The Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) died on February 6th. He was one of the most important Spanish artists of the postwar (post 1936-39 Civil War, that is) period, bringing Arte Povera and other vanguard ideas into Spain throughout the insular years of the Franco dictatorship. This post is limited to some links, including some of the longer English-language obituaries. The ABC radio programme is especially recommended.Obituaries
Christopher Masters in The Guardian
Marcus Williamson in The Independent
Claudia Massie in The Spectator
William Grimes in The NY Times
Other
Article by Martin Gayford, 'From earth to eternity'
Article by Katherine Jentlesen in ArtInfo
Radio discussion on the Australian ABC Channel (30 minutes)
Biographical and other information on the Tàpies Foundation site.
Programme on radio series Documentos (50 minutes, Spanish).
Image from Tàpies Foundation.
