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We are delighted to announce our first ever California popup, taking place in Los Angeles this October 29th and 30th! It will consist of a day long symposium at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, a tour of the Templo Mayor de la Santa Muerte with its High Priestess, and a free book event for our new book The Anatomical Venus, also at La Luz de Jesus! Full schedule below. Hope to see you at one or more of these great events! Saturday, October 29th 12-6 pm Day Long Symposium at La Luz de Jesus ; Tickets and more can be found here . 12.00 Tracy Hurley Martin: Introductory remarks 12.15 Richard Faulk: Witches, Weavers, Pimps, and Whores: Curse Tablets and the Rarely Seen Working Class in Ancient Rome 12.45 Megan Rosenbloom: Anthropodermic Bibliopegy: Books Bound in Human Skin 1.15 Elizabeth Harper: The Miraculous Relics of "Uncle Vincent" 1.45 Joanna Ebenstein: The Morbid Anatomy Museum 2.15 Stephen Vesesky: Kraftwerk: Sex, Lies and Audiotape 2.45 Tonya Hurley & Tracy Hurley Martin: S...

 The Farwell Children, Deacon Robert Peckham (1785-1877), Fitchburg, Massachusetts, c. 1841. Oil on canvas, 53 1/2 x 40 1/2″; 62 1/2 x 48″ (framed). Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York. Gift of Raph Esmerian, 2005.8.11. Photo © 2000 John Bigelow Taylor. Following is a guest post from our friends at The American Folk Art Museum about some exciting events related to their wonderful new exhibition on post-mortem portraiture. One of the events-- a symposium entitled How We Remember: Death in American Art and Culture, taking place on January 28--will be moderated by Morbid Anatomy's creator Joanna Ebenstein. Securing the Shadow: Posthumous Portraiture in America , on view at the American Folk Art Museum through February 26, 2017, is a contemplation of American self-taught portraiture through the lens of memory and loss. Curated by Stacy C. Hollander, the exhibition traces the derivation of posthumous portraiture from literal shadows traced on a wall to the metaphorical shadow...

Do you have an anatomical themed tattoo, or do you create your own? If so, might you be interested in being part of a new book? In that case, please read the call for submissions below from our artist and anatomist Emily Evans; she can be contacted at contact [at] anatomyboutiquebooks [dot] com. We are looking for examples of anatomy related tattoos to include in our latest publication. If you are an artist who has created an anatomical tattoo and would like to see your work published or if you have an anatomical tattoo yourself, we would love to hear from you! • Skull and Skeleton • Muscles • Human hearts • Organs • Cyber anatomy • Torn / sutured Also, if you are based in the UK and interested in getting an anatomical tattoo for free or reduced rate for use as a possible cover image, send an email to the same address, contact [at] anatomyboutiquebooks [dot] com .