Grolier Club Exhibition 2016

Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren't
January 28 - March 12, 2016
Grolier Club, 2nd floor member's exhibition gallery; 47 E. 60th St. NYC

NEXT PUBLIC TOUR IS 
THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1-2 PM
ALL WELCOME! Also, there is a lecture coming up at FIT:
Feldman Center, Lagary Boardroom, C903
Fashion Institute of Technology
27th St @ 7th ave
New York, NY 10001

or call 212.217.4370 or 212.217.4400




FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT 
mindelldubansky@gmail.com
Daytime: 212-650-2890

Evening: 212-348-1674
http://www.grolierclub.org


PRESS COVERAGE OF THE EXHIBITION

January 27: The New Yorker published a listing in it's Above and Beyond Section. 
http://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/above-and-beyond/blooks-the-art-of-books-that-arent

January 28 and 29: ANew York Times article Blooks: A Secret in Every Tome came out online on Thursday, January 28 and was featured in the Friday Weekend Arts section on Janurary 29, with 1 1/2 pages and a mention on the front page of the paper!
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/books/a-secret-in-every-tome-no-text-required.html



Saturday, January 30: The Guardian published Rebecca Rego Barry's Blook Madness: Inside the World of Bogus Books.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/30/blook-madness-inside-the-world-of-bogus-books

February 2: An illustrated article in the Italian newsblog Il Post, Libre che non lo erano.
http://www.ilpost.it/2016/02/02/libri-che-non-lo-erano-2/

February 5: The blog Untapped Cities, published a review of he show by Vera Penvic, who wrote about one of the tours she attended.
http://untappedcities.com/2016/02/05/nycs-grolier-club-presents-blooks-the-art-of-books-that-arent/



February 21: CBS Sunday Morning News Program interview.
A Celebration of Fake Books, with Lee Cowan.
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/a-celebration-of-fake-books/

Also:
http://www.against-the-grain.com/2016/02/atg-quirkies-an-obsession-with-books-that-arent/
http://klaava.com/tag/grolier/
https://www.justcollecting.com/books/the-grolier-club-is-to-celebrate-the-world-of-the-blook-in-a-new-exhibition
http://boingboing.net/2016/02/08/blooks-functional-objects-dis.html
http://theblogonthebookshelf.blogspot.com/2016/02/blooks-art-of-books-that-arent.html
http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/3950188-151/a-secret-in-every-book-but-no?referrer=bullet6#


FREE PUBLIC EVENTS:
Check the Grolier Club for exhibition hours.

LUNCHTIME TOURS

Every Thursday during the exhibition from 1:00-2:00 PM, beginning on January 28, I will conduct free tours of the exhibition for the public. Groups are welcome. 


BLOOKS PANEL DISCUSSION

February 2: Evening colloquium, sponsored by the Grolier Club and

Columbia University Rare Books Library. RSVP to  brennan@grolierclub.org. If you want a catalog, pre-order through this site and I will bring them to the event. Speakers: Mindell Dubansky, Bruce and Lynn Heckman, Lynn Festa and Karla Neilsen, moderator





AT FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology)
March 2: Blooks slide lecture (I'll bring some books to sell). 6:00 PM.
Location: (address to come - Board Room, C Building, 9th floor)

PRIVATE EVENTS FOR GROLIER MEMBERS AND OTHER GROUPS:


January 27: Opening for Grolier Club members and book donors
February 8: Private tour for Watson Library and MMA colleagues, book magic demo. FULLY BOOKED
February 10: Curator's Chat for Grolier members and their guests
February 18: Tour and reception for donors, friends and Guild of Book Workers NYC and BCNYC. Blook magic demo by Francis Karagonis.
February 25: Private tour for Friends of the Watson Library

ARTICLES AND PRESS

  • Article. "The Art of Books That Aren't".  Nineteenth Century. The Magazine of the Victorian Society in America. December, 2015.
  • Article. "Les Blooks". Arts et Metier du Livres. January, 2016.

The video is a preview of some of the items you will see.



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