His popular exhibitions went under the banner "You've never seen anything like it!"

But an exhibition set for October has gone ahead.

As exhibitions go, this one is not large, occupying only the space of a long corridor.

The exhibition goes back to the 19th century for several landmark books.

Despite the losses - in part as a response to them - the exhibition scheduled for October has gone ahead.

"These are the longest days of the year, and the exhibition goes from natural light to pitch darkness."

A few leading critics of the Afghan war say the exhibition does not go far enough.

But when those exhibitions went up, what was on view of the permanent collection often had to come down.

As exhibitions go, this one is full of stops and starts.

The exhibition will go on a national tour following its run in New York.