How technology changed art and music for the better
In “The Uncanny Muse,” David Hajdu offers a lively survey of centuries of machines that have served as instruments of ...
Kelli Connell’s ‘Pictures for Charis’ at Cleveland Museum of Art reexamines natural world, artist-muse dynamics
One of the oldest tropes in art is that of the “artist” and “muse.” One is the creative soul and ideas person; the other, a fixed or inert “inspirational” subject to be posed and objectified. Those ...