Blank walls, discarded objects and a whole lot of empty space can challenge artists to create something outside of their typical canvas. It’s also an …
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Nine artists dissect the blood, sweat, and mirror pieces of the year’s best album art. They say not to judge a book by its cover, but what about an album? When it comes to music, an album’s cover may be one of the most important factors contributing to whether you’ll decide to give something a listen …
“The work is me, I am painting me” When Andrew Cooper was a child, his grandparents had a record player on which they’d play albums that became the …
Carlo Rovelli stands in front of an exploding shed. Fragments of its walls and shattered contents – parts of a child’s tricycle, a record player, a …
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Albums: What a Concept!
Long-playing records ushered in the era of the soundtrack, but they also made room for something else—the concept album. Long-playing records changed …
Our columnist excavates an evergreen lesson for the art world from an “existential crisis” in the market for high-end vinyl. Every Wednesday morning, …
Our columnist excavates an evergreen lesson for the art world from an “existential crisis” in the market for high-end vinyl. Every Wednesday morning, …
An early memory I have is staring into giant blue eyes. They were Olivia Newton-John’s eyes, rimmed in liner, on the cover of her 1975 album “Have You Never Been Mellow,” a staple on my parents’ record player, along with Peter, Paul and Mary, and John Denver. I saw those eyes again — and again and …