R.I.P. Adrian Frutiger, 1928-2015
Adrian Frutiger, one of the best-known typeface designers of the 20th century, has died. His work includes such ubiquitous font families as Univers, Avenir, and of course, Frutiger. We’re talking a guy whose career started in the era of metal…
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Rodin at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
As my more faithful readers will know already, I’m pretty seriously into Rodin. There is a fantastic touring Rodin show that is currently being exhibited at he Montreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal. This show…
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![Joan Semmel, “Purple Diagonal” (1980) (courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York, © 2015 Joan Semmel / Artists Rights Society [ARS], New York)](http://greynotgrey.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Semmel_Purple_Diagonal_198013-150x112.jpg)
Currently Showing – Joan Semmel (NYC) An Artistic History of Death (Nashville)
Joan Semmel in NYC Joan Semmel has a show at Alexander Gray Associates (NYC) – sadly I will only be in town the week after, but for those of you fortunate enough to be able to go, it’s a great…
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It’s Museum Week 2015 on Twitter! #MuseumWeek
Hey art nerds, it’s Museum Week! If you are on Twitter, the hashtag #MuseumWeek will bring you a selection of interesting items from museums from around the world. Each day has a theme… today, it’s secrets. Check out the twitter blog…
R.I.P. David Bowie, 1947-2016
RIP David Bowie, one of the great artistic geniuses of our time. We all know him as a musician, actor, and erstwhile painter, but he was also a very astute cultural observer. Here he is in an interview from 1999,…
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