What's springing up at botanical gardens Mar 5, 2008
Bill Herbert / APThe Alexander Liberman sculpture "Aria," is on display at the Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Mich. . (MSNBC -- Travel)
Treasure Hunt May 20, 2007
There are the well-known pieces, such as Augustus Franzoni s Holocaust Memorial off Whalley Avenue; the obvious-but-mysterious, like the huge "On High" sculpture by Alexander Liberman, between the Federal Building and City Hall, which was created from a discarded tank; and the missing, such as the portraits of Roger Sherman, James Hillhouse and former Mayor John Murphy. New Haven is chock full of art, in galleries and museums, in schools, on the Green, all over the Yale campus. (New Haven Register, CT)
cultureboxAre green magazine covers cursed?Julia Turner Nov 29, 2006
One man who helped perpetuate the myth was Alexander Liberman, the domineering Ukraine-born painter and sculptor who served as Cond Nast's editorial director from 1962 to 1994. According to one designer who worked with him, Liberman was prone to repeating, "Green is death on the newsstand!"and so the company's editors and art directors began to avoid the hue. (Slate)
Raves for Authors in County In the Form of Nominations Nov 10, 2006
Her mother was the famous hat designer Tatiana Yakovleva du Plessix Liberman and her stepfather was Alexander Liberman, who eventually rose to the top of the notoriously competitive Cond. Nast food chain. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
WITH 'CARGO' CLOSED, THE TRUMAN ERA COMES TO AN END Apr 4, 2006
In light of that, its poignant to reminisce about his predecessor, the visionary Alexander Liberman, who commissioned projects by the likes of Chagall and Duchamp for Conde titles, and was himself a painter, photographer and sculptor whose works are in the permanent collections of the Met and the Tate. (To Trumans credit, before him there had probably never been a man who could make both Alexander Liberman and Sid Vicious spin in their graves. (Ad Age)
Making i-D: Interview with Terry Jones Mar 16, 2006
Heller: Alexander Liberman once told me that he didn't care about typefaces or the nuances of graphic design for that matter but he did care about communicating directly with his audience, which he acknowledged was in continual flux. What are the details that you most care about when designing, art directing and editing. (BusinessWeek)
'The March' wins National Book Critics prize Mar 5, 2006
"There was so much good in them, along with the naughty and the slightly evil," Gray said Friday of her stepfather, Conde Nast editorial director Alexander Liberman, and mother, the Russian-born designer Tatiana Yakovleva du Plessix Liberman. The poetry winner was Jack Gilbert's "Refusing Heaven," and William Logan's "The Undiscovered Country" won for criticism. (CNN -- Showbiz)
