¡Colores!; New Mexican Painter Eugene Newmann, Shakespeare Uncovered, Violinist Elmar Oliveira, Art Collection of Edward Cecil Guinness
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New Mexican Eugene Newmann shares his vision of what is beyond the narrative of a painting without dismissing the familiar. “The first hit at a subject was great as a kind of spontaneous thing, as an expression of … exuberance.” As part of Shakespeare Uncovered, we see Hamlet meet his father’s ghost. “Elizabethan society would not have been surprised to see a ghost.”—Justin Champion. Accomplished violinist Elmar Oliveira insists that playing chamber music will help a performer understand the audience. Oliveira says, “ … to immerse oneself in the music, understand not just what it is to play the violin but understand what the composer is doing, understand what’s in the score." Including one of Rembrandt’s last self portraits, we learn about the art collection of Edward Cecil Guinness which is part of an exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum called Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London. Guinnesss, heir to the Irish brewing family, amassed this collection to transition into British society and decorate his home. “It’s a way of showing you some of the major schools in European art, but also the greatest examples within those schools” —William Keyse Rudolph.
