Month: January 2021

Art Is Essential January 2021

January 29, 2021• Art Is Essential

Writers on the art that matters to them. #ArtIsEssential

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Snow in the Concert Hall

January 25, 2021• Blogging Fellows, Essay, First Person, Music, Trains in the Basement

Composers John Cage and R. Murray Schafer sculpt sound into moments that evade on-demand consumption. What can we learn from sound that...

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Vanguard Voices

January 19, 2021• Blogging Fellows, Music, Reported, Vanguard Voices

"If creative music is under celebrated and under documented compared to other eras in jazz, the women who played a role in the music are...

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Between Parlors and Oceans

January 15, 2021• Art and Mind, Blogging Fellows, In-Depth, Visual Art

Edward Hopper’s ‘Rooms by the Sea’ captures the psychic tension resulting from conflicting states of mind. The visible ambivalence of the painting is particularly relatable during Covid.

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What Does Platonic Form Have to Do with Art?

January 11, 2021• Blogging Fellows, In-Depth, The Art of Thinking, Visual Art

Photographs stage a confrontation between the idea of an object and its representation, and demonstrate how Form can overwhelm aesthetic...

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