Our first piece takes inspiration from Harmoniemusik, a type of wind ensemble from the 18th century. In a similar vein, Kramer’s composition mimics this early style of repertoire with elegant and ...
NPR's Ari Shapiro catches up with Brazilian composer and pianist André Mehmari, who improvised a nearly 30-minute version of the All Things Considered theme song. The Brazilian composer and pianist ...
Few artists have been better rewarded for their patience than Vera Molnár. As she approaches a century on planet earth, the type of algorithmic art she has been conjuring via increasingly competent ...
Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a place we know and love that already receives plenty of attention. There’s something ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick A program celebrating Twyla Tharp’s 60th year making dances features the masterwork “Diabelli” and the fresh new “Slacktide,” set to ...
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! One of the most acclaimed contemporary artists of the last 30 years is the subject of ...
In 1971, as a graduate student, I became an abstract painter after seeing the big Mondrian retrospective at the Guggenheim. What I learned from Mondrian was that abstraction is fundamental. In his ...
Some hundred works in MOMA’s collection survey the dazzling breadth of the Spanish master’s printmaking practice. All of Picasso’s big themes are here: the circus performers (the “Saltimbanques”), the ...