Category Archives: Art and Photography

Craig Alan: ‘People As Pixels’

Posted on April 22, 2012 by marina72

American artist Craig Alan creates portraits of iconic figures like Marilyn and Audrey Hepburn by using ‘people as pixels’.


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Before They Were Famous

Posted on April 21, 2012 by marina72

In this 1964 photo, artist Andy Warhol holds an unrolled acetate of “Marilyn” in his New York studio, The Factory. The photo will be featured in an exhibit entitled: “Before They Were Famous: Behind the Lens of William John Kennedy,” … Continue reading →


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David Mach: Marilyn Collages

Posted on April 21, 2012 by marina72

 This collage by David Mach – using the iconic British army recruitment posters from World War I, featuring Lord Kitchener, to make an image of MM – will be auctioned at Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh, on April 25. Estimated price: … Continue reading →


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Pop Art Exhibit in Brooklyn

Posted on April 20, 2012 by marina72

Marilyn (as photographed by Bert Stern in 1962) features in ‘She’s All Legs Too’, a collage by Washington-based artist Dafna Steinberg, on display in the ‘Pop Now’ exhibit at the TNC Gallery in the East Village, Brooklyn from now until … Continue reading →


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All About Schiller’s Marilyn

Posted on April 17, 2012 by marina72

 This lovely portrait of Marilyn – taken during filming of Let’s Make Love – adorns the cover of Lawrence Schiller’s Marilyn & Me (due out in May, currently £11.32 at Amazon UK), though rather disappointingly, this standard edition only contains 18 photos. … Continue reading →


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Scott Blake’s ‘Barcode Marilyn’

Posted on April 17, 2012 by marina72

Artist Scott Blake has created a portrait of Marilyn using barcodes from DVDs – and if you scan the barcodes, clips from her movies appear on an adjacent TV screen. Full report (and video) at Huffington Post.


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G.I. Monroe, 1954

Posted on April 16, 2012 by marina72

These colour photos of Marilyn during her 1954 tour of Korea, part of the Robert H. McKinley collection, were posted onto Flickr recently by US Marine Corps Archive.


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Magnum’s Marilyn: Pretty in Pink

Posted on April 15, 2012 by marina72

Rare photos taken by Philippe Halsman in Marilyn’s apartment in 1952, published in Marilyn By Magnum, are featured in today’s Mirror newspaper. The book also features rarities from Elliott Erwitt and Bob Henriques, among others. It is lovely, and affordable, … Continue reading →


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Vic Graybeal Remembers Marilyn

Posted on April 12, 2012 by marina72

Photographer Vic Graybeal was in Sun Valley, Idaho when Marilyn arrived to film scenes from Bus Stop in 1956 (not 1962 as stated.) A selection of his photographers is on display at the Twin Falls Public Library this month, reports … Continue reading →


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Remembering Marilyn in Hollywood

Posted on April 9, 2012 by marina72

 An exhibition dedicated to Marilyn – featuring the collections of Greg Schreiner and Scott Fortner, plus photos by George Barris – will open at the Hollywood Museum on May 30, through to August.


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