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Morbid Anatomy began as a blog…

Morbid Anatomy was created as a blog by artist, designer and independent scholar Joanna Ebenstein in support of a photo exhibition in 2007. It set out to survey, in the words of its subtitle, “the interstices of art and medicine, death and culture. Its image heavy and scholarly yet accessible posts developed a cult following of artists, academics, and rogue scholars.

Since then, it has expanded to include the Morbid Anatomy Library, lectures, exhibitions, classes, spectacles, symposia, field trips, books, parties, and films.

It is best known for its brief incarnation as the critically acclaimed Morbid Anatomy Museum (2013-2016), co founded by Ebenstein with Tracy Hurley Martin in Brooklyn, New York.

Today, Morbid Anatomy is overseen by its founder and creative director Joanna Ebenstein and programming director and head librarian Laetitia Barbier, and continues its activities with a variety of online offerings as well as collaborations with partners and venues.

You can visit the blog that started it all here.