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Curator Jennifer Tonkovich, discusses the exhibition Degas: Drawings and Sketchbooks. |
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Isabelle Dervaux, curator of modern and contemporary drawings, discusses the exhibition Roy Lichtenstein: the Black and White Drawings, 1961–1968. |
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In conjunction with the film The Divine Jane: Reflections on Austen, the Morgan produced additional short films featuring each of the participants. In this video, Colm Tóibín describes the relationship between his latest novel Brooklyn and Austen's Pride and Prejudice. |
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Sandy Lerner discusses her deep connection to Jane Austen's works. |
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Cornel West comments on Jane Austen and the human condition. |
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Siri Hustvedt describes Jane Austen's mastery of language. |
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Harriet Walter reflects on playing various characters from Austen's novels. |
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Fran Lebowitz explains why she thinks Austen is popular for all the wrong reasons. |
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The Divine Jane: Reflections on Austen a short documentary film specially commissioned for the exhibition A Woman's Wit: Jane Austen's Life and Legacy, examines the influence of Austen's fiction—and her enduring fame—through interviews with leading writers, scholars, and actors. |
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The James Fuld Collection of music manuscripts, renowned for its outstanding first-edition scores, was formally acquired by the Morgan in 2008. The collection also contains exemplary manuscripts, including a sketch by Beethoven for his Seventh Symphony. |
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Philippe de Montebello interviews Isabelle Dervaux, Curator, Modern and Contemporary Drawings, about the exhibition New at the Morgan: Acquisitions Since 2004. Presenting over one hundred works that underscore the great scope of the Morgan's collecting interests, New at the Morgan includes old master and modern drawings, literary and musical manuscripts, illuminated texts, and rare printed books and bindings. |
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Philippe de Montebello interviews William M. Griswold, director of The Morgan Library & Museum, about the life of Pierpont Morgan, the founding of the Morgan, and the Morgan's collections and historic architecture. |
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Curator H. George Fletcher discusses several highlights from the exhibition Protecting the Word: Bookbindings of the Morgan, including a bejeweled eighth-century binding used on the famous Lindau Gospels. |
