July 18, 2013, Filed Under: Authors, Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + EventsIn the galleries: David Foster Wallace’s copy of John McPhee’s “Levels of the Game” Considered one of the best books on tennis ever written, John McPhee’s 1969 publication Levels of the Game chronicles Arthur Ashe’s win over Clark Graebner in their 1968 U.S. Open semifinal match. The book offers a nearly stroke-by-stroke account of the match, opening with the first serve and concluding with… read more
April 23, 2013, Filed Under: Conservation, Theatre + Performing ArtsConservators repair Bel Geddes poster for 1926 Macy’s parade For Macy’s third annual parade in 1926, Norman Bel Geddes produced seven posters that now reside in the Ransom Center’s archive. Learn about the efforts of Ransom Center conservators to repair and frame one of the posters for the exhibition I Have Seen the Future: Norman Bel Geddes Designs America.… read more
March 2, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Photography‘Arnold Newman: Masterclass’ Opens in Berlin Organized by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography (FEP) in collaboration with the Harry Ransom Center, the exhibition Arnold Newman: Masterclass explores the career of Arnold Newman, one of the finest portrait photographers of the twentieth century. The exhibition opens March 3 in Germany at C|O Berlin, and the… read more
