Edward Gorey Exhibit At the Society Of Illustrators Edward Gorey, a two-time New Yorker cover artist (one of the covers appeared after Gorey’s death), is being celebrated at the wonderful Society of Illustrators in an exhibit, Something Else Entirely. From the SOI’s website: “This exhibition showcases more than 80 original illustrations curated from the archive of The Edward Gorey Charitable
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Barry Blitt on this unusual year’s Thanksgiving. He began contributing to The New Yorker in 1994. See his cover and read a Q&A about it here. As you probably might imagine, Mr. Blitt’s image of an outdoors
Read moreThe Issue: Ah, the Edward Gorey special issue! Juuuust kidding, folks. It’s not a “special” issue of any kind. I’m going to go out on a limb though and suggest that this may be the very first cover story issue of The New Yorker.* [and within minutes of posting this, Stephen Nadler of Attempted Bloggery, has corrected me, thankfully!]. If
Read moreWell this looks like a must read. Here’s a piece in yesterday’s New York Times that’ll whet your appetite (the book is out November 6th). Long-time New Yorker readers will remember Mr. Gorey’s New Yorker cover, published December 21, 1992. Special Note: that issue contained William Shawn’s obituary.
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