Marginal and Contemporary
Artist Peter Saul reflects on his artistic career, his formative years living in Europe, and his (dis)connection from the Pop art movement.
When Are We Contemporary?
On the occasion of Barbara Kasten: Stages organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, we invited dance pioneer Anna Halprin and revered artists Barkley L. Hendricks and Peter Saul to reflect on their contemporaneity and answer the questions, "Who gets to be a contemporary artist? When? And why?"
"Whose Passion Are We Hearing?:" On Mendelssohn's Revival of the St. Matthew Passion
Dr. R. Larry Todd comments on the significance that the multiple interpretations of Bach's St. Matthew Passion engender for different generations.
Susan Bernofsky on Artists as Translators
Susan Bernofsky discusses the practice of artistic translation.
Approaching psychylustro
Painter Dushko Petrovich offers his perspective on Katharina Grosse's epic psychylustro—a five-mile-long "painting" sprayed intermittently along a stretch of train tracks in northeast Philadelphia.
Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Sueyeun Juliette Lee on Audiences and Points of Access
Poet and 2013 Pew Fellow Sueyeun Juliette Lee discusses the limitations of cross-cultural translation as a "border to try to leap over."
Questions of Practice with Ken Vandermark: Is Jazz Dead?
We asked MacArthur award-winning saxophonist and composer Ken Vandermark a deceptively simple question: Is jazz dead?
Taking Inspiration from the Barnes Foundation Art Collection
How might a world-famous art collection—its components, its composition—inform a new piece of music? MacArthur award-winning saxophonist and composer Ken Vandermark, whose new commission is a response to Philadelphia’s legendary Barnes Foundation, shares his thoughts.
Questions of Practice: Flamenco Master Israel Galván on Reinvigorating Tradition
Flamenco purists may consider Israel Galván a rebel, though he doesn't see it that way.
Questions of Practice: Cynthia Ling Lee, Choreographer and Dance Scholar
We asked Lee how she thinks about the relationship between innovation with preservation.