New Acquisition: J.D.During the era of social distancing, ways in which we express ourselves have shifted from our outfits to our homemade meals, Instagram posts to TikTok videos, and showing off our new shoes to coworkers to showing off our new Zoom backgrounds while we continue to work from home.New Acquisition: Ars moriendi Blockbook.The Master of the Pico Pliny: In Memory of Lilian Armstrong.Belle da Costa Greene: Collecting Chinoiserie.Pulling Back the Curtains, Raising Shutters, and a Trip to Morgan's Bathroom: Discovering Swiss Stained Glass in J.

Following the American Expansion through Martin Egan's Eyes.

Color and Texture: An exploration of Ashley Bryan's collage papers.

Performing Femininity: Saul Steinberg's Depictions of Women.

Portrait of a Pigment: The Magic of Saffron.

The Belle da Costa Greene Professional Papers at the Morgan.

Allegorical depictions of the arts and sciences alternate with portraits of figures from Socrates to Michelangelo, identifying the library as a place for the preservation of art and ideas. Siddons Mowbray adorn the upper reaches of the room, and the signs of the zodiac are depicted in the ceiling's hexagonal spandrels. Two staircases, concealed behind bookcases, provide access to the balconies. The sixteenth-century Netherlandish tapestry over the mantelpiece depicts avarice, one of the seven deadly sins, personified by the mythological King Midas.

With its three-story inlaid walnut bookshelves and magnificent ceiling, the East Room was designed as a treasury for Pierpont Morgan's remarkable collection of rare printed books. The East Room is one of the grandest spaces in the Morgan, and maybe even in all of New York. Maybe you are wearing sweatpants on your Zoom call, but you are doing it just a few feet away from a Gutenberg Bible. J Pierpont Morgan’s Library: The East Room.

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