Museum of Modern Art
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Anything Can Happen: Jennifer Higdon on Contemporary Music
Composer Jennifer Higdon discusses the end of expected boundaries in contemporary music, connecting with an audience, and the difference between academic and commercial works.
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Portrait of an Actress
In an article for the New Yorker, Richard Brody writes about the newly restored 1967 film by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Romy: Anatomy of a Face. The film “offers an intimate view of the actress Romy Schneider, revealing crucial conflicts behind the…
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Never Say Nada to Dada
In 1920, Tristan Tzara put out a call to his fellow artists to contribute to an anthology to be called Dadaglobe. Many submitted but the book never happened. But fear not—the Museum of Modern Art in New York has put…
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A Figurative Recovery from War
In his review for Hyperallergic of a new MOMA exhibit, Thomas Micchelli writes about the work of artists during and immediately after their experiences in World War II. In the exhibit, Soldier, Spectre, Shaman: The Figure and the Second World…