This Man Has A Degree In Home Economics, And He’s Conquering The Performance Art World

“In a railway station in St. Petersburg last year, backed by a full orchestra, [Ragnar] Kjartansson sang the words ‘Sorrow will conquer happiness,’ in Russian, for six hours. … [His] brand of performance art, in which Nordic gloom goes hand in hand with non-ironic humor, has made him one of the busiest artists on the planet.”

Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.11.16

Smithsonian London? “Not So Fast!” Says Secretary Skorton
Notwithstanding the fact that its founding donor was British, the Smithsonian Institution’s proposed London outpost, conceived before the institution’s current head, David Skorton, came on board, is not necessarily a marriage made in museum heaven. … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2016-04-11

Monday Recommendation: Brooklyn Blowhards
Jeff Lederer, Brooklyn Blowhards, (Little (i) Music) Lederer conglomerates music by the free jazz avatar Albert Ayler with sea shanties that survive from the whaling ship era when Herman Melville had Ahab pursuing Moby Dick. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-04-11

Just because: Van Cliburn plays and conducts Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto
Van Cliburn plays and conducts a performance of Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto, Op. 26, with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Moscow. This concert was originally telecast on Soviet TV in 1962.  … read more
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