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By Andrew Russeth 4/19 3:30pm

Music

Ives.

With Ives’s Fourth Symphony, Philharmonic Presents Poignant, Searching Questions

For the past two nights, guests arriving at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall have found two harps and five extra music stands occupying part of the second balcony next to the stage. They sat unoccupied for the first part of the program on Wednesday and Thursday evening, as the New York Philharmonic debuted composer-in-residence Christopher Rouse’s fearsome and taut 10-minute Prospero’s Rooms (2012) and as Joshua Bell maneuvered his violin nimbly, delicately through Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade (1953–54), offering an almost jaunty feel in the piece’s jazzy closing moments. Read More

By Andrew Russeth 4/02 4:52pm

The Body

Rosenberg's performance at Martos. (Courtesy Stefan Roemer)

Motion-Activated Painting: Forget Smocks, Forget Clothes—These Artists Intend to Get Messy

On a cold and rainy Friday evening in late February, dozens of people crowded into the back room of Chelsea’s Martos Gallery during its opening reception for Aura Rosenberg’s new show. They stood around a large rectangle of black velvet, waiting for a performance organized by the artist to start. Eventually a man and woman walked in. They were young and lithe and naked.

“Oh no,” someone groaned. People began shooting photos and videos.
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By Andrew Russeth 12/18/12 6:15pm

Film

TK in Pasolini's 'The Canterbury Tales' (1972).

Breakfast With Biesenbach

A veteran New York art dealer recently complained to the Transom that the city’s art world has become much less fun over the past few years, citing as evidence the fact that no one drinks at business lunches anymore. We’d heard this complaint from other art types before. But could there finally be a change on the horizon? Read More

By The Editors 9/13/12 12:34pm

Fall Arts Preview 2012

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Fall Arts Preview

The New York Observer‘s Fall Arts Preview issue hit newsstands this week. Assembled by Observer staff and contributors, the magazine offers a guide to culture in New York this season, from visual art to books to opera. Its contents are below, which include Dan Duray on the 100th anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Arms and Armor collection, Michael H. Miller on Marco Roth and Daniel D’Addario on the upcoming films on American presidents. Read More