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Why are some books collected and others merely read?

September 26, 2019 - Janine Barchas

During the latter half of the nineteenth century, cheap and shoddy reprints of Jane Austen’s novels brought her work to the general public. [Read more…] about Why are some books collected and others merely read?

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: Books, exhibition, literature

Free daily tours of The Rise of Everyday Design: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and America

February 26, 2019 - Jennifer Tisdale

 

Tour The Rise of Everyday Design: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and America
Through July 14, 2019

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Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: Arts and Crafts, exhibition, tours

This reminds me of a song…

March 27, 2017 - Lisa Pulsifer

The Harry Ransom Center holds a wide variety of materials, from Robert De Niro’s Taxi Driver script and costume to Einstein’s theory of gravitational waves. These and many other items are on display in our current exhibition Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center. The stories told in the exhibition can bring to mind music that’s meaningful to your experiences, and we invite you to share [Read more…] about This reminds me of a song…

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events Tagged With: exhibition, Music, playlist, songs, Spotify, Stories to Tell

The life of a dance costume, from the inside out

March 27, 2017 - Jill Morena

Shaping the fosshape form with heat guns

A costume worn for the Ballets Russes’s production of Narcisse, currently on display in the exhibition Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center, presents an intriguing glimpse into behind-the-scenes work at the dance company that electrified pre-World War I audiences in Europe and beyond. [Read more…] about The life of a dance costume, from the inside out

Filed Under: Conservation, Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Apryl Sullivan, Ballets Russes, corset, costume, dance, Ethafoam, exhibition, Fosshape, garment, Jill Morena, mannequin, Narcisse, Rigilene, seamstress, Stories to Tell

A touch of illusion… and sprinkle of paprika

October 19, 2016 - Christine Lee

The Harry Ransom Center partnered with Central Market to present “Dining with Harry Houdini,” a cooking class inspired by the life of the legendary performer and stage illusionist, on Sunday, October 16, 2016. [Read more…] about A touch of illusion… and sprinkle of paprika

Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Theatre + Performing Arts Tagged With: Central Market, cooking class, exhibition, Harry Houdini, Houdini archive, Hungarian, Hungary, illusionist, Louis Ortiz, Membership

Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World / Un hogar en todo el laboratorio

September 23, 2016 - Diana Diaz Canas

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 fin de entender su fragilidad material, evaluar los posibles riesgos y/o requerimientos específicos para exhibirlos de forma segura, tales como la necesidad de construir soportes exactos y a la medida para libros, o establecer niveles de iluminación para fotografías. En el caso de Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World, se determinó cuáles fotografías podrían beneficiarse de algunos tratamientos de conservación.

[Read more…] about Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World / Un hogar en todo el laboratorio

Filed Under: Conservation, Exhibitions + Events, Photography Tagged With: cleaning, conservación, Conservation, conservation lab, Elliott Erwitt, emulsion, exhibición Elliott Erwitt, exhibition, fotografía, fotografías, Home Around the World, Knopf, laboratorio de conservación, limpieza, photographs, Photography, preservación, preservation, restauración, tratamientos, treatment

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