Exhibition · Prospect Park
At Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library in Prospect Heights, Christopher Myers Sets Banned Books Loose in Giant Tapestries
At Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library, artist and children's author Christopher Myers shows two 40-foot tapestries drawn from often-banned books, plus stained-glass sculptures of kids biking through the boroughs. Free, through January 15, 2027.
By NBT Editors · 2026-10-19
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Christopher Myers: Unbound is on view at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Library in Prospect Heights through January 15, 2027. Admission is free. The works span the building's facade, Grand Lobby, Youth Wing and second-floor balcony.
The centerpiece is a pair of 40-foot, site-specific tapestries. They weave together characters and settings from books that are often challenged or banned, including George Orwell's Animal Farm and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. Set against ongoing book bans across the country, they echo the library's Books Unbanned initiative and its mission of unlimited public access to books.
The second part of the show is a series of stained-glass sculptures featuring figures from Myers' forthcoming picture book Night Ride, due from Penguin Random House in September 2026. They show a group of New York City kids cycling across Brooklyn and the other boroughs under the night sky, with cityscapes built from jewel-toned pieces of glass.
Myers was born in New York in 1974 and lives and works in Brooklyn. He won a Caldecott Honor for illustrating Harlem, and his work is in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum and the Studio Museum in Harlem, among others. He is also working on a commission for the Brownsville Library, expected in 2027. The show was organized by BPL Presents with curator Cora Fisher.
