Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions at the Morgan Library - NYIABF Lecture

New York International Antiquarian Book Fair
Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Avenue, New York, NY

Illustration of a man in a blue robe with gold trim, holding a cane, against a gold-patterned background.

Bonifacio Bembo, Time, from the Visconti-Sforza Tarot, Lombardy, ca. 1456–58. Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.630.10

Exhibition curators Josh O’Driscoll and Frank Trujillo will speak about the origins of Tarot in Renaissance Italy, the earliest surviving decks from the fifteenth century, and the cards’ ongoing relevance as a source for artists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Trujillo is the Drue Heinz Book Conservator in the Morgan’s Thaw Conservation Center and Josh O’Driscoll is the Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum.

About the speakers:

The left side features a professional photo of Joshua O'Driscoll, wearing a dark suite with a red necktie and standing in front of shelves of books. The right side features Frank Trujillo with a beard and dark hair, wearing a white shirt and a dark apron with leather straps, standing in a workshop.

Joshua O’Driscoll, Morgan Library & Museum, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, Associate Curator (left) and Frank Trujillo, Drue Heinz Book Conservator at The Morgan Library & Museum (right)