![]() The First Folio, as it's also recognized, includes 36 of Shakespeares 38 known plays, edited by his close friends, fellow writers and actors. This provides a compelling opportunity to come together with our partners and create something that none of us could accomplish singlehandedly on our own. The Gallery serves as an essential site in our community for us to come together, learn and discuss the ideas of our timesand Shakespeares work has provoked centuries of debate. This project fits with the Gallerys history of projects that explore the intersections of disciplines, media and popular culture and places art in broader cultural contexts, shares Anthony Kiendl, Vancouver Art Gallery CEO and Gallery Director. We are thrilled to co-present and host this capsule exhibition of the Folios at Vancouver Art Gallery. In partnership with the Vancouver Art Gallery, this tangible piece of cultural heritage will be exhibited to the public starting January 15, 2022, along with three subsequent seventeenth-century Folio editions of Shakespeare's plays, marking the first time all four Folios have been displayed in Vancouver. Preserving this precious book in UBC Library makes it accessible for future generations, inspires new knowledge, and furthers our commitment to engage in world-class research in the arts and humanities, said Santa J. ![]() "Adding a First Folio to the UBC Library collection represents a milestone in terms of our development as both a library and as a university. The First Folio is a cornerstone of English literature and with this donation, we are able to bring this cultural treasure into public ownership," Kalsbeek said. Katherine Kalsbeek, head of rare books and special collections (RBSC) at UBC Library, knew that with so few copies left in private hands the library had to act. The opportunity to purchase a First Folio arose in early 2021. UBC acquired the First Folio, formerly owned by a private collector in the U.S., through Christies New York with funding provided by a consortium of donors from across North America and with the generous support of the Department of Canadian Heritage. For All Time: The Shakespeare First Folio celebrates the University of British Columbia Librarys recent acquisition of a complete first edition of William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragediesan extremely rare book published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death and credited with preserving almost half of his plays.
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