Collection Highlights
Can I douse you in salad dressing? Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books

“If there is any facet of my work that I feel was kissed by angels, I’d say it was my books.
“Material Meanings” exhibit opens Wednesday!
Concealed in the Rising Smoke
X-Ray Magazine: Mail Art or Artists’ Book?
Artists’ book exhibit opening at the AA/PG Library
Reading Reading Red
Artists’ Books at AA/PG: Kara Walker’s Pop-up
Interview with book artist Robin Price
Nobody ever dies of it: The artists’ books of Ida Applebroog
Featuring Artists’ Books in a Museum’s Collection
Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair Tour
Lines and Lines and Points: Artists’ Books by Sol LeWitt
Recently added artists’ book at the AA/PG Library
Political messages in Artists’ books
Quilting the Book
An Artist’s Book in a Trade Book’s Clothing
Hansel and Gretel at the American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library
Aftermath of a Catastrophe: 3.11.2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami: an artist’s Soulful Heart
Clouds come to the American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library
Corcoran Students Visit Hirshhorn Museum to Study Library’s Artists’ Books
Creating Meaning Together: A Selection of Collaborative Artists’ Books

—This post was contributed by Rita Sausmikat and Maya Riser-Kositsky, interns at the America
Jeremy Deller’s Artists’ Book “After the Gold Rush”
Artists Books tour for the 13th Biennial Book Arts Fair and Conference
This post was written by Anna Brooke, head of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gallery Library.
Books as Art?
This post was written by Lilla Vekerdy, Head of Special Collections.
The Smithsonian Libraries Artists’ Books Collection Online
The Smithsonian Libraries is pleased to announce the new webpage of the Smithsonian Libraries Artists’ Books Collection!
An Interview with Artist Josephine Stealey
The Fix: Museum Day Live – Exploring Careers in Libraries and Preservation
In anticipation of Smithsonian Libraries’ participation in this year’s Museum Day Live events on Saturday March 12th, we wanted to highlight Library Preservation work at the Book Conservation Lab here at Smithsonian Libraries, and draw attention to the varied interests and skills that are inherent to Preservation work and are important and driving forces in preserving library collections for the future.
Experiencing “The Ultimate Safari”
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting a book written and illustrated by female artists, The Ultimate Safari. The book is currently featured in our exhibition, Artists’ Books and Africa, which is open until September 2016 and is located in the
From Charlie Parker to Potato Chip Portraits: Exhibition of Recently Acquired Artists’ Books
The Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery (AA/PG) Library is pleased to present an exhibition of some of its recently acquired artists’ books in th