This exhibition, drawn almost exclusively from the rich collections of The New York Public Library, was a large, multipart survey of how the Arctic has been visually depicted, defined, and imagined over the past 500 years, and invited us to consider how this history relates to our current understanding of the Arctic. The presentation ranged from 16th-century explorers who attempted to capture the perceived strangeness of a remote region to contemporary artists whose work conveys the human impact on its changing climate and vulnerable landscape. Learn more!