Composers and musicians in the world of contemporary classical music have compared it to abstract art. In contrast to the flowing, musically descriptive melodies of the classical composers of past ...

The score for John Cage’s indeterminate composition “Fontana Mix” (image: BBC Radio 3) With the development of music notation, music was set free from the delicate bonds of oral and aural traditions.

On Sunday, July 11, the Music Academy’s orchestra will light up the Granada stage in the first public performance there since March of 2020. Maestro Larry Rachleff will conduct a program that includes ...

The Abstract Science Team, from left: Henry Self, Chris Widman, Luke Stokes, and Joshua P. Ferguson. Credit: Kathleen Kazimir At 10 AM on Thursday, July 6, Chris Widman, Henry Self, Luke Stokes, and ...

Next to the signature on Philip Guston’s “Untitled” (1952) is the dedication “for Morty.” This hangs in the central gallery of Hauser and Wirth’s 69th St. show Nothing and Everything: Seven Artists, ...

Abstract NOLA events tend to be as much big social events as they are art exhibitions. The art platform, which focuses on uplifting native New Orleans culture, hosts events throughout the year, but ...

Where was Abstract Mindstate all these years? That’s a question that Chicago has had as long as “What if Bartman never tried to catch the ball from Alou?” — and to find the answer, you’ll have to take ...

When I hop on the phone with Ian Simpson, the vocalist who parades the globe as Kevin Abstract, he’s just returned to Los Angeles from a trip to Texas. Abstract was born in Corpus Christi and has ...

In the 1950s progressive composers broke from the 5 line music staff to experiment with new, more expressive forms of graphic music notation Jimmy Stamp The score for John Cage’s indeterminate ...