The New York Times – Music:
Simon Hanes, a leading musician in New York’s downtown scene, has recorded his “Gargantua,” a work for 15 musicians that nods to volcanoes, Rabelais and Dante.
Author: Walker Mimms
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How a Forgotten TV Show Forever Changed the Way We Look at Art
The New York Times – T Magazine:
Weekly from 1956 to ’63, a charismatic painter named Lorser Feitelson filled America’s living rooms with the first televised history of art. We’re still exploring — and trapped in — his world.
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Marian Zazeela, an Artist of Light and Design, Dies at 83
The New York Times – Music:
She pivoted from painting to lighting exhibitions, performance art, graphic design and minimalist music, performed with her husband, the composer La Monte Young.
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A Fantasy That Comes With a Price Tag
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
A blockbuster restaging of an “art amusement park” from 1987 aims to recover a lost element in art — fun. But in our age of hype and commerce, was it doomed to fall short?