Bridwell Art Library

Bridwell Art Library The Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library contains the University of Louisville's research collection in art, design, and architecture.

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Bridwell Art Library Construction Update Week 4: Construction is moving along nicely.ID: A color photo of a windowless w...
05/29/2026

Bridwell Art Library Construction Update Week 4: Construction is moving along nicely.

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Our latest puzzle has been completed.ID: A color photo of a colorful completed jigsaw puzzle.
05/28/2026

Our latest puzzle has been completed.

ID: A color photo of a colorful completed jigsaw puzzle.

New Book Wednesday- The Alchemical Feminine: Women, Gender and Sexuality in Alchemical Images - Casa Kahlo: Frida Kahlo'...
05/27/2026

New Book Wednesday
- The Alchemical Feminine: Women, Gender and Sexuality in Alchemical Images
- Casa Kahlo: Frida Kahlo's Home and Sanctuary
- Living Jewish Art: The Work of Itshak Holtz
- Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration of N**i Uprooted Art
- Imagining a New Natural History: Latin American Cultural Production in the Anthropocene
- Alice Baber: An Artist's Triumph Over Tragedy
- Anni Albers: A Life

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Looking for the Artists and Information Files on our website? The finding aids are currently offline for maintenance, b...
05/26/2026

Looking for the Artists and Information Files on our website? The finding aids are currently offline for maintenance, but we expect they will be online again by fall 2026. The physical files are available for in-person research at the Art Library. Contact [email protected] for more information.

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Today, we honor and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. See you tomorrow! ID: A color photo of an exterior o...
05/25/2026

Today, we honor and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. See you tomorrow!

ID: A color photo of an exterior of a building with a minerva hung on the building.

Happy Friday Cards! Bridwell Art Library will be closed on Monday,May 25 in observance of Memorial Day. We honor and rem...
05/22/2026

Happy Friday Cards! Bridwell Art Library will be closed on Monday,May 25 in observance of Memorial Day. We honor and remember those who gave their lives in service to our country. We wish everyone a safe and meaningful holiday.

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Bridwell Art Library Construction Update Week 3: The windows are coming out. Stay tuned for more updates! ID: A color p...
05/21/2026

Bridwell Art Library Construction Update Week 3: The windows are coming out. Stay tuned for more updates!

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New Books still arrive during Summer Break!- Glitches & Glory: The Digitally Rewired Art of David Szauder - Paul Klee: O...
05/20/2026

New Books still arrive during Summer Break!
- Glitches & Glory: The Digitally Rewired Art of David Szauder
- Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds
- Franz Gertsch: Blow-Up
- The Collars of RBG: A Portrait of Justice
- I love it. What is it?: The power of instinct in design and branding
- The Gatherers
- Ellsworth Kelly: Spectrum Colors Arranged by Chance

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Bridwell Art Library recently added the 700th title to our Artists' Book collection:Deux cent soixante-quatorze personna...
05/19/2026

Bridwell Art Library recently added the 700th title to our Artists' Book collection:
Deux cent soixante-quatorze personnages
by Marc-Antoine K Phaneuf
2026
Québec
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, 2026

From the publisher- " An artist's book combining literature and graphic design, Two Hundred and Seventy-Four Characters is a collection of ordinary people. Of minimal poetry -- the meeting of a first and a last name -- this chaotic inventory brings together improbable figures, invented or real, crossed by the author or borrowed from popular culture. Each page unfolds a beginning and a fall, giving rise to a play on words or sounds, a lively encounter between heterogeneous cultural elements. Modest yet imposing, Two Hundred and Seventy-Four Characters is a singular object, a book of rare workmanship, entirely gilded -- pages, edges, cover, spine. By its assumed materiality, the object makes you want to be held in the hand, leafed through and preserved, like the most solemn of breviaries."

ID: A closed artist book with a gold cover with white text written in french on a table.

Happy Monday Cards! The windows are almost gone.ID: A color photo of a water fountain in front of a windowless wall.
05/18/2026

Happy Monday Cards! The windows are almost gone.

ID: A color photo of a water fountain in front of a windowless wall.

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Louisville, KY
40292

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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