NYTIMES (Jason Farago) - Peter Max Franchised the Cosmic ’60s Into Commercial Success, Without the Museum
For decades, his bold colors and benign peace-and-love message captivated those who saw America shining.
HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Psychedelic Pop Artist Peter Max Has Died At 88, His Son Says
Max began his career in graphic design in the 1960s, and his swirly, colorful designs epitomized the era’s “flower power” art.
Max began his career in graphic design in the 1960s, and his swirly, colorful designs epitomized the era’s “flower power” art.Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Matt Schudel) - Peter Max, whose psychedelic art came to symbolize the ’60s, dies at 88
His work — filled with color-saturated stars and sun rays — adorned posters, coffee mugs and album covers during the Age of Aquarius and beyond.
NYTIMES (William Grimes) - Peter Max, Trippy Artist of Counterculture Era and Beyond, Dies at 88
With work that breathed the spirit of the 1960s, he became fabulously wealthy from licensing his paintings and posters in all their euphoric Day-Glo glory.
NYTIMES (Alex Vadukul) - Bob Mackie: A Life in Pictures
The designer was known for his flashy, sparkly designs for Cher, Diana Ross, Tina Turner and countless others.
WASHINGTONPOST (Harrison Smith) - Jay Maisel, a cigar-chomping giant of photography, has died
He photographed Marilyn Monroe and took the cover photo for Miles Davis’s “Kind of Blue.” For 50 years, he lived in a vast graffiti-covered bank building.
NYTIMES (Nick Haramis) - The Incredible Art of Being Jeff Koons
For five decades, the artist has made sculptures that are larger-than-life — and also singularly reflective of his own.
NYTIMES (Alex Williams) - Lucien Smith, Art-World Star Whose Career Abruptly Turned, Dies at 37
A phenom in his 20s, he became the poster child for Zombie Formalism before abandoning the gallery frenzy for Montauk.
WASHINGTONPOST (Washington Post readers) - The photographer who created magical worlds with dolls, and other lives we’ve lost
A mom who started a new career in her 40s. An uncle who was moved to tears by an eclipse. Intimate obituaries, in 150 words or less.
NYTIMES (Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno) - In Japan, Yayoi Kusama Is Remembered as a Visionary and a Rebel
Artists, scholars and fans celebrated Ms. Kusama as a cultural giant who helped bring Japanese art to the masses.