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What is an artist’s book?
Concealed in the Rising Smoke
The Fix – Housing Artist’s Books
The Book Conservation Lab periodically receives artist’s books from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library with specia
Reading Reading Red
Artists’ Books at AA/PG: Kara Walker’s Pop-up
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
Creating Meaning Together: A Selection of Collaborative Artists’ Books

—This post was contributed by Rita Sausmikat and Maya Riser-Kositsky, interns at the America
The Smithsonian Libraries Artists’ Books Collection Online
The Smithsonian Libraries is pleased to announce the new webpage of the Smithsonian Libraries Artists’ Books Collection!
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
Artists’ Books and Earth Optimism: A Conservation Conversation
Significant Collection of Arion Press Publications Comes to Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Turning a Quarantine Into a Journey With Xavier de Maistre
A Christmas Carol Imagined by Arion Press and Ida Applebroog
Turning a Quarantine Into a Journey With Xavier de Maistre
Significant Collection of Arion Press Publications Comes to Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Artists’ Books and Earth Optimism: A Conservation Conversation
Celebrating a Centennial: 100 Years at the American Art and Portrait Gallery Library
Three Cheers for 100 Years of Fine Arts research at the Smithsonian!
It’s Alive! Arion Press’ Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
“It’s alive!” During the spooky season celebrated around Halloween, decorations and costumes of classic pop culture creatures abound, like Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein’s monster himself. Our modern conception of Frankenstein is a loveable zombie, tall and dopey with green skin and spiky hair, bolts and stitches. Originally published in 1818, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus actually tells the story of Dr.
A Christmas Carol Imagined by Arion Press and Ida Applebroog
Sonic Strategies in the Library
This exhibition and blog post were curated and written by Joana Stillwell.