On Kandinsky and Music

May 25, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. ⛅ Today, art fraudster Inigo Philbrick was sentenced to seven years in prison, a museum in Kyiv is collecting Ukrainians' personal items buried under the rubble of war, the director of The Square is back with a new film mocking the filthy-rich, and more.

And we have a special treat for you today: National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson writes about the profound impact of music on Vasily Kandinsky's work. It's such a good read and the music clips inside are amazing. I couldn't recommend it enough.

— Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief

On Kandinsky’s Spiritual Relationship With Music

Author M. T. Anderson walks us through a sonic gallery of Vasily Kandinsky's musical influences, which guided the painter's pursuit of art that reveals a mystical, inner truth. | M. T. Anderson

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A painting found in the rubble of an apartment building (photo by Bohdan Poshyvailo; courtesy the Maidan Museum Archive)

Kyiv’s Meridian Museum documents the war through the personal objects left behind.

Art dealer Inigo Philbrick receives a seven-year prison sentence for an $86 million “Ponzi-like” fraud scheme.

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Ruben Östlund Satirizes the Lives of the Mega-Rich in Triangle of Sadness

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These university museum leaders are bridging cultural chasms through elaborate and generative work with their students. | Jordan Eddy

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