Mindy Belloff’s newest work featured at the Peabody Essex Museum. Sept 28, 2019 – Mar 29, 2020.

Mindy Belloff’s newest work is prominently featured at the Peabody Essex Museum. “The Creative Legacy of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Selections from the Phillips Library Collection,” is on view from September 28, 2019 through March 29, 2020.

This is the first exhibition in a new gallery dedicated to showcasing works from the museum’s research library. Nathaniel Hawthorne is integral to Salem’s rich history, and PEM’s Phillips Library collection includes over 3,000 individual volumes by the author.

The library’s recent acquisition of Mindy Belloff‘s A Golden Thread, a contemporary reinterpretation of Hawthorne’s short story “The Minotaur,” considers the links between past and present, visual and verbal, and how artists have drawn on one another’s work throughout time. Focusing on the visual artistry of bookmaking and printing, from cover designs to typography, this exhibition highlights the full creativity present in books as art objects.

Mindy Belloff is the proprietor of the only private fine press in Manhattan. The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, the oldest continuously operating museum in the United States, ranks in the top 20 art museums in the country. Web: Peabody Essex Museum