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Darin Mickey, a photographer and chair of the creative practices program of the International Center of Photography, browses the Accidents folder of the New York Public Librarys Picture Collection, in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building in New York, July 30, 2021. Founded in 1915, the collection lends images to library users who are seeking visual information of a mind-boggling range. Gus Powell/The New York Times.
by Arthur Lubow
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Artist Joseph Cornell once requested a picture of a street urchin with a white cockatoo. Andy Warhol borrowed hundreds of images for inspiration and never returned them. For more than a century, the Picture Collection of the New York Public Library has flourished, gloriously but precariously, as a shape-shifting misfit within a Dewey Decimal grid. Founded in 1915, the collection lends images to library users who are seeking visual information of a mind-boggling range: Praying, Fairies
Harn selects Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects │ Partners to design new wing
Exterior of the Harn Museum of Art.
GAINESVILLE, FLA
.-The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida recently selected Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners to design an estimated 20,000-square-foot addition scheduled for completion in 2024. As the Harn concludes its 30th anniversary year and launches a strategic plan for the next 5 years, the new wing will provide a multi-purpose space for activities that will further fulfill the Harn Museums mission to inspire, educate and enrich peoples lives through art.
After an extensive and highly competitive search working with UF Planning, Design and Construction, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects | Partners was selected from an applicant pool of 19 architectural firms. They will be tasked with designing an expansion that will include more gallery space for exhibitions and a dedicated gallery space for the Florida Art Collection, wh