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May 22, 2024

Plesch lectures at the Baxter Society on British Artist Tom Phillips

On May 15 Professor of Art Véronique Plesch gave a lecture at the Baxter Society in Portland. She spoke on “The Many Paradoxes of Tom Phillips’s A Humument,” discussing the project that British artist Tom Phillips (1937–2022) carried for fifty years, altering W.H. Mallock’s Victorian novel. Founded in 1983, the Baxter Society is the Bibliophilic Fellowship of Northern New England, whose objectives are to advance the quality and diversity of private and public libraries; promote excellence in the arts pertaining to the history, design, and production of books; and provide a supportive environment for those interested in the creation, preservation, and collection of books.