Posts by Chantal Lee

Art and Artists Book Club: Frank O'Hara, a Poet Among Painters

 by Chantal Lee, Librarian, Wallach Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
June 4, 2021
Twenty readers joined us, from New York City’s boroughs to South Korea, as we read out loud, interpreted and reflected on the poems, the poet, and poetry’s relationship to painting.
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Art and Artists Book Club: The World of Islamic Miniatures and of Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red

 by Chantal Lee, Librarian, Wallach Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
March 3, 2021
Taking place in late 16th century Istanbul, the novel focuses on the tradition of miniature painting during the Ottoman period, and also on the spreading influence of Italian painting. NYPL is fortunate to have a 17th century Ottoman copy of 'Shahnameh' whose stories are a recurring reference in the novel.
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Art and Artists Book Club: Exploring Rebecca Solnit's River of Shadows

by Chantal Lee, Librarian, Wallach Division, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
November 18, 2020
Readers joined us for this discussion on Zoom from Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx; upstate in New Paltz; a patio in Santa Fe; a campground in California; a living room in Hawaii; and from more distant time zones of Sicily and Mumbai.
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