William Klein ‘Auto-Portrait’ (1993) © William Klein, Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery From every day people on the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn, Moscow, Rome, Tokyo, and Paris, to boxing legend Cassius Clay on the precipice of fame and Black Panther activist Eldridge Cleaver hiding from the FBI in Algeria, William […]
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Review: ‘The Business Of Beauty’ At The Art Institute Displays William Morris’ Genius In Home Textiles And Design
“Have practically nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or think to be beautiful.” English textile designer William Morris mentioned in 1880. The statement represented his business mission in marketing legitimate craft and persuading the masses that they ought to not settle for low-cost, mass-generated […]