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.
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 (Alex Marshall) - Yayoi Kusama: A Life in Photos
Whether making dot-covered sculptures or wild performance pieces, the Japanese artist grabbed critical and popular acclaim.
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.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo
Artist Yayoi Kusama dies at 97 in Tokyo
NYTIMES (Holland Cotter) - Yayoi Kusama, Pop Artist Who Expanded and Endured, Dies at 97
The Japanese artist’s polka-dot covered paintings, phallic sculptures and public performances caused a stir in New York City and Europe in the 1960s.
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NYTIMES (Jori Finkel) - How David Hockney Taught Los Angeles to See Itself
A Brit, he became a symbol of the city’s culture, stylish and alienating, with his vivid swimming pool paintings and embrace of SoCal light, hedonism and gay liberation.
NYTIMES (Holland Cotter) - David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88
His colorful figurative paintings were both conservative and iconoclastic, defying the dominant abstract schools of the mid-20th century.
HUFFPOST - Father And Daughter Dupe NYC's Art World With Fake Banksy, Warhol Works
The duo pleaded guilty to defrauding their victims, including some of New York City’s most prominent fine art auction houses, of at least $2 million.
NPR (The Associated Press) - How a father and daughter duped NYC's art world with fake Warhols and Banksys
A father and daughter in New Jersey have pleaded guilty to running a years-long counterfeiting scheme to trick art galleries and auction houses into buying forged paintings