Eric Cash, whose portrait “The Introduction” features a representation of the moment when Paul McCartney and John Lennon first met and is displayed in the room in St. Peter’s Church in Liverpool where it actually took place, has unveiled another new Beatles portrait called “Summer Tour ‘66.””It depicts John and Paul on vocals together, during […]

IN HIS life…..John Lennon has been captured in a series of images covering his life from childhood in Liverpool to his final year in New York.
The Nine Faces of John has been designed specially for the Lennon tribute concert due to take place at the ECHO arena on December 9.
The artwork, by American artist Shannon […]

NEW BOOK ABOUT ASTRID: The University of Chicago Press this fall will publish Matthew Clough’s “Astrid Kirchherr: A Retrospective.” It’s described as an overview of Kirchherr’s four-decade career and will include many deeply personal and rare photographs of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and one-time Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe, who left the Beatles to remain […]

CHICAGO LIT | Author creates musical monster mash-up starring the Beatles

In the fall of 1969, a rumor began to circulate alleging that Paul McCartney, of Beatles fame, had died. In fact, he was still very much alive. But that didn’t stop rampant speculation from spreading far and wide.Seizing in part on that well-known urban […]

Thousands of frenzied girls were swarming on the pavements around the George V hotel in Paris – I needed a police car and outriders just to get through the throng.
The screaming teenagers were there that day in January 1964 to catch a glimpse of The Beatles; I was there to sculpt them.
Halfway up the hotel […]

“Everybody knows the Beatles,” says Colleen Sheehy, director and CEO of the Plains Art Museum. “The Beatles cross several generations.” The proof is not only on the walls at the Fargo museum but also in who picked what went on the walls.

“Everybody knows the Beatles,” says Colleen Sheehy, director and CEO of the Plains […]

 
Good news for Beatles fans – a new exhibition at the Czech Museum of Music opens on Thursday evening featuring the music and the men – the museum’s even borrowed George Harrison’s banjo, one of John Lennon’s shoes, and lots more Beatles memorabilia. The exhibition’s highly interactive however - there’s even a little recording studio […]

The artist behind a John Lennon peace monument has spoken of her love for Liverpool.
Lauren Voiers, the American who has designed the sculpture, said she is “honoured” the piece will be sited in the city - possibly in Liverpool ONE.
And she can’t wait to return to Merseyside after good experiences on her first trip.

An archive of items owned by Lee Minoff, one of the writers for the Beatles’ animated film “Yellow Submarine,” including early story treatments and screenplays for the film that were different than the released version, along with animation cells and other items owned by Minoff are to be auctioned by Julien’s Auctions on June 25 […]

John leans over Yoko’s shoulder and envelopes her in a protective embrace, an impossibly young Stevie Wonder perches in front of an oversized tour poster, and Twiggy gazes into the lens, her saucer-shaped eyes framed by spider’s-leg lashes.
 
 

• Iain Macmillan’s portrait of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Instead, it was Iain Macmillan, a lesser-known Dundee […]