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Maf: A Lucky Dog

‘Lucky Dog’, Liz Grammaticas’s latest Marilyn painting, is unveiled on her website today. It is based on a photo of Marilyn and her adored pet, taken by Eric Skipsey in 1961.


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Marilyn and Maf ‘Go Brooklyn’

Artist Liz Grammaticas‘s painting of Marilyn and Maf (after Eric Skipsey’s 1961 portrait) is featured in Go Brooklyn, ‘a community-curated open studio project.’ Writing for Hyperallergic, Hrag Vartanian comments, ‘Elizabeth Grammaticas‘ paintings of classic Hollywood divas and teen stars were … Continue reading


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Marilyn & Maf

 A new oil painting from Liz Grammaticas, after Eric Skipsey’s 1961 photo of Marilyn and her pet dog, Maf.


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‘I Wasn’t Alive But I Remember’

This mixed-media piece by artist Elizabeth Grammaticas – inspired, of course, by Marilyn’s birthday serenade to JFK – will feature in ‘Space Half Empty’, a new show at Brooklyn’s Fowler Arts Collective, opening this Friday, June 15.


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‘Looking at the Camera’

New art from Elizabeth Grammaticas: “We know Marilyn Monroe as bright, bold, and omnipresent.   As a result, the images of Marilyn I find most interesting are the quiet illusive ones, often on poorly preserved materials.  For me with Marilyn, … Continue reading


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Study of a Young Marilyn

 A new study by my favourite Monroe-inspired artist, Liz Grammaticas – after (I think) Earl Leaf’s 1950 photo shoot at the home of Marilyn’s agent, and lover, Johnny Hyde.


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Marilyn in the Blogosphere

  Early fan reviews of MM-related books and film have been posted online. Artist Elizabeth Grammaticas attended last week’s premiere of My Week With Marilyn at the New York Film Festival: ” ‘My Week with Marilyn’ is the most heartfelt attempt … Continue reading


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The Art of Marilyn in Crete

Painter and ES member Elizabeth Grammaticas visited the ‘Marilyn Monroe in the Arts’ exhibition in Crete last week, and has shared her thoughts (and photos) with us. I have posted a small selection, but you can see many more over … Continue reading


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‘Bad Taste – On Such a Large Scale’

  A 26 ft statue by sculptor Seward Johnson depicting Marilyn’s ‘upskirt’ pose in The Seven Year Itch has been unveiled this week on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, the ‘Magnificent Mile’. Commissioned by Zeller Realty Group, the sculpture will remain there … Continue reading


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‘Meeting Marilyn Monroe’

“Even in death, the woman creates a deeper, and more powerful experience than one would expect.  I am glad, touch, honored, and inspired to have ‘met’ Marilyn….someone I have not only never met,  I have never lived in our lifetime…yet…..there … Continue reading


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