Jazz

Henri Matisse, Printed by Edmond Vairel, Published by Tériade for Éditions Verve. Horse, Rider, and Clown from Jazz, 1947. Simeon B. Williams Fund. © 2025 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Visual Art and Jazz: A Crossover of Media
Improvisation, the ability to respond spontaneously to the moment, is a defining characteristic found in the work of two giants of modern art, Henri Matisse (1869-1954) and Pablo Picasso (1881-…
Bob Thompson, An Allegory, 1964, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Thomas Bellinger 72.137
Bob Thompson's Timeless Strokes: Navigating Identity and Tradition in Art
During the postwar era, movements were still a thing, and midcentury New York was the place where they were being minted. It mattered which program you were getting with, and in the late 1950s that…
Nina Simone in 1965, Wikimedia Commons
Nina Simone’s Childhood Home Gains Support to Become a Historic Site
This past Satuday, Pace Gallery held a Benefit Gala to support the Nina Simone Childhood Home Benefit Auction co-hosted by tennis champion Venus Williams and artist Adam Pendelton.
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Mary Dill Henry: Love Jazz Opens at Berry Campbell
NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Berry Campbell is pleased to announce a rare exhibition of paintings from 1965 to 1970 by Mary Dill Henry (1913-2009).
Curtis Taylor on Trumpet
Jazz at the Bechtler: Tribute to Freddie Hubbard II Ft. Curtis Taylor
Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Curtis Taylor’s lyrical and melodic improvisational style displays a level of maturity far beyond his counterparts. His unique blend of soulfulness, harmonic…