Mind Readers: artists' books by Gail Wight on view at Bowes Art & Architecture Library
Mind Readers presents a selection of books that Prof. Gail Wight has created over the past thirty years.
Blog topic: Art
Stanford Libraries 2023 #ColorOurCollections
Calling all Artists! The Stanford Libraries #ColorOurCollection2023 digital coloring book is here. Get creative and put your personal spin on thirteen exemplary images from our collection. Organized by the New York Academy of Medicine, libraries, archives, and cultural institutions from across the world have turned their most compelling images into free downloadable coloring books.
Keep calm and color in the Art Library
Come destress with puzzles and coloring books through December 20th.
Dance with Death at Green Library on Oct. 31, 2022
In celebration of Halloween–and to encourage us all to look up from our phones and laptops–Green Library was visited by several skeletons on Monday, October 31, to bring to life the Dance of Death.
New exhibit in the Bowes Art & Architecture Library - Contours of an Invisible City
Contours of an Invisible City envisions Rome as a multiverse of sorts – an ancient metropolis teeming with phantasms and histories. Pairing guidebooks from the 16th-20th centuries with a new series of photographs by non-fiction photographer Kieran Dodds, the exhibition invites reflection on the palimpsest of invisible cities that are Rome.
Curated by Christian Gonzalez Ho, 2nd-year PhD student in art history.
Welcome to Lindsay King
It is my great pleasure to welcome Lindsay King to Stanford Libraries as the new Head of the Bowes Art & Architecture Library. Lindsay's first day was Monday, August 1st. Prior to joining Stanford, Lindsay served as the Associate Director for Access and Research Services at the Robert B.
New exhibition: CODEX comes to the Art Library, new acquisitions 2022
Climate change, covid, and textile design are some of the themes explored in this exhibition. Our collaboration continues with Prof. Gail Wight as her labels not only describe the unique features of each work but include how these objects will be used in teaching and learning.