An Abandoned Cabinet Unearths a Trove of Unseen Kodachrome Slides Documenting 1960s San Francisco
August 22, 2023
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An 18th-Century Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants Honors the Groundbreaking Artist Elizabeth Blackwell
August 11, 2023
Pi Cheng Hsiu Traverses Taiwan to Document a Disappearing Population of Elephant Slides
July 27, 2023
A 16th-Century Book of Astrological Ideas Tried to Predict the Future Using Illustrated Wheel Charts
July 11, 2023
Archaeologists Uncover a Fresco in Pompeii with a Cheesy Pizza-Like Dish Served on a Silver Platter
June 28, 2023
Page Through a 19th-Century Embossed U.S. Atlas Designed with Touchable Cartography for Blind Students
June 23, 2023
Heidi Gustafson’s ‘Book of Earth’ Embarks on a Visual Voyage Through the World of Natural Pigments
June 15, 2023
‘Temples of Books’ Is an Ode to the Grandeur and Democratic Ideals of Public Libraries
May 30, 2023
Jean Baptiste Vérany’s Wildly Influential Cephalopod Chromolithographs Depict Sea Creatures in Stunning Opalescent Color
May 26, 2023
A Humbling Short Film Visualizes the Breathtaking Magnitude of 13.8 Billion Years of Cosmic Existence
May 24, 2023
Steve Messam’s Inflatable Installations Highlight How Landscapes and Architecture Shape Communities and Culture
May 15, 2023
‘A World History of Women Photographers’ Unearths Hundreds of Images that Enrich the Canon
May 4, 2023
An Exquisite Enlightenment-Era Book Catalogs 570 Types of Marble in Vivid Color
April 26, 2023
‘A History of the World According to Getty Images’ Challenges the Power Structures Inherent in the Capture and Control of Footage
April 20, 2023
Duct Tape and Dreams: The Wild History of SFMOMA’s Famous Soapbox Derby
April 4, 2023
Explore Hundreds of Thousands of Japanese Woodblock Prints in a Ukiyo-e Archive
March 27, 2023