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Dance companies pirouette to streaming services Anying Guo, The Washington Post April 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5The English National Ballet in Akram Khans "Giselle."Laurent Liotardo/Marquee TVShow MoreShow Less 2of5Andile Ndlovu of the Washington Ballet during the filming of his piece "Something Human," available on Marquee TV.XmbphotographyShow MoreShow Less 3of5 5of5 Most of the performances weve seen the past year have existed between the four corners of a laptop or a television scr...

In the 21st article in a series on 20th century artists who shaped Maltese modernism, Joseph Agius explores the world of Caesar Attard. The art of Caesar Attard (b. 1946) is difficult to define due to its complexity and idiosyncratic evolution. Attard investigates the opposites, the dualities; experimentation is an integral part of his game. His art, conceptual, inquisitive and ephemeral, is very much in touch with the general world around him, be it technological breakthroughs, sociopolitica...

Hong Kong Ballet’s artistic director Septime Webre followed his sister to ballet school and never looked back Artistic Director of the Hong Kong Ballet, Septime Webre, at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: SCMP / Xiaomei Chen The seventh son: Im the seventh son in a family of eight brothers and one sister. My six older brothers were all born and brought up in Cuba. My mother was Cuban and my father American. They left Cuba during the revolution and I was born in the Unit...

‘I Saw What Happens to an Artist in New York’: Alex Hay on Why He Left the Art World 50 Years Ago for a Quiet Life on the Mexican Border In 1971, Hay had a well-received career survey in New York. Then he disappeared into the desert and didnt show again for 32 years. April 6, 2021 Alex Hay, on the right, with Robert Rauschenberg. The two were close friends and collaborators throughout the 1960s. Richard Avdeon, Robert Rauschenberg and Alex Hay, artists, New York, January 19, 1965. © The R...

Kyle Abraham’s Second Act at City Ballet: Spare, Wintry, Abstract For “When We Fell,” a filmed dance, the choreographer took cues from a snowy bubble residency — and from Prince’s “Under the Cherry Moon.” The choreographer Kyle Abraham at home in Brooklyn. His new dance for New York City Ballet has its premiere this week.Credit...Marco Giannavola for The New York Times April 6, 2021Updated 12:05 p.m. ET Few ballets in recent years have caused as much of a sens...

Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. Vladimir Jurowski conducts Barrie Kosky’s new staging with Marlis Petersen (Die Marschallin), Samantha Hankey (Octavian), Katharina Konradi (Sophie), Christof Fischesser (Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau), and Johannes Martin Kränzle (Herr von Faninal). The new production will be performed in the arrangement by Eberhard Kloke which transcribes the score to match the orchestration of Strauss’s opera Ariadne auf Naxos. View here. 12 pm ET: IDAGIO Global Conce...

Warmth from other Suns. View here until April 29. 7:30 pm ET: SalonEra presents Women in Music. Women’s History Month is marked with instrumental and vocal music by Maddalena Sirmen, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and Clara Schumann. Featured guests include harpsichordist Byron Schenkman, violinist Shelby Yamin, and soprano Michele Kennedy, who share a commitment to researching, performing, and recording music by women composers. View here. 8 pm ET: Ensem...

His family lawyer told The Times that he died from heart failure. Powell captured the early stars of hip-hop when the movement was on the cusp of mainstream prominence. His iconic portraits of 1980s Def Jam recording artists Run-D.M.C., LL Cool J, Public Enemy and especially the Beastie Boys gave this loud new street music a distinct visual presence. And his decade-long partnership with the Beastie Boys produced foundational images of downtown hipster emissaries to global youth culture. The Bea...

Sound meets vision as Dave King and Alec Soth square off in an artistic pingpong match REVIEW: Alec Soth and Dave King trade sound and vision in the spirited "The Palms."  By Rob Hubbard Special to the Star Tribune February 1, 2021 — 2:45pm ...

Artist Daniel Arsham. Photographer: Guillaume Ziccarelli. Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. Welcome to the Art Angle, a podcast from Artnet News that delves into the places where the art world meets the real world, bringing each week’s biggest story down to earth. Join host Andrew Goldstein every week for an in-depth look at what matters most in museums, the art market, and much more, with input from our own writers and editors, as well as artists, curators, and other top experts in the fi...