Persi Diaconis

Quanta Magazine’s Great Piece on This Magic Legend.

Conjuring Arts Lending Libraries

We now loan magic props and magic books! Read Noah Levine’s great piece on it now.

David Blaine Predicts the Future

Want to know what the top magician in the world thinks of the future of magic? Read the Economist piece now.

Cool Hunting Visits Conjuring Arts Again!

This is a great piece about rarities in New York. Conjuring Arts is featured starting at about 1:37.

Ask Alexander

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David Roth – In Memoriam

David Roth – In Memoriam

In 2011 Conjuring Arts was blessed to welcome a new team member, the legendary master, David Roth. David was world renown for his unequaled skill with sleight of hand coin magic and is considered by most as the most skillful coin magician of all time. Not only was...

Ed Marlo in France!

Ed Marlo in France!

Recently, here at Conjuring Arts, we have been working on transcribing a large file of letters from Ed Marlo to Mel Brown. They span from 1954 to 1991 and are quite fascinating, containing gossip, reviews of books and videos, tricks and sleights, tips and finesses,...

Listen to the Piddington’s

Listen to the Piddington’s

Here's a full recording of The Piddington's - a husband and wife team who gained worldwide fame performing a telepathy routine that bordered on the supernatural. You can find out more about them by reading the  fascinating biographical piece that Barry Wiley...

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Lori Pieper – In Memoriam

Lori Pieper – In Memoriam

It’s with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our wonderful friend and translator, Lori Pieper. Lori had just recently relocated back to Iowa from New York City and on Wednesday August 8th she did not awake from her sleep. In 2003 when Conjuring Arts had just...

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An Exploration of the Lines of Magic through The Human Aquarium

An Exploration of the Lines of Magic through The Human Aquarium

While exploring vulnerability and authenticity, Blaine takes the audience into moments from the last two specials and things they haven’t seen- let alone could’ve expected. The thousands of people that filed into the Sands Bethlehem Events Center outside of Allentown,...

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Eric Mead, Senior Fellow at Conjuring Arts

Eric Mead, Senior Fellow at Conjuring Arts

ERIC MEAD "From that day on, every single day of my life I have thought about and worked on magic tricks." By Alex Boyce An audience of hundreds may be introduced to him by an emcee, or he may introduce himself at a private party, or his name may appear on television....

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Magic Christmas

Magic Christmas

The holiday season is full of surprises and magic abounds...even through the mail. Check out our virtual gallery to see some clever greetings in the Magic Christmas Card Collection. Special thanks to Mark Setteducati for sharing some of his own cards, adding to...

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The Magic of Paul LePaul

The Magic of Paul LePaul

Paul LePaul (1900 - 1958) "LePaul is one of the greatest manipulative magicians ever to practice the art of pleasant deception." - John Mulholland Paul LePaul was gifted with the rare combination of superb technique and master showmanship. Although he is widely known...

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Card Men of Mystery

Card Men of Mystery

  Most considered him to likely have been a card cheat, but Professor Hoffmann had seen him perform magic. In this exhibition we've exerpted a chapter from Hoffmann's Conjurer Dick where we see that Charlier not only performed magic with cards, but truly followed...

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CHARLIE MILLER :: MNW336

CHARLIE MILLER :: MNW336

Charlie Miller is one of those name tossed around in the context of modern magic that I feel most f the community knows too little about. I hope that this conversation with some of his closest friends does something to rectify that.
David Blaine :: MNW54

David Blaine :: MNW54

With only hours to go before David Blaine's "Dive of Death" is set to air on ABC, David took time to speak with us by phone. David talked about the medical breaks that many have referred to by some as cheating, his medical condition, his readiness for the final stunt...

RICHARD TURNER :: MNW335

RICHARD TURNER :: MNW335

In July of 2008 I was thrilled to have the chance to record an interview with Richard "The Cheat" Turner. While updating the links to the entire podcast archive, I realized that I had never posted the promised second part of that conversation. Fortunately, I had it in...

An Exploration of the Lines of Magic through The Human Aquarium

An Exploration of the Lines of Magic through The Human Aquarium

While exploring vulnerability and authenticity, Blaine takes the audience into moments from the last two specials and things they haven’t seen- let alone could’ve expected. The thousands of people that filed into the Sands Bethlehem Events Center outside of Allentown,...

read more
Eric Mead, Senior Fellow at Conjuring Arts

Eric Mead, Senior Fellow at Conjuring Arts

ERIC MEAD "From that day on, every single day of my life I have thought about and worked on magic tricks." By Alex Boyce An audience of hundreds may be introduced to him by an emcee, or he may introduce himself at a private party, or his name may appear on television....

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Rare, Beautiful, and Full of Fascinating Stories

Rare, Beautiful, and Full of Fascinating Stories

Conjuring Arts brings you: Al Munroe's Magical Miscellany        Extremely rare and difficult to acquire, the Magical Miscellany was created, edited and printed by Al Munroe, a wily old Detroit newspaperman. He had been around magic and magicians for...

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The Magic of Paul LePaul

The Magic of Paul LePaul

Paul LePaul (1900 - 1958) "LePaul is one of the greatest manipulative magicians ever to practice the art of pleasant deception." - John Mulholland Paul LePaul was gifted with the rare combination of superb technique and master showmanship. Although he is widely known...

read more
Card Men of Mystery

Card Men of Mystery

  Most considered him to likely have been a card cheat, but Professor Hoffmann had seen him perform magic. In this exhibition we've exerpted a chapter from Hoffmann's Conjurer Dick where we see that Charlier not only performed magic with cards, but truly followed...

read more

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