Oskar Kokoschka Expressionism, Rebellion and Humanism Guggenheim Bilbao
Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) is best known for his early links to the Viennese art scene, alongside Klimt and Schiele
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Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) is best known for his early links to the Viennese art scene, alongside Klimt and Schiele
LITTLE ELSE COMPARES to the music of Québécois composer Claude Vivier. His work offers, in the words of composer-conductor Matthias Pintscher, “great brilliance, great severity, great archaism, great emotions”: glimpses of other worlds firmly rooted in our own. Though he was admired by leading composers such as György Ligeti, Gérard Grisey, and Louis Andriessen, Vivier, who was murdered in 1983 at the age of thirty-four, remains regrettably obscure. A three-day Vivier festival at London’s Southbank Centre earlier this month offered a welcome opportunity to redress the balance.For the...