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This show is the first in a generation to restore Reni; the last one, in his native Bologna, was in 1954. To a great extent it succeeds. When the various phases of Reni's work are assembled, he comes across as a far more diverse and interesting painter than one...
GUIDO RENI, 1575-1642, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth. Underappreciated in the modern era, Reni is restored in this choice, 50-painting show to the high rank earlier centuries accorded him as luminous colorist and elegant classical stylist. Through May 14.
The idea the Western market tends to promote, that the Soviet Union is a mine of little-known contemporary pictorial genius, is mostly sales talk. Stalinism deformed or aborted two generations of artistic talent, and no culture recovers so fast. The sense of a time lag is acute to the...
Scott Cossu's latest Windham Hill production, Switchback, brings an interesting combination of Latin beat and classical instruments to a fusion style that many recent composers use all too often to create background music rather than an intense listening experience.
Despite the medly of musical styles evident in Switchback's rock, blues, jazz and classical influences, the album flows remarkably well. Cossu has worked hard to create an ablum that is relaxing yet memorable, and with the presence of such talented musicians as Van Manakas and Eugene Friesen, his Switchback...