The city of Paris celebrates the first century of jazz at the Museum Quai Branly
The Quai Branly Museum in Paris in an exhibition celebrating the first century of jazz music and shows its relations with other arts such as painting, photography and literature, justified their responsibility.
Over 2,000 square feet available from tomorrow, in chronological order, a multidisciplinary reading of jazz through pictures of great masters of twentieth-century paintings, musical scores, recordings, record covers, excerpts from films and cartoons, magazines, books and photographs.
Attracted by this style of music, artists like Dali, Warhol, Mondrian, Pollock, Matisse, Man Ray and Tàpies collaborated on the cover design, such as bringing together the exhibition organized by the Paris museum in collaboration with the Center for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona (CCCB). Read the rest of this entry »
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