“… Bob Farmer has collected the best of them, perhaps almost all of them, together in this volume. You are spoiled for choice in this 400-page encyclopedia..." - David Britland
Our weekly roundup of whimsy and wizardry. This week's installment includes Simon Pierro bending reality, David Blaine on Psychology and Magic, and a bedazzling Playboy model.
The McCord Museum has acquired an outstanding collection of posters and documents related to magic, the only one of its size in Canada. It is considered one of the five most important private collections on the subject in the world.
David Ben on why it is historically appropriate that the collection aquired by the McCord Museum, now the Allan Slaight Collection, is now located in the city of Montreal.
The McCord Museum’s acquisition of one of the world’s foremost private collections of stone lithographs from magic’s Golden Age generated a huge amount of press.