William Grimes

Obituaries Writer at The New York Times

Obituaries writer, New York Times

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25 Years of N.Y.C. Dining

1 month ago | nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com | Julia Moskin |William Grimes |Pete Wells |Frank Bruni

Via Carota, the effortlessly chic and popular Italian restaurant on Grove Street, is Greenwich Village today in a ramekin of Castelvetrano olives. Loving it is almost a religion in elite food circles. Decades ago, through the windows of my boyhood apartment in the Village I watched when a predecessor, Da Silvano, the now-shuttered Northern Italian trattoria, opened across the street.
André Soltner, Famed Chef at New York’s Lutèce, Dies at 92

Jan 18, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | William Grimes

For a time, he and James Beard had operated a cooking school on the premises, but now Mr. Surmain envisioned a restaurant that, he proclaimed bombastically, would be the best in the world. At the suggestion of a pastry chef who had worked under Mr. Soltner, he dined at Chez Hansi. Mr. Surmain, impressed, brought Mr. Soltner to New York to work at his new restaurant, Lutèce, named after the Latin term for ancient Paris.
André Soltner, Famed Chef at New York's Lutèce, Dies at 92

Jan 18, 2025 | nytimes.com | William Grimes

André Soltner, a chef whose reverence for classic French cooking and the homey specialties of his native Alsace helped make Lutèce, in Midtown Manhattan, one of the most celebrated restaurants in the United States, died on Saturday morning in Charlottesville, Va. He was 92. His death, in a hospital. was confirmed by the lawyer Glenn W. Dopf, a close friend. Mr. Soltner took his place behind the stove at Lutèce on Feb. 16, 1961, the restaurant's opening day, and stayed there for 33 years.
Layer-specific anatomical and physiological features of the retina’s neurovascular unit

Dec 16, 2024 | cell.com | William Grimes |David Berson |Adit Sabnis |Mrinalini Hoon |Raunak Sinha |Hua Tian | +1 more
Frank Auerbach, One of Britain's Most Celebrated Artists, Dies at 93

Nov 12, 2024 | nytimes.com | William Grimes

Frank Auerbach, one of Britain's pre-eminent postwar painters, who for more than 60 years single-mindedly painted a small circle of intimates and the streets and parks near his London studio, died on Nov. 11 at his home in London. He was 93. His death was announced by his gallery, Frankie Rossi Art Projects, in a news release.
Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol’s cinematic collaborator, dies at 86

Oct 31, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | William Grimes

Paul Morrissey, whose loose cinema-verite films made with Andy Warhol in the late 1960s and early ’70s captured New York’s demimonde of drug addicts, drag queens, and hipsters, and turned an unlikely stable of amateur actors into underground stars, died Monday Manhattan. He was 86. The death, in a hospital, was caused by pneumonia, said Michael Chaiken, his archivist.
Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol's Cinematic Collaborator, Dies at 86

Oct 28, 2024 | nytimes.com | William Grimes

Paul Morrissey, whose loose cinéma-vérité films made with Andy Warhol in the late 1960s and early '70s captured New York's demimonde of drug addicts, drag queens and hipsters and turned an unlikely stable of amateur actors into underground stars, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 86. The death, in a hospital, was caused by pneumonia, said Michael Chaiken, his archivist.
Michel GuĂ©rard, Who Lowered the Calories in Haute Cuisine, Dies at 91

Aug 19, 2024 | nytimes.com | William Grimes

Michel Guérard, a driving force behind the 1960s culinary movement known as nouvelle cuisine and the creator of the enormously influential "slimming cuisine" at his 19th-century spa in Eugénie-les-Bains, France, died at his home there. He was 91. His daughters, Eléonore and Adeline, said that he died overnight between Sunday and Monday.
June Leaf, artist who explored the female form, dies at 94

Jul 2, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | William Grimes

June Leaf, a painter and sculptor whose exploration of the female form, by turns whimsical, graceful, or ominous, opened the way for later generations of feminist artists, died Monday at her home in New York City. She was 94. The cause was gastric cancer, said Andrea Glimcher, her agent and a friend. Ms. Leaf worked for much of her long career outside the mainstream. Idiosyncratic and intuitive, she developed a unique blend of expressionism and primitivism, allied with a childlike sense of play.
June Leaf, Artist Who Explored the Female Form, Dies at 94

Jul 1, 2024 | nytimes.com | William Grimes

June Leaf, a painter and sculptor whose exploration of the female form, by turns whimsical, graceful or ominous, paved the way for later generations of feminist artists, died Monday at her home in Manhattan. She was 94. The cause was gastric cancer, said Andrea Glimcher, her agent at the Hyphen management firm and a friend. Ms. Leaf worked for much of her long career outside the mainstream.