Biomedical Library at the Hammer, February 15- May 24
Local artist Francesca Gabbiani’s Houseguest exhibition at the Hammer Museum includes several items from History & Special Collections for the Sciences. According to the museum, “Houseguest is a new series of artist-curated exhibitions at the Hammer that provide an opportunity for artists to delve into the rich and varied collections at UCLA. For this installation, Gabbiani … was particularly drawn to images of witchcraft and sorcery, and these themes, which are often subtly evoked in her own work, became the focus of her choices for the exhibition.” The Biomedical Library’s contributions include illustrations of deadly and poisonous plants, in books ranging from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century.”
