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Beinecke exhibition tells the textured story of Japan's crêpe-paper book traditions

November 18, 2025
“Textured Stories: The Chirimen Books of Modern Japan” is on view at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library through May 3.
Two women viewing four open large-size books with historical etchings

Exhibition at Lewis Walpole Library surveys life and work of painter Thomas Patch through Dec. 15

November 12, 2025
“ Caricatures, Campagna, and Connoisseurs: Thomas Patch and the British Grand Tour in Eighteenth-Century Italy ” is on view in the exhibition gallery at the Lewis Walpole Library, through Dec. 15, Wednesdays from 2 to 4:30 pm.
collage of four jazz musicians, woman at far left with feathers, and man at center on sax, man at right on piano, and standing figure below

Music Library exhibition celebrates Yale’s first professor of jazz as oral historian

November 4, 2025
“Willie Ruff: In Jazz and in the World,” is on view in the Gilmore Music Library corridor through March 15.
Two men in distance lean over long glass vitrine displaying open books

New exhibition featuring artists’ books celebrates the versatility of the form

October 21, 2025
“Unfolding Events: Exploring the Past and Present in Artists‘ Books” is on view at Beinecke Library through March 1.
Two women pose for photo in front of black background that reads Textured Stories: The Chirimen Books of Modern Japan

New exhibitions open with fanfare and a flurry of media attention

October 3, 2025
The two new exhibitions that have just opened at Beinecke Library—“Textured Stories: The Chrimen Books of Modern Japan” and “Unfolding Events: Exploring Past and Present in Artists’ Books”—have already received coverage in more than 20 magazines and newspapers.
Two part graphic with drawing of green globe at left that reads "You are here" and Japanese woman holding baby and wearing traditional kimono at right

Library celebrates creative bookmaking and makers with two new exhibitions at Beinecke

August 27, 2025
On Tuesday, Sept. 2, two new exhibitions featuring traditional and contemporary handmade books open at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Student-curated exhibition of Nigerian pamphlet literature celebrates an emerging nation

June 4, 2025
“Street Talk: Pamphlet Literature of the Nigerian Marketplace” is on view in the Hanke Exhibition Gallery in Sterling Memorial Library through Sept. 14.
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