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To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. This weekend, two distinctly disorienting gallery shows open in New York. They’re not the bad kind of disorienting, like what we all experienced last year (although the pandemic and its associated disassociation do come up in one of them). What instead happens in both shows is an unsticking, from linear time in Daniel Arsham’s “Time Dilation” at Perrotin and from the stark spatial geometry of the grid in Tar...

" " American composer John Cage (1912–1992), a music theorist, artist and philosopher, was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde and one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. Paul Bergen/Redferns/Getty Images On Sept. 5, 2020, a small crowd of mask-wearing music lovers gathered in St. Burchardi church in the town of Halberstadt, Germany, to witness an organ chord change. What seems like a minor event was actually a milestone: It marked the first sound c...

Taylor Swift at Long Pond, Aaron Dessners Columbia County studio and residence. In September, Swift, Jack Antonoff, and Dessner assembled there to tape Folklore: The Long Pond Sessions, a documentary about the making of Swifts multiple-Grammy-nominated lockdown album. Welcome again to Mixed Media, wherein we showcase cultural news from within and around the Hudson Valley during these times of COVID-19. Although the impact of the virus has necessi...

The critic was known for linking artistic tendencies that few other writers intuited. December 28, 2020 Frank Stella, his wife Barbara Rose, Larry Poons, Lucinda Childs, Wilder Green, Barnett Newman and William Rubin, in Rubins apartment, surrounded by artwork by Hans Hoffman, Adolph Gottlieb, Willem de Kooning, Andre Masson, Herbert Ferber, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell, Clyfford Still, and David Smith. (Photo by William Grigsby/Condé Nast via Getty Images) Barbara Rose, the fierce but flex...

Inside page of Peter Beard published by TASCHEN. Why it’s worth it: When the writer, photographer, and all-around bon vivant Peter Beard died this year at age 82, he left an indelible mark on the art world and everyone he met, from the wilds of Africa to the seedy bars of New York City. His life was marked by a ferocious pursuit of adventure, photographing endangered species and documenting his travels in beautifully intimate diaristic form, collaging photographs with drawings and notation....

Part of a year-end series revisiting the subjects of some of our most popular arts articles of the year. We’re not gonna lie. When the pandemic first hit and nearly every cultural institution in California closed, we were concerned about 81-year-old Ben Barcelona, L.A.’s most devoted museum fan. Since retiring as an architect at 73, Barcelona ritualistically visited a different art museum, gallery or public art installation, on a set schedule, every day of the week, never taking a sick day ...

Review: Finding Hope in an Unfinished Pam Tanowitz Premiere At the Joyce Theater, “Finally Unfinished: Part 1” and “Gustave Le Gray, No. 2” constitute an event in the Merce Cunningham sense, combining old pieces in a new order for a new occasion and space. Lindsey Jones, left, and Brittany Engel-Adams in “Finally Unfinished: Part 1.” NYT Critics Pick On Saturday, the Joyce Theater livestreamed a premiere by the choreographer Pam Tanowitz, who began the program by saying, “It isn�...

Reaching into its archival treasure trove of rarely seen recordings of past events, The American Dance Guild continues their virtual offering 10 Years Over 10 Weeks, a rich collection of video performances of honorees and guest artists over the last ten years of ADG Performance Festivals. The video stream, which runs for ten weeks, features works by 25 dance luminaries from ADG Festivals 2009-2019. Each of the Festival artists appear sequentially by year, running for one week. The live festival...

Down said jennifer gardens and shows the legend of most cunning m. lives on. merce cunningham radically changed our format down one of the first things he did was to create works that were devoid of plot so there were no more character than one story and he was interested in looking at dance and movements for movement sake. his radical approach made him a natural heir to. the defining force of the bow house stage workshop. centered on the theme of figures in space his work turned dumbasses into ...