BASEL.- Zwei-Mann-Orchester [Two-Man Orchestra] for two one-man orchestras (1971–73), described by its creator Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008) as an ‘unautonomous automatophone’, is surely one of the strangest yet most original pieces of contempor…
New Version of the Two-Man Orchestra at Museum Tinguely
BASEL.- Zwei-Mann-Orchester [Two-Man Orchestra] for two one-man orchestras (1971–73), described by its creator Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008) as an ‘unautonomous automatophone’, is surely one of the strangest yet most original pieces of contempor…
De Hallen Haarlem Presents the First Solo Exhibition by Matt Stokes in a Dutch Museum
HAARLEM.- De Hallen Haarlem presents the first solo exhibition by Matt Stokes in a Dutch museum. This British artist is chiefly known for his video work in which he investigates underground currents in contemporary music. The museum is showing new and …
Internationally Acclaimed Architects and Artists at the Venice Architecture Biennale
VENICE.- The Venice Biennale, which has its offices in Ca’ Giustinian (San Marco, 1364/A), has for over a century been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Ever since its foundation in 1895, it has been in the avant-garde, pr…
Museum of the American Indian’s "Native Musicians in Popular Culture"
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents its latest exhibition “Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture.” The panel exhibition, which also features several objects, opens Thursday…