Thursday, April 17, 2014

Gabriel Garcia Marquez aka Gabo

One of the great novelists of the 20th century; a master of magic realism and Nobel Prize winner -- via ABC News.



Phil Hardy

Music journalist -- via Music Week.

Doris Pilkington Garimara

Writer of "Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence" -- via the Sydney Morning Herald.

Jacques Le Goff

Historian -- via the Guardian.

Jacques Le Goff et la Nouvelle Histoire. Apostrophes. 1979 from Difusió Hª Medieval on Vimeo.

Fred Ho aka Fred Wei-han Houn

Composer and musician, writer and activist -- via the New York Times.





Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Phyllis Frelich

Tony-winning actress -- via the New York Times.

Friday, April 11, 2014

Anker Buch

Violinist -- via the Ekstrabladet.

Fred Kida

Comic-book artist -- via spidermancrawlspace.com.


George Dureau

Artist -- via the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

George Dureau 2001 Exhibition Walkthrough from Arthur Roger Gallery on Vimeo.


VK Murthy

Cinematographer -- via the Times of India. He was the D.P. on one of my favorite Bollywood films, "Pyaasa."

Harris Goldsmith

Teacher and writer -- via artsjournal.com.