The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At Some Of The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Kids in Summer clothing at play on what looks like stryofoam snow among barren trees under pink clouds — or are they pink blossoms? (yes, they are blossoms, according to the title given to the
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Coming in June of this year from the terrif R.O. Blechman, One The One Hand/On The Other Hand: The Art & Graphic Stories Of R.O. Blechman/The Writing Of R.O. Blechman Published & Unpublished (Fantagraphics). Read far more here. Here’s Mr. Blechman’s entry on the Spill‘s A-Z: R.O. Blechman (photo: Hillsdale, NY, 2017. photo by Elwood Smith ). Born, New
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Video Of Interest: Emma Allen & Lars Kenseth The latest video in a series with The New Yorker‘s cartoon editor, Emma Allen zooming with one of the magazine’s cartoonists. This time it’s Lars Kenseth. Watch the video here (with a cameo appearance by Peter Arno’s classic March 1, 1941 New Yorker drawing, “Well, back to the old drawing board.”). Visit
Read more___________________________________________________________________________________ A fun evening at Parsons School of Design back in October of 1984. The occasion was the opening of a group show of New Yorker art. The group photo above and the smaller photos, by T. Dovidio, appeared in The Village Voice. Below is a barely legible key (sorry!) to the artists shown. One person is unknown to me.
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