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Apr 29, 2025

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As part of efforts to improve researchers’ ability to search the Frank Lloyd Wright Digital Archive, Avery Library staff identify the names of Wright’s women clients, many of whom were deeply involved in design conversations and were previously known only by their husband’s names.

Apr 8, 2025

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In recognition of National Library Week, we'll highlight a few of our fantastic Libraries staff, including Digital Project and Outreach Librarian Katherine Prater, who plays a vital role in expanding online access to Avery Library’s special collections.

Mar 31, 2025

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Staff of Avery Classics worked closely with Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. (D.A.P.) and Designers & Books to create a meticulous facsimile of Archigram magazine, copies of which are held by Avery Library and were used to ensure the accuracy of the facsimile.

Mar 6, 2025

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A cheerful Chinese sculpture of a child that dates to the Ming dynasty in 1641, held by Avery Library, is now on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the current exhibition, "Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100-1900."

Nov 18, 2024

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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library announces that more than 3,000 slides have been digitized from the Sculpture in the Environment (SITE) architectural records and the papers of architect James Wines, which were donated to the library in 2020.

Oct 9, 2024

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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library announces that a new exhibition, "Landscape(d)," is now on view as the eighth collaboration between the Libraries' Art Properties collection and students in the M.A. in Art History program.

Oct 8, 2024

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Lena Newman, a former student employee on the Avery Index and Special Collections Curator in Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, is announced as the newly-appointed Curator of Avery Classics.

Aug 9, 2024

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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library is pleased to announce the launch of a new online resource, the Frank Lloyd Wright (FLW) Digital Archive, which makes accessible more than 15,000 residential drawings from the FLW archival collections.

Feb 5, 2024

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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library is pleased to announce a major gift of drawings, papers, and architectural records from Michael Sorkin, a renowned critic, designer, and professor who was devoted to social justice.

Oct 19, 2023

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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library will participate in a landmark exhibition about the international influence of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, now on tour at several locations across Japan.

Oct 5, 2023

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Candidates in the M.A. in Art History program collaborated with Art Properties in Avery Library to curate an exhibition, "The Inquiring Eye," that offers "a glimpse of different techniques" and reflects "a range of genres and purposes."

Jun 29, 2023

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Vice Provost and University Librarian Ann D. Thornton appoints Teresa (Teri) Harris as Director of Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, effective August 1.

Dec 2, 2022

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Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library welcomes Michelle Jackson-Beckett to the role of Curator of Avery Drawings & Archives, which collects drawings, photographs, and architectural records that document architecture and design practices.

Oct 21, 2022

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Three ongoing exhibitions on Columbia's Morningside Heights campus feature materials from Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, including prints from Art Properties that highlight the ideas of collaboration and community.

Nov 19, 2021

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"What is the Use of Buddhist Art?" draws from the Buddhist objects in the Libraries' Art Properties, including sculptures, stelae, paintings, texts, and ritual implements from ancient Gandhara (Pakistan/India), Nepal, Tibet, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

Nov 19, 2021

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"Object Relations: Indigenous Belongings," curated by acclaimed artist Alan Michelson, a Mohawk member of the Six Nations of the Grand River, showcases a selection of Native American art and cultural heritage objects held in the Libraries' Art Properties.

Nov 19, 2021

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"Time and Face: Daguerreotypes to Digital Prints" presents formal portraits alongside figurative subjects in photojournalism, with over 100 works from the Libraries' Art Properties that date from the origins of photography in the 1840s to today.

Aug 3, 2021

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Art Properties pursues compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which assists American Indian tribes in repatriating human remains and cultural heritage objects.

Mar 25, 2021

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Candidates in the M.A. in Art History program collaborated with the Libraries to curate "From Life: Early Works by Florine Stettheimer," an online exhibition of works by the American avant-garde artist.

Nov 19, 2020

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Meet Zak Rouse, Reserves and Access Services Supervisor for Avery Library, who is on campus almost daily to help keep the library safely open for study space and collection access.

Feb 10, 2020

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"Connections in Collections," a new exhibit in Avery Library, finds surprising similarities between sculptures from the University art collection and images from architecture books.

Oct 3, 2019

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"Clodion and 'Clodion Mania' in Nineteenth-Century France," a new exhibit in Avery Library, is the third in a series of student-curated exhibitions.

Sep 10, 2019

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Works from Art Properties, the University art collection stewarded by Avery Library, appear in "20 and Odd: The 400-Year Anniversary of 1619," on view in Dodge Hall.

Aug 20, 2019

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Vice Provost and University Librarian Ann D. Thornton is pleased to announce the appointment of Hannah Bennett as Director of Avery Library.

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Wright-ing the Women In: Updating and Linking Archival Data in Avery Library’s Frank Lloyd Wright Collections

National Library Week: Meet Katherine Prater, Digital Project & Outreach Librarian

New Archigram Facsimile to Be Published

New Life for an Old Friend: Ming Dynasty Sculpture on View at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

SITE James Wines: A Selection of Slides

Landscape(d): An Exhibition

Lena Newman Named Curator of Avery Classics

Avery Library Launches Frank Lloyd Wright Digital Archive

Avery Library Announces Major Gift of the Michael Sorkin Collection: Internationally Renowned Architecture Critic, Designer, Urbanist, and Professor Devoted to Social Justice

Avery Library Celebrates the Opening of Frank Lloyd Wright and the World: The Imperial Hotel at 100

The Inquiring Eye: European Drawings from the Lola Szladits Collection

Teri Harris Announced as Director of Avery Library

Avery Welcomes Michelle Jackson-Beckett

Three Exhibitions at Columbia Showcase Materials from Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library

What is the Use of Buddhist Art?

Object Relations: Indigenous Belongings

Time and Face: Daguerreotypes to Digital Prints

Art Properties Complies with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

From Life: Early Works by Florine Stettheimer

Meet Zak, Who is on Campus Almost Daily...

On Exhibit: Connections in Collections

Clodion and “Clodion Mania” Exhibition

Avery Art Properties in "20 and Odd" Exhibition

Avery Library's New Director

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Wright-ing the Women In: Updating and Linking Archival Data in Avery Library’s Frank Lloyd Wright Collections

National Library Week: Meet Katherine Prater, Digital Project & Outreach Librarian

New Archigram Facsimile to Be Published

New Life for an Old Friend: Ming Dynasty Sculpture on View at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

SITE James Wines: A Selection of Slides

Landscape(d): An Exhibition

Lena Newman Named Curator of Avery Classics

Avery Library Launches Frank Lloyd Wright Digital Archive

Avery Library Announces Major Gift of the Michael Sorkin Collection: Internationally Renowned Architecture Critic, Designer, Urbanist, and Professor Devoted to Social Justice

Avery Library Celebrates the Opening of Frank Lloyd Wright and the World: The Imperial Hotel at 100

The Inquiring Eye: European Drawings from the Lola Szladits Collection

Teri Harris Announced as Director of Avery Library

Avery Welcomes Michelle Jackson-Beckett

Three Exhibitions at Columbia Showcase Materials from Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library

What is the Use of Buddhist Art?

Object Relations: Indigenous Belongings

Time and Face: Daguerreotypes to Digital Prints

Art Properties Complies with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

From Life: Early Works by Florine Stettheimer

Meet Zak, Who is on Campus Almost Daily...

On Exhibit: Connections in Collections

Clodion and “Clodion Mania” Exhibition

Avery Art Properties in "20 and Odd" Exhibition

Avery Library's New Director