"Kandinsky: A Retrospective" at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts is a comprehensive — and beautifully arranged — look at Russian-born painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944). The works showcase ...

It's no coincidence that the current Guggenheim show Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle places a contemporary sound installation nearby to highlight the confluence of the two modalities of sound and ...

Synesthesia, present in 2-4% of the global population and poetically translated as a “joining of the senses," is one of the most artistically darling mental conditions. It manifests differently in ...

During the Frist Center for the Visual Arts’ Family Festival Day on Nov. 16, visitors will get the chance to explore the current exhibitions free of charge. They’ll be able to participate in a number ...

On “Kandinsky,” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) occupies a pioneering role in the modernist canon. He was among a handful of artists ...

Wassily Kandinsky has the peculiar ability to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Individual works by this seminal early 20th century painter pop up all over the place: in exhibitions on ...

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...

The Russian-born artist Vasily Kandinsky believed his time was one of spiritual crisis. “The nightmare of materialism…[has] turned life into an evil, senseless game,” he wrote, and Western culture ...

Wassily Kandinsky could have ended up a law professor. Born in Moscow in 1866, Kandinsky studied law and at the age of 30 was offered a professorship at what is now Tartu University in Estonia.