A drawings show for a big-budget artist is kind of like an acoustic concert for a stadium pop star: you ‘DE LAMA LÂMINA: Orixá de Ferro’ (2005) by Matthew Barney. (Courtesy the artist and the Morgan ...

The Barney Library has long been a repository of the collected knowledge and culture of humankind. But as 88-year-old Greek Revival buildings go, the oldest branch of the Farmington Library, despite ...

Director’s College Programs at the Barney Library begin March 30 with a program titled “In Search of Edith Wharton’s Passions and Repressions,” presented by Jane Barstow, professor emerita of English ...

But first, a note about Mr. Zell’s attire. He was wearing jeans and a light gray sweater while most of the audience in the Library’s underground auditorium were wearing a suit and tie. On his outfit : ...