Backdrop, Bass, Aimee Mann
Kurt Andersen and Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman pull back the curtains on the usually invisible techniques artists use to make a scene or character or tune more powerful. We’ll visit a master...
View ArticleDatebook: July 15, 2010
A sculptor's bizarre, home-made instruments, avant-garde concerts at the Whitney, sprawling land art in the Hudson River Valley, Henri Matisse's most adventurous paintings and a Brooklyn choreographer...
View ArticleMuseum of Modern Art Matisse Forum, 1951
The Museum of Modern Art's 1951 exhibition of paintings, sculptures, and drawings by French artist Henri Matisse nearly didn't happen. In this recording, broadcast over WNYC on the evening of November...
View ArticleA Nude Descending a Staircase, 100 Years Later
The show that introduced Americans to cubism and changed modern art is back, partly, 100 years later.The New York Historical Society is presenting an exhibition celebrating the centennial of the...
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Matisse's Cut and Pasted Masterpieces
In the 1940s, French artist Henri Matisse was suffering from cancer. He had stomach surgery — but while confined mostly to a bed and wheelchair, he created a new art form.Matisse used bright color to...
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