Greenwich Village Party, 1956
đź“· Arthur Fellig #botd
(known by his pseudonym Weegee)
David Hockney, the iconic British painter who cast a revolutionary gaze across 20th-century art, has died aged 88.
She began her film career playing innocent heroines on the silent screen, and after a few small parts she caught the attention of MGM. Nominated six times for an Oscar, she won for her starring role in The Divorcee in 1930.
Norma Shearer
August 11, 1902 – June 12, 1983
At a ceremony in central London on Thursday evening, debut novelist Virginia Evans was announced the winner of this year’s Women's Prize for Fiction, while the BBC’s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet was awarded the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction.
Along with Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea #botd was composer of several jazz standards including “Spain”, “La Fiesta”, and “Windows”, and was one of the top stylists to emerge after Bill Evans and McCoy Tyner. He won 29 Grammy Awards.
Formula 1 heads to Spain this weekend
for the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix...
Françoise Hardy chilling out in Finnish designer
Eero Aarnio’s iconic Ball Chair
Françoise Hardy
January 17, 1944 – June 11, 2024
“What I learned from Mel Brooks was audacity — in performance as in life. Maybe you go too far, but try it…”
Gene Wilder #botd
“When you talk about someone speaking through their instrument, that’s Ornette. He changed everything...” — Lou Reed
Ornette Coleman
March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015
Best known internationally for his film Zorba the Greek, Michael Cacoyannis #botd – not only directed, but also wrote, designed costumes, produced and translated – was primarily a man of the theatre, with dozens of plays and opera productions to his name.
