A very happy 89th birthday to The New Yorker. While there’s no classic Eustace Tilley cover this year (the last time we saw Tilley as Rea Irvin* intended was in 2011, we do have, according to the Art Editor, Francoise Mouly, “the first published Tilley painted on an iPhone”; inside the magazine, not including the drawings on the
Read moreMonth: February 2014
Marilyn Monroe & Thurber’s Drawings
Well here’s something totally out-of-the-blue: from ABC News, this great photograph taken in 1955 of Marilyn Monroe at Costello’s admiring the famous Thurber mural on the wall. The photograph is from the The Brock Street Gallery Exhibit “4 Days in New York”
Read moreLiza Donnelly to Tweet Draw Sochi Opening Ceremony
Liza Donnelly, who has been tweet drawing various high profile events of late, including the Grammys (see illustration to the left), The Golden Globes (seen on her website), The State of the Union Address, etc., will be on the job tonight during the Olympic opening ceremony. Her work will be gathered on The New Yorker‘s website here.
Read moreAnd Lorenz Makes it 17
As Ink Spill visitors know there’s a terrific exhibit currently running at the Westport Historical Society celebrating 16 New Yorker cover artists who lived and worked in the Westport (Connecticut) area. Dorothy Curran of the Westport Historical Society Exhibits Committee has sent this email to Ink Spill about an important addition to the exhibit: As you know, there is no
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