Read an excerpt from my new book Deaths of Artists - lithub.com/what-obituarie… via Literary Hub

In an excerpt from her new book, writer and photographer Sara Heinonen reflects on Hamilton, Ontario’s understated landmark.

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MANUSCRIPT, in matters of literature, denotes a written book, in contradistinction to a printed one.

FAMOUS ARTIST DIES PENNILESS AND ALL ALONE: The Met Museum’s Fascinating Archive of Artists’ Death Notices

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[CW: Death, suicide.]

At our next event, Jim Moske Managing Archivist of The Metropolitan Museum of Art will share the contents of 2 scrapbooks, packed with century-old obituaries of artists who died tragically by suicide, foul play, disease, or in bizarre accidents.

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I will present my DEATHS OF ARTISTS project on 26 Oct 2022 at Jefferson Market NYPL. Slideshow & talk will explore weird obituaries of long-gone artists & profile eccentric curator who collected them. Register: tinyurl.com/ndd74fdd #deathsofartists

Every sound is not a musical sound.

New York, NY: Associate Archivist, Egyptian Art Department, Metropolitan Museum of Art archivesgig.com/2022/06/17/new…

New York, NY: Asst Archivist, Metropolitan Museum of Art archivesgig.com/2022/06/14/new…

MANUSCRIPT, in matters of literature, denotes a written book, in contradistinction to a printed one.

Check out Monuments Man, the newly released amplified version of my grandfather’s memoir, now available. The photos, footnotes and captions make the wartime account accessible to current generations. rizzoliusa.com/book/978084787…

HISTORÝ, a description or recital of things as they are, have been, in a continued orderly narration of the principal facts and circumstances thereof.

Currently semi-obsessed with this stunningly detailed trompe l'oeil picture, The Printsellers Window, 1883, by little-known English artist Walter Goodman Memorial Art Gallery—an extended meditation on the modern culture of the image & photography's impact on the art of painting

I pretended I was a 1920s tabloid writer assigned to title death stories found in Renaissance biographer Vasari’s “Lives of the Artists”. My unorthodox riffing confirms a valuable point: modern characterizations of the artistic personality have deep roots. instagram.com/p/CZVcNwVF3PT/…

Jim Moske—MET archivist—shares the story of Arturo B. de St. M. D’Hervilly, an early predecessor who maintained tomes of newspaper clippings on artist obits. Here's the beautifully written, emotional story of his find. #wanderingeye
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“The Met should mount an exhibition of this extraordinary early work of archive-fever and conceptualism.” ⁦Jerry Saltz⁩ on ⁦Jim Moske⁩’s Literary Hub essay about an obscure early collection of artists’ obituaries: bit.ly/3FVMlC3 instagram.com/p/CZFOaakJiQ_/…

Jim Moske Literary Hub The Metropolitan Museum of Art Jim, what a fantastic piece of research and the photographs are simply perfect. If you have more, send them to me, somehow. After a certain amount of time maybe I can post some different ones. That’s how possibly good this is. Is there a way to give you credit on my Instagram?

Stoked that my essay and photos published in Literary Hub drew Jerry Saltz attention to an amazing The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection instagram.com/p/CZFOaakJiQ_/… #deathsofartists

I haven’t looked forward to reading an essay more than this in a long time. Hits a lot of check marks for me. From Jim Moske lithub.com/metropolitan-m…