Antoni Tapies

One of the great masters of twentieth century avant-garde and a leading light in the contemporary art world, Antoni Tapies died at his home in Barcelona on Monday February 6th, 2012.
Cracks and scratches, signs and symbols, numbers and puzzles... all are unmistakable elements of the works of Antoni Tapies, the great Catalan painter and sculptor who died this week at his home in Barcelona, aged 88. Not simply an artist, Tapies was an intellectual of the first order and was awarded the title of marquis in 2010. (Hello!)