Fales Library & Special Collections

Exhibitions & Events

Fales regularly presents exhibitions in the Tracey/Barry Gallery, on the third floor of Bobst Library. Exhibitions are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are 10:00 to 5:30, Monday to Friday.

We also host ongoing lectures and panels, which are free and open to the public.

Exhibitions

Not only this, but 'New language beckons us'
Organized by Andrew Blackley for Visual AIDS
Opening Thursday, May 23 6-8pm

This exhibition is composed of archival objects from the Fales Library's Downtown Collection coupled with newly commissioned texts from contemporary artists and writers. Each text corresponds to a figure or object from the collection and highlights interpersonal affinities and adjacencies, influences and recollections. These couplings give voice to still-present narratives and discourses orbiting the intersection of art and HIV/AIDS—a theme that speaks to Visual AIDS' ongoing mission: to serve as an advocate for artists with AIDS and to recognize art as a tool for education and activism in the fight against AIDS.

Julie Ault, Dodie Bellamy, Gregg Bordowitz, Nancy Brooks Brody, Elijah Burgher, Kathe Burkhart, Sean Carrillo, Peter Cramer, Lia Gangitano, Matthias Herrmann, Jim Hubbard, Doug Ischar, William E. Jones, John Keene, Kevin Killian, Lia Gangitano, Nathanaël, John Neff, Uzi Parnes, Mary Patten, Nina Sobell, Ela Troyano, Ultra-red, Jack Waters, Joe Westmoreland, and Danh Vo

Events

The Riot Grrrl Collection: Book Launch
May 29, 6:30, Fales Library Reading Room

Lisa Darms, Curator of the Riot Grrrl Collection and editor of the Riot Grrrl Collection book, invites book contributors Ramdasha Bikceem (GUNK zine), Johanna Fateman (Artaud-Mania zine, and essayist for the book) and Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill; My Life With Evan Dando, Popstar zine; and more) to discuss their contributions to the book, their donations to the collection, and their perspective on Riot Grrrl 20 years later.

The Critical Topics in Food Series

FOOD POLITICS: The Politics of Food, Ten Years Later
Thursday, May 30, 2013 from 4:00-6:00 pm

Just as relevant today as when it was first published, Nestle’s Food Politics, the Tenth Anniversary Edition, is out with a new Foreword by Michael Pollan. It also has new Preface and a new Afterword, in which Nestle brings Food Politics up to date.

The panelists for this event include:

Corby Kummer, Senior Editor, The Atlantic.
Marion Nestle, Author and Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at NYU Steinhardt Professor of Sociology at NYU; and Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell.
Maricel Presilla, Chef, Author of Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America Named 2012 Cookbook of the Year by the James Beard Foundation
Katy Sparks, Chef and Owner of Katy Sparks Culinary Consulting.
Host: Clark Wolf, food and restaurant consultant. Wolf has more than thirty years of experience in the food industry and is founder and President of Clark Wolf Company, a New York-based food and restaurant consulting firm.

MEDIA ONLY: Reporters interested in covering or attending the event must contact Christopher James at 212-998-6876 or email christopher.james@nyu.edu.

Suggested donation: $10; RSVP to: rsvp.bobst@nyu.edu with your name and title/date of the event. For more information the public may call Elizabeth Wiest, 212 992 9744 or email liz.wiest@nyu.edu. Book signing and reception to follow. Food Politics, the Tenth Anniversary Edition, will be on sale at the event.

For the past five years the Fales Library, NYU's Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, along with Clark Wolf of Clark Wolf Company, Inc. have planned a series of public, scholarly panels and events highlighting current topics in food. These highly popular programs, ranging from such topics as "water," to the ethics of gourmet dining, to the "Farm Bill," are viewable here.

They have become important pedagogical tools and are used in classrooms to stimulate discussions about food.

Scheduling Events in the Fales Library

We are happy to make our space available for a wide range of events and programs. Please submit a copy of the Event Scheduling Form for each event at least SIX WEEKS in advance for consideration. Forms received after that time will not be processed.