Beyond categories
As Duke Ellington said.
Harry Smith at the Whitney
At the Whitney Museum of American Art, an exhibition devoted to the life and work of Harry Smith, Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith.
Douglas Ewart in New York (and in The New York Times)
The New York Times reports on a night of art and performance.
A Douglas Ewart exhibition
“Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) is pleased to present a retrospective of the virtuosic artist and educator Douglas R. Ewart, alongside Ewart’s recent large-scale audio-visual work Songs and Stories for a New Path and Paradigm, created in collaboration with NOW Society of Vancouver and 36 artists from across the globe.”
The George Floyd Bunt Staff
A “sonic sculpture” by Douglas Ewart.
“There’s no dying in art”
Sonny Rollins: “Humans and materialism die. But there’s no dying in art.”
Alex Katz meets Lionel Hampton
I said, ‘Mustard?’ and he said, ‘Yes, please,’ and I said, ‘Wow!’
Martinis or cheap cigars
Henry Threadgill, on the importance of adjusting to the economic difficulties of life as an artist, filmmaker, musician, writer.
Tony Bennett’s pencil
“David Hockney told me to use these pencils. They’re really like, really like stationery stores for cheap.”
A day at the museums
DuSable, Art Institute, Chicago Cultural Center, Art Institute.
Billie Holiday, 29¢
Artistamp, by my dad.
“The evolution of big sound”
Rock ’n’ roll: A Jim Flora illustration for Life.
“No One Was Like Vermeer”
By Jonathan Richman.
Canned Heat and Cooper-Hewitt
Cooper-Hewitt’s Object of the Day today: a 1968 concert poster for Canned Heat at the Fillmore West.
Kurt Vonnegut, advice for students
“Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.”
Treasures of the Bodleian
An online exhibit, an excellent rabbit-hole.
Van Dyke Parks on Bananastan
“Not every record label has a logo designed by Art Spiegelman.”
Pet Sounds cover, reimagined
Art by Andrew Kolb, from 33.3 Art Show of redesigned album covers
Movie recommendation: Forever
Heddy Honigmann's documentary on Père-Lachaise
The Burt Britton Collection
Auction of self-portraits by actors, artists, athletes, musicians, photographers, and writers
Classic Arts Showcase
Great free cable service