National Endowment for the Humanities Awards Covid Relief Grants

The American Rescue Plan Act, with its $87.8 million in funding, will support projects at nearly 300 cultural and educational institutions in the country.

New York Public Library to Keep Picture Collection Browsable

A plan to archive the resource, used by many artists, including Warhol, has been shelved.

Hands Off the Library’s Picture Collection!

Cornell, Spiegelman and Warhol browsed the famous collection of images in the New York Public Library. Now a century of serendipitous discovery will come to an end if the collection is closed off to the public.

A Glowing Shrine to the Printed Word

A mighty wall of books impresses in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, a transformed branch that bursts with new services and technology.

Opinion | Consider Loving Midtown Instead of Hating It

As awe-inspiring as the emptiness of 2020 was, it’s the people (yes, those we exasperatedly call crowds when commuting) who make me feel at home.

Curator Joy Bivins Is Named New Director of the Schomburg Center

As the center moves beyond the pandemic, Bivins plans to add more items reflecting the African diaspora and make those materials more accessible.