#Bill Blass Public Catalog Room

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World Book Night 

Get lost in an adventure, a romance, a mystery…whatever you like. Gather a group, volunteer at an event, or just take some time to enjoy a book on World Book Night.

Most everyone agrees that reading is vital for a child’s growth! But with all the challenges and difficulties of adulthood, many people in the prime of their lives hardly have any spare time to read. The factors present in why people don’t read can range from a lack of time to poverty to mental health concerns.

But reading is definitely important to read because of how much relief it provides from the difficulty and stress of the everyday world. Reading inspires people and educates people about the world around them, and can also function as an escape that relieves stress.

However, not everyone can see the benefits that reading can provide.

World Book Night aims to change the way adults view reading by encouraging them to take the time to read during the night–and to give away free books!

History of World Book Night

World Book Day has been around for some time now, offering extra opportunities and encouragement for children to read more books. However, because World Book Day existed for children, some people were motivated to put World Book Night together as a time for adults to read more books.

World Book Night began back in 2011 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, when Jamie Byng, MD of Canongate, conceived of the idea. It came to be after he had discussed it the previous year with various people who were present at the Book Industry Conference. The idea created another way for adults to take time out to read more and the day became a rousing success in its first decade.

In 2012, the day moved from March (which is still associated with children’s World Book Day) to April to coincide with UNESCO’s International Day of the Book. Then, in 2012 and 2013, the holiday grew and began to be celebrated in the United States. Over 50,000 people gave books to others on this day!

In late 2013, World Book Night benefited by becoming part of the Reading Agency, which is an organization focused on helping and encouraging others to read more books. Each year, books are given to people in hospitals, prisons, libraries, colleges, homeless shelters, and their communities through the Reading Agency and World Book Night.

The giveaway for these books has helped bookstores sell more books and continue their businesses. Volunteers go around their local communities and give away books, encouraging others to read and grow in their knowledge of the world.

All together, World Book Night is responsible for a whole host of people giving and getting books–and hopefully reading them as well!

How to Celebrate World Book Night

Celebrating World Book Night can be a fun and adventurous activity. Whether alone or joined together with a band of avid readers (or wannabe readers!), enjoy World Book NIght in these creative ways:

Volunteer and Participate in a World Book Night Event

Volunteer at a local reading library or bookstore to see about celebrating World Book Night and help give away some free books. Check in to see if the local community is hosting any events related to World Book Night. If there aren’t any, don’t be afraid to start one.

The World Book Night website offers access to resources for those who want to host their own book night events, including social media resources, print logos and guidelines.

Give Away Books for Free

Give books to those in a hospital, a care center, a homeless shelter, or a child daycare center. Check with a local bookstore to see if they’ll help arrange to give away some books to a good cause. To make it more affordable, books can be ordered in bulk online, purchased at a used bookstore, or even collected from thrift stores or garage sales. Reading used books is a great way to enjoy the written word and contribute to helping protect the planet.

Sit Down and READ

Of course, the entire sentiment of the day will be lost if people are only involved in World Book Day activities but don’t ever actually take the time to sit down and read a book! So be sure to also take the time to read a book late into the night and relax.

Technically, the ‘reading hour’ on World Book Night is considered to be from 7-8pm. The great thing about this is that, if people all over the world are reading during this time in their own time zones, then the ‘reading hour’ will last for a very long time as it moves around the planet!

For those who aren’t sure what to read, World Book Night offers a reading list each year that can help make recommendations or give ideas for what to read next.

Share Reading with Family and Friends

Reading doesn’t have to be a lonely activity! Try out these ideas for sharing this day with friends and family:

Recommend a favorite book to others and share the love of reading with everyone.

Ask friends, family or coworkers what their favorite books are and then discuss them.

Start a personal library of favorite collections of books and share those books with others to encourage more reading.

Join in on a book club or reading group–or start one if there isn’t one that already exists.

Host a quiz night with friends that centers around a literary theme.

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BANANA FISH - Unofficial Locations Guide: The New York Public Librar Part 3

Unmarked spots: The New York Public Library, Inside, 1st Fl

Episode 17: Where Ash catches up to Eiji leaving the library. Located just inside the main entrance.

E Spot: The New York Public Library, Inside, Rose Main Reading Room

Episodes 12, 17, 24: Aka “Ash’s Room,” the study room where Ash likes to go to be alone.

Located on the 3rd floor, it can be accessed by going up either of the large staircases on either side after entering from the front entrance. Go up to the 3rd floor, into the room to the side with the information, THROUGH the Bill Blass Public Catalog room (looks similar), to get to the entrance of the Rose Main Reading Room.

The Reading Room has a left and right side. The right side is for studying ONLY, but the left side allows photography in limited areas. Ash’s room was to the left. His favorite spot was close to the back, to the right and closer to the aisle.

CAUTION, before entering the room, you see this sign. Please follow all rules, remember that this is a LIBRARY, and do NOT go into the study area and disturb people. Only take photos from the roped in area by the entrance.

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More guides to come!

For the complete bilingual guide, please check out my twitter, YukiPri_Art!

Complete list of guides on my Banana Fish Masterpost!

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Glee «Wonderful things happen when you are in the Public Library»

Agosto de 2021

-Hola… -Hola... ¿ya vienes en camino?... —pregunto Blaine al responder a la llamada de su esposo. -Ya estoy llegando… ¿tú? -Yo ya estoy aquí instalado y buscando lo que necesitamos… -¿Por qué tienes más tiempo libre que yo?... -No lo tengo… solo llegue antes… -Claro, y yo te creo eso… ¿no te ha llamado el Doctor Jacobs? -No… -¿Ni un mensaje o algo? -Tampoco… ¿ a ti? -No… —contestó Kurt alargando la «o» como con desgano— ¿no se supone y ya deberíamos de tener noticias?, fuimos a la clínica hace como un mes… -Fue hace solo quince días y seguro tendremos noticias muy pronto, una vez leí que son como dos semanas las que se tarda el óvulo en instalarse en el endometrio y todo… -Dijiste como cinco cosas que nunca hubiera querido escuchar de tu boca Blaine Anderson-Hummel… —dijo Kurt haciendo una mueca de asco. -Lo siento... -Esta bien, con que no las vuelvas a mencionar me conformo… ¿dónde estás?, este lugar es enorme… —dijo Kurt mientras subía los peldaños de la entrada a la biblioteca pública de New York.

-Por supuesto que lo es… y maravilloso también,  por eso es una de las atracciones turísticas más importantes de esta ciudad. -¿Como?... —añadió Kurt poniendo cara de ácido, como si su esposo pudiera ver esa mueca a través del teléfono. -Nada… aunque  viniendo de ti y tu obsesión desde siempre con New York, me extraña que no sepas ese tipo de cosas... -Pues yo estoy aquí por Broadway y el glamour… no por los libros… ¿donde estas?... —repitió cruzando la puerta. -¿Dónde estás tú?... —respondió su esposo mirando hacia todos lados. -Llegando… entrando de hecho... -Perfecto, en el «Astor hall», gira  a la derecha y sube hasta el tercer piso, yo estoy aquí en la «General Research Division», donde están todos los catálogos, creo y estaremos viendo revistas hasta la medianoche... -¿No nos sale mejor contactar a las editoriales para conseguir esas revistas?… te juro que Helen es capaz de hacer eso y mas… -Vamos, te prometo y pasaras un buen momento, este lugar es para eso… cosas maravillosas pasan cuando estás en la Biblioteca Pública de New York. -También pasaríamos un buen momento en nuestro departamento buscando la información en Google,  no perderíamos tanto tiempo, tendríamos la posibilidad de revisar Facebook e instagram de vez en cuando… y además… todo lo podríamos hacer en ropa interior… y también pasan cosas maravillosas cuando hay ropa interior involucrada... -Siempre quieres buscar todo en Google y en Facebook… y técnicamente, aquí también podríamos estar en paños menores, pero seria la única y ultima vez... —agrego Blaine soltando una pequeña risa mientras buscaba en uno de los catálogos digitales las revistas disponibles sobre paternidad y el proceso de entrenamiento de los bebés para el uso del baño. -Pues es lo que nuestra generación esta acostumbrada a hacer… ¿o es la generación siguiente?… —dijo Kurt como auto preguntándose aquello. -No lo se… ¿que tal si lo buscas en Google?... -Pesado… y ya estoy llegando… -¿En serio?... —dijo Blaine incorporándose un poco  para mirar hacia la escaleras por sobre la pantalla del computador— eso fue rápido… —agregó sonriendo a un par de personas que le pedían y moderara el tono de su voz— ¿no tomaste el ascensor para discapacitados?, ¿o si? -No tome el ascensor de nadie, ¿tiene dudas sobre mi estado físico Señor Anderson-Hummel?. -Por supuesto que no… -Muy bien entonces, porque yo nunca me atrevería… a dudar del suyo… —dijo haciendo una pausa en el momento que llegaba al tercer piso a la sala principal de lectura, más conocida como «Rose Main Reading Room», Blaine miró la escalera otra vez y en cuanto lo vio  sonrió y le hizo una seña con la mano como de saludo a la distancia, Kurt le respondió con otra sonrisa y terminó la llamada guardando su teléfono móvil en uno de los bolsillos de la chaqueta que vestía— este salón es extraordinario… —añadió llegando hasta donde Blaine estaba. -Lo es… podría contarte la historia si gustas… hola… —respondió dándole un beso. -Prefiero que no… así acabamos con esto cuanto antes… —agregó Kurt descolgándose el bolso, lo dejó sobre la mesa que su esposo había reservado para ellos y miro todos los detalles que lo rodeaban— ¿por que nunca había estado aquí? -No lo se… —contestó Blaine ordenando sus propias cosas para hacer espacio a las de su esposo. -¿Y por que tu si? -Porque estudie en esta ciudad… —agregó como en tono de pregunta. -Yo también estudie aquí... y antes que tu...  pero para qué vamos a discutir lo obvio...—dijo Kurt encendiendo y apagando la pequeña lámpara que había sobre la mesa unas cuatro veces. -¿Y eso es…? -Que NYADA tiene una mejor biblioteca que tu NYU.. -Eso es imposible, pero como quieras… ¿Julianna sabe que llegaremos más tarde?... —quiso saber Blaine al tiempo que seleccionaba las publicaciones que le servían añadiéndolas a su «carrito» -Por supuesto que sabe… se lo dije ayer, y estaba bien entusiasmada por trabajar tiempo extra… -¿En serio? -Si, creo que necesitaba tiempo fuera de su casa o algo…  —dijo Kurt distrayéndose con las lámparas colgantes y las pinturas del techo. -O el dinero… mira… estas son todas las revistas que hablan de lo que queremos saber… —dijo Blaine mostrándole el monitor con el listado correspondiente. -Vaya… lo mismo que hubiéramos encontrado al teclear en Google: «cómo enseñar a un niño a usar el baño» -¿Vas a seguir con eso?... -¡Pero si es la verdad!… —respondió Kurt gesticulando obviedad con sus manos, las personas de la mesa inmediata  a la de ellos les pidieron silencio haciendo un ruido como de carraspera, Kurt lo miró con su ceja bien arqueada. -No discutiré contigo, mejor iré a buscar estas revistas, y después, si no te parece atractivo hojear una publicación pagina por pagina como se hacía antes, sintiendo la suavidad y el olor del papel, nos vamos a nuestro hogar y hacemos eso de la ropa interior que dijiste… ¿de acuerdo? —dijo Blaine levantándose,  Kurt lo miró con cara de que él no le interesaban las bondades del papel— vamos, es como la diferencia que hay entre revelar un rollo fotográfico y tener las fotos en tus manos que verlas desde el teléfono… -¿Estás seguro que no fuiste Amish en otra vida o algo?... —insistió su esposo mirándolo con los ojos bien empequeñecidos. -Vuelvo enseguida… —dijo dándole un beso— sera divertido, te lo prometo… -¡Aprovecha de buscar un diccionario!, porque creo y tienes un concepto errado de lo que es la diversión… —insistió Kurt sin convencerse para nada. -Espérame aquí… —añadió Blaine caminando hacia el sector llamado  «Bill Blass Public Catalog Room» y que estaba inmediato al salón donde estaban. -Créeme que aquí no hay ningún otro lado donde pueda ir… —murmuró Kurt quedándose en donde estaba, apoyó su cabeza en una de sus manos y con la otra comenzó a hacer ruidos sobre la mesa con sus dedos, el par de usuarios de la carraspera lo miraron con reprobación— vaya con la gente aquí… —añadió quedándose en silencio, acercó su bolso y sacó el teléfono móvil— asumo y que vea mis mensajes no le incomodara  a nadie… —dijo  mirando a aquellas personas cuando decía lo de «nadie».

-Listo… —dijo Blaine regresando con unas 15 revistas entre sus manos. -¿De que año son esas revistas?, porque el peinado de esa mujer es como de principio de los noventa… —sentencio Kurt señalando la melena exacerbada de la modelo en portada. -De diferentes años… —respondió apartando ocho en una mano y otras siete en la otra— pero lo importante es que todas nos dan la información que necesitamos… —agregó poniendo la pila más pequeña en frente de su esposo— tu revisa esas y yo haré lo propio con esta otras… —dijo mientras se acomodaba en la silla de enfrente, Kurt blanqueo los ojos y reviso una vez más sus mensajes antes de mirar la primera de las publicaciones. -¿Aún sin noticias?... —pregunto Blaine queriendo mirar la pantalla del teléfono de su esposo. -Aún no… ¡uy!... —exclamó dejando el teléfono de lado, las dos personas quisquillosas dijeron un «shhhhhh» al unísono. .-Oigan… —dijo Kurt volteándose hacia ellos— este recinto es extremadamente grande, si quieren mas silencio del que hay, váyanse a otro lado, o elijan un libro que puedan entender porque al parecer, este no es el caso… —terminó por decir haciéndoles un desprecio, los dos hombres se miraron entre sí y se levantaron para retirarse. -Si te acusan a los guardias, yo haré como que no te conozco… —dijo Blaine comenzado a leer el primero de los reportajes. -Y yo me encargare de aclarar que hice lo que hice porque eran las peores personas del mundo, sacare  relucir mis Tonys y los dejaré a todos callados… —agrego Kurt comenzado su revisión por la última de las revistas. -Te creo… —dijo Blaine riendo, su esposo hizo un gesto engreído levantando uno de sus hombros. -Ok, esta revista habla de embarazo y vida sexual… ¿que tiene que ver con lo que necesitamos  nosotros? —dijo Kurt mostrando la portada  de la publicación que había seleccionado. -No te quedes en el título principal, allí abajo dice, «como enseñar a su bebé a ir al baño, once pasos» —contesto Blaine señalando con su dedo la parte de abajo de la portada, Kurt frunció el ceño para luego darse cuenta que aquello era verdad, blanqueo los ojos nuevamente y busco la página respectiva. -Escucha, aquí dice que su hijo estará listo cuando ya avisa que quiere usar el baño, o se sienta y se para en la bacinica… Henry ha hecho eso… —dijo Blaine tomando otra de las revistas. -Es verdad… y también creo que esta listo… -¿Pero?... -Pero… igual me da miedo pensar que pueda tener un «accidente» que lo traume o algo…—explicó Kurt haciendo el gesto de comillas cuando mencionaba lo del accidente. -No lo tendrá si reaccionamos con normalidad ante ello… -¿Por qué crees que yo podría reaccionar con normalidad ante algo así? -No lo sé… tu teléfono… —dijo Blaine señalando el aparato que vibraba tres veces seguidas. -Disculpa… —contestó Kurt tomando su teléfono— ay por dios… —agregó desbloqueandolo con nerviosismo. -¿Que?... —pregunto Blaine incorporándose un poco -Es del Doctor Jacobs… ay que nervios… —dijo abriendo el mensaje— «Estimados señores Anderson Hummel…» bla, bla, bla… ¡Ay! -«Ay»… ¿que?... —dijo Blaine levantándose para sentarse a su lado. -Esta embarazada… —contestó Kurt llevándose las manos a la boca. -��¿Que?!... —exclamó de vuelta su esposo quitándole el teléfono para leer el mismo el mensaje— por Dios… —dijo emocionándose -Seremos padres nuevamente… -Lo se… —agrego Blaine mirando el mensaje como si fuera la foto de su futuro hijo o hija. -¿Cuán extraordinario es esto?... —añadió Kurt abrazan dolo por sobre la silla. -Mucho… ¡dios!... te dije que cosas maravillosas pasaban cuando estabas en la biblioteca pública… —terminó por decir Blaine dándole múltiples besos sin poder mas de felicidad.

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◾️ NYC PUBLIC LIBRARY - Rose Room◾️ . 📍#facts . English (Spanish below) ———————————————————— 👍🏻 The rose room is one of the city’s great public spaces at the NYC library. . ❣️ The walls—plaster that has been painted to resemble limestone gleam. The ceiling fixtures, reinforced and polished, glisten. Light streams through the room’s windows and radiates from the bulbs of its eighteen tiered chandeliers, which hang suspended over the rows of work tables. . ◾️ After being closed for more than two years for important repairs and restoration, The New York Public Library’s historic Rose Main Reading Room and Bill Blass Public Catalog Room reopens to the public in 2016. . 🔎 Was one-time governor Samuel J. Tilden,who upon his death bequeathed the bulk of his fortune — about $2.4 million — to "establish and maintain a free library and reading room in the city of New York." At the time of Tilden's death, New York already had two libraries of considerable importance — the Astor and Lenox libraries — but neither could be termed a truly public institution. . 🌋 More than one million books were set in place for the official dedication of the Library on May 23, 1911—some 16 years to the day since the historic agreement creating the Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations had been signed. . Spanish ————————————————————🔎La sala de rosas es uno de los grandes espacios públicos de la ciudad en la biblioteca de Nueva York. . ❣️ Las paredes de yeso que ha sido pintado para parecerse al brillo de la piedra caliza. Los accesorios del techo, reforzados y pulidos, brillan. La luz fluye a través de las ventanas abatibles de la habitación y se irradia desde las bombillas de sus dieciocho candelabros escalonados, que cuelgan suspendidos sobre las filas de mesas de trabajo. . ◾️Después de estar cerrado durante más de dos años por reparaciones y restauraciones importantes, la histórica Sala de lectura principal Rose The Public Library de Nueva York y la Sala de catálogo público Bill Blass se reabren al público en 2016. . 🔎 Fue el antiguo gobernador Samuel J. Tilden ,quien tras su muerte legó la mayor parte de su fortuna para” establecer y mantener una biblioteca gratuita” . #nyc (at NYC Public Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/B22HweohYuh/?igshid=1fuvuapkoi54a

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Hyperallergic: Art Movements

A pencil sketch newly attributed to Alberto Giacometti. The work was authenticated by the Giacometti Foundation and added to the artist’s catalogue raisonné. (courtesy Cheffins)

Art Movements is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world. Subscribe to receive these posts as a weekly newsletter.

Drawings attributed to Alberto Giacometti were recovered from the collection of the late antiques dealer Eila Grahame. The sketches, which were made on both sides of a single sheet of paper, will be sold on October 12 at Cheffins auction house, with all proceeds donated to the Art Fund.

Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Olga Borisova were detained by Russian police after staging a protest in support of jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov.

The National Archives of the United States began to publish previously withheld documents from the JFK Assassination Records Collection. The JFK Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 states that the National Archives and Records Administration must publish any previously withheld records from the collection by October 26, 2017 — unless it is authorized for further withholding by the President of the United States.

India appears to have blocked access to the Internet Archive (aka the Internet Wayback Machine).

The National Trust U-turned on its decision to bar volunteers who refused to wear rainbow gay pride badges to mark 50 years since the decriminalization of homosexuality in the UK.

Members of Norman Rockwell’s family denounced the Berkshire Museum’s plans to deaccession works by the artist.

Marina Abramovic reconciled with her former collaborator and lover Ulay, following a talk at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Ulay sued Abramovic for contract violation in 2015, and was later granted back-dated royalties and full accreditation for jointly created works by a Dutch court last year.

Art dealer Archie Parker acquired a painting that he believes is a self-portrait of Joseph Wright of Derby. Parker made headlines in March after he purchased a painting deaccessioned by the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. The work was later identified as the work of George Stubbs.

Zippo lighter (1970), New-York Historical Society, gift of John Monsky

The New-York Historical Society will present The Vietnam War: 1945–1975 — a “chronological and thematic narrative” of the conflict told with over 300 objects — in October.

Tristram Hunt, the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, tweeted an apology to a visitor who was asked to cover up while breastfeeding.

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will debut a new commission by Julie Mehretu on Labor Day weekend.

Vogue commissioned Annie Leibovitz, Inez and Vinoodh, Bruce Weber, and John Currin to produce covers featuring Hollywood actor Jennifer Lawrence.

Christie’s will sell a number of works from the Museum of Modern Art‘s photography holdings next year. According to a museum spokesperson, the majority of the works are duplicates. The sales will go toward the department’s acquisition fund.

Robert M. Rubin, the former director of the Centre Pompidou, wrote an op-ed for Le Monde calling Jeff Koons’s sculpture for the city of Paris “a poisoned gift.”

The National Portrait Gallery filed a formal objection to the National Gallery’s expansion plans, arguing that the proposed addition would obscure the London skyline for its restaurant patrons.

Artist Pope.L (aka William Pope.L) launched a Kickstarter for Flint Water Project, “an art installation, a performance and an intervention” that calls attention to Flint’s contaminated water crisis.

Thieves posing as city employees stole about a dozen works by the street artist Invader (real name Franck Slama) in Paris.

The New York Public Library‘s Rose Main Reading Room and Bill Blass Catalog Room acquired landmark status.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art‘s online collection has seen a 17% traffic increase since the museum launched its open access initiative. The Met made over 375,000 images available under a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license, 90% of which have been uploaded to Wikimedia commons so far.

The George Eastman Museum launched the Technicolor Online Research Archive, a resource of over 40,000 documents from the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation (1914–1955).

Transactions

Judy Chicago addresses a gathering of volunteers in the Dinner Party studio (ca 1978) (photo by Amy Meadow, courtesy National Museum of Women in the Arts)

The National Museum of Women in the Arts announced the creation of the Judy Chicago Visual Archive — a repository of photographs and ephemera spanning the artist’s career.

The Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs designated $2,997,120 to art-based activities as part of its 2017–2018 Cultural Grant Program.

The National Endowment for the Humanities announced a three-year partnership with the First Nations Development Institute. The Institute will match $2.1 million in funding from the NEH for 12 immersive Native-language programs a year.

The Williams College Museum of Art announced a promised gift of over 340 objects of African art from Drs. Carolyn and Eli Newberger.

The Chocolate Factory acquired a new space at 38-29 24th Street in Long Island City, Queens. The $3.8 million purchase was administered by the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

Transitions

Beatriz Salinas Marambio was appointed director of the the National Center for Contemporary Art Cerrillos, Chile.

John McKinnon was appointed executive director of the Elmhurst Art Museum.

Meg Hagyard was appointed interim director of the University of Arizona Museum of Art.

Noelle Foye announced her retirement as executive director of the New Bedford Art Museum.

Amanda Donnan was appointed curator of the Frye Art Museum.

Erin M. Greenwald was appointed curator of programs at the New Orleans Museum of Art.

Jared Ledesma was appointed assistant curator at the Des Moines Art Center.

Brenda Blount was appointed director of development at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art.

Writer (and Hyperallergic contributor) John Seed ended his HuffingtonPost art blog.

W.A.G.E. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy) launched its new website.

Accolades

Zack Ingram, “There Ain’t the People,” screenprint on glass (via bigmedium.org)

Zack Ingram was awarded the inaugural Tito’s Prize.

Pam Tanowitz was awarded the 2017 Baryshnikov Arts Center’s Cage Cunningham Fellowship.

The Corning Museum of Glass awarded its 32nd Rakow Commission to Dr. Karlyn Sutherland.

Jesse Wine and Haffendi Anuar were awarded Battersea Power Station’s inaugural Powerhouse sculpture commission.

BRIC announced the recipients of its new ArtFP commission.

Smack Mellon announced its 2017-2018 Hot Picks Artists.

Obituaries

Arlene Gottfried, “Summer Afternoon” (1985), vintage 11 x 14 in cibachrome (© Arlene Gottfried, courtesy Daniel Cooney Fine Art)

Claudio Abate (1943–2017),  photographer.

Glen Campbell (1936–2017), singer, songwriter, and musician.

Ann Walker Gaffney (unconfirmed–2017), artist and preservationist.

Arlene Gottfried (unconfirmed–2017), photographer.

Daniel Licht (1957–2017), composer.

Hashem El Madani (1928–2017), photographer.

Haruo Nakajima (1929–2017), first actor to play Godzilla.

Alan Peckolick (1940–2017), logo designer.

Martin Roth (1955–2017), former director of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Bobby Taylor (1939–2017), soul singer. Secured a contract for the Jackson 5.

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The New York Public Library is dedicated on May 23, 1911.

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The New York Public Library was dedicated on May 23, 1911.

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Lamps/Lusters (No. 55)

New York Public Library Main Branch 

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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (No. 5)

The Bill Blass Public Catalog Room, also located in Room 315, is adjacent to the Main Reading Room, connecting it with the McGraw Rotunda. The Catalog Room's central location between the McGraw Rotunda and Main Reading Room makes it a de facto foyer for the latter. The room measures 81 by 77 feet (25 by 23 m). Similar to the Main Reading Room, it has a 52-foot-high ceiling. Four chandeliers, of identical design to those in the Main Reading Room, hang from the ceiling.The ceiling of the Public Catalog Room also contains a 27-by-33-foot (8.2 by 10.1 m) section of James Wall Finn's 1911 mural. 

Possibly the first renovation of the Catalog Room occurred in 1935, when its ceiling was repainted. Further modifications occurred in 1952 when metal cabinets replaced the original oak cabinets as a result of the catalog room's quick expansion, with 150,000 new catalog cards being added each year. The Catalog Room was restored in 1983 and renamed for Bill Blass in 1994. 

There is an information desk on the north side on the room, on one's right side when entering from the rotunda. Originally, visitors would receive card slips with numbers on them and then be directed to one of the Main Reading Room's halves based on their card number. The Public Catalog Room also contains waist-high oak desks. These desks contain computers that allow New York Public Library cardholders to search the library's catalog.

The Main Branch's Deborah, Jonathan F. P., Samuel Priest, and Adam R. Rose Main Reading Room, officially Room 315 and commonly known as the Rose Main Reading Room, is located on the third floor of the Main Branch. The room is 78 by 297 feet (24 by 91 m) with a 52-foot-high ceiling, nearly as large as the Grand Central Terminal's Main Concourse. It was originally described as being in the Renaissance architectural style, but is now considered to be of a Beaux-Arts design.The Main Reading Room was renovated and renamed for the Rose family in 1998–1999; and further renovations to its ceiling were completed in 2016. The room became a New York City designated landmark in 2017. 

The room is separated into two sections of equal size by a book-delivery desk that divides the space horizontally. The desk is made of oak and is covered by a canopy, with arches held up by Tuscan columns. The north hall leads to the Manuscripts and Archives Reading Room, while the south hall leads to the Art and Architecture Reading Room; picture taking is only allowed in a small section of the south hall. 

The Main Reading Room is furnished with low wooden tables and chairs, with four evenly-spaced brass lamps on each table. There are two columns of tables in each hall, separated by a wide aisle. Originally, there were 768 seats, but the number of seats has been reduced over the years to 624. Each spot at each table is assigned a number so that library staff can deliver books to a given seat number. The room is also equipped with desktop computers providing access to library collections and the Internet, as well as docking facilities for laptops. Readers may fill out forms requesting books brought to them from the library's closed stacks, which are delivered to the indicated seat numbers. There are special rooms named for notable authors and scholars who have used the library for research. Surrounding the room are thousands of reference works on open shelves along the room's main and balcony levels, which may be read openly. At the time of the library's opening, there were about 25,000 freely accessible reference works on the shelves. There are three levels of bookshelves: two on the main floor beneath the balcony, and one on the balcony. 

Massive windows and grand chandeliers illuminate the space.There are eighteen grand archways, of which fifteen contain windows: nine face Bryant Park to the west, and six face east. The other three archways form a wall with the Public Catalog Room to its east, and the middle archway contains windows that face into the Catalog Room. There are two rows of nine chandeliers in the Main Reading Room. These were originally fitted with incandescent light bulbs, an innovation at the time of the library's opening, and were powered by the library's own power plant. The lights on the chandeliers are arranged like an inverted cone, with four descending "tiers" of light bulbs. 

The ceiling is composed of plaster that is painted to emulate gilded wood, with moldings of classical and figurative details. The Klee-Thomson Company plastered the ceiling.  According to Matthew Postal, the moldings include "scroll cartouches bordered by cherubs, nude female figures with wings, cherub heads, satyr masks, vases of fruit, foliate moldings, and disguised ventilation grilles." The moldings frame a three-part mural, created by James Wall Finn and completed in 1911. Though no clear photographs exist of the mural's original appearance, the mural in its present incarnation depicts clouds and sky. When the ceiling was restored in 1998, the original mural was deemed to be unsalvageable, and instead, recreations were painted by Yohannes Aynalem. The ceiling was restored again from 2014 to 2016. 

The doorways into the Main Reading Room contain large round pediments, which contrast with the smaller triangular pediments in the branch's other reading rooms. There is intricate detail on the room's smaller metalwork, such as doorknobs and hinges. The floors of both the Main Reading Room and the Catalog Room are composed of red tiles, with marble pavers set in between the tiles, which indicate how the furniture should be arranged. The marble pavers demarcate the boundaries of the aisles.

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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (No. 3)

The interior of the Main Branch consists of four publicly accessible floors: the ground level and the first through third floors. On each floor, there is a corridor on the eastern side of the main building, which runs the length of the building from north to south. Originally, the interior collectively contained more than 200 rooms, and the building had a footprint of 115,000 square feet (10,700 m2). Generally, lower room numbers are located on the south side of the building, and higher room numbers on the north side. There is a pair of public stairways on the north side of the building, which lead between the ground and third floors; the stairs share landings in the middle of each flight. The interior contains ornate detail from Carrère and Hastings, which extended to such minute details as doorknobs and wastebaskets.

The cellar, which is not open to the public, is located below the ground floor. It was initially used for a mechanical plant, and contains remnants of the original Croton Reservoir. 

The ground floor contains the entrance to 42nd Street as well as the temporary branch of the Mid-Manhattan Library. Originally it contained a coat-check, circulating library, newspaper room, and children's-book room. There were also spaces for telephones, a "library-school office", and a "travelling-library office". Room 80, originally the circulating library, is now part of Bartos Forum. The former newspaper room in room 78 is now the children's-book room, and the former children's-book room in room 81 is now the temporary branch of the Mid-Manhattan Library. 

Above the ground floor is the first floor. The staircase entrance from Fifth Avenue opens up into the first-floor lobby, known as Astor Hall.This floor contains the Picture Collection (room 100), Periodical Room (room 108), and Jewish Division (room 111, former Periodicals Room) on the south side. On the north side are the Milstein Division (room 121, former Patents Room), Milstein Microforms (room 119), and Map Division (room 117). The Wachenheim Gallery, the library shop, the Bartos Education Center, and the Gottesman Hall (room 111, former Exhibition Room) are located in rooms that open into Astor Hall.The first floor also used to contain various supervisors' offices, a library for the blind, and a technology room. 

The second floor contains the Jill Kupin Rose Gallery, which contains ongoing exhibitions. This floor contains several small rooms extending to the north, west, and south.One of these is the Wachenheim Trustees' Room, which contains wood paneling, parquet floors, and a fireplace made of white marble. Originally, this level contained director's and assistant director's offices; the Slavonic, Jewish, and Oriental Collections; and rooms for science, economics and sociology, and public documents. The former science room at room 225 is now the Cullman Center, while room 228, the former economics and sociology room, has been split into two rooms. 

The third floor contains the McGraw Rotunda on the east side of the building. A passageway called the Print Gallery extends to the building's southern side, and one publicly accessible room, the Wallach Division, is adjacent to the gallery. Similarly, the Stokes Gallery extends northward, with the Berg and Pforzheimer Collections branching off of it. The Salomon Room branches off the McGraw Rotunda to the east. To the west is the Bill Blass Public Catalog Room, which leads into the large Rose Main Reading Room. 

The western side of the building, from the cellar to the second floor, contains part of the Main Branch's storage stacks. Supplementing the Main Reading Room, there are 21 other reading rooms in the Main Branch, including a ground-floor room with a cast-iron ceiling. There were originally 1,760 seats in all of the reading rooms combined, of which 768 were located in the Main Reading Room

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