada muestra. Posteriormente los restauradores evalúan la condición física de todos los objetos seleccionados, con el… read more
September 22, 2016, Filed Under: Digital Collections, Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing ArtsHoudini: Illusionist and collector This Halloween marks the ninetieth anniversary of the death of the great illusionist Harry Houdini. Born Ehrich Weisz in Budapest in 1874, he got his start as a trapeze artist before turning his attention to magic. He took the name Houdini after the popular French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. When Houdini… read more
