Thursday, January 12, 2012

RIP John McWhinnie

When someone who deeply cares about culture, and is innovative and inventive in exploring and promoting it, dies unexpectedly and relatively young, it's worth noting.

“He has been one of the primary forces to bridge the gap between the art world and the establishment rare book world,” said Sheelagh Bevan, assistant curator of printed books at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York. “He was usually two years ahead of everyone else in elevating an overlooked group of artists or writers–Mary Beach comes to mind, but there are many others–to the point where institutions and private collectors took notice.”

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