The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is having a wonderful exhibit called Mystery & Wonder : A Legacy of Golden Age Magicians in New York City. My friends Judge Gary Brown and Charles Green were there at the opening. I had a nice chat with Charles on the phone earlier in the week. He is quite the avid magic historian. I saw photos on Facebook that Judge Gary took and the event is clearly a hit. Though in some ways it looks like my living room, lol.
Here is the description from the website: "In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a surge of magicians began to refine their art, finding larger audiences and building communities of practice, especially in New York City. This period has come to be known as The Golden Age of Magic. This history of magic and magicians has long been documented through text and image as a form of theater by the Billy Rose Theater Division at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Now, the exhibition Mystery & Wonder, curated by Annemarie van Roessel, will display our rich and historic archival materials related to the art of magic and the fascinating lives of magicians performing in New York City during the Golden Age."
To learn more about it, you can visit their website here: https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/mystery-and-wonder-legacy-golden-age-magicians-new-york-city
This is open to the public and I believe the tour is free, though you may want to check to be sure.
Its located at:
The Vincent Astor Gallery, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
111 Amsterdam Ave
New York, NY 10023
