and the late rock pioneer lou reed's guitars reverberated again in new york as part of a very public performance we'll take a listen to what some called a sonic massage. but we start with the sad news that renowned curator aqui and was or has died after a long battle with cancer born in nigeria and was always instrumental in pushing the art world to embrace a more global view of contemporary art and art history he was the first african born curator to organize the venice be a knowledge and he oversaw some of the most important global exhibitions of the last decade bringing artists from beyond europe and the u.s. into the spotlight. and was it enjoyed a breathtaking career and i'm sure ian born citizen of the world to networks throughout the global business in the one nine hundred ninety s. and was ahead his breakthrough with the sensational exhibition of african photography at the guggenheim in new york. in two thousand and two he was artistic director of documentary eleven in castle focusing on from the southern hemisphere his exhibitions set new standards. one example was in johann

well now to a veritable music pioneer and it was thirty years ago that the late lou reed released his acclaimed new york album and on march second the former velvet underground lead singer would have been seventy seven reason enough for his widow laurie anderson to celebrate his experimental genius with a gift to his beloved hometown namely a free performance to commemorate his love of noise. a serenade by american performance artist laurie anderson in memory of her late husband who read. reid's guitars rang out in new york's cathedral of st john the divine but not in the usual way. his former guitar technician used the instruments to generate feedback by placing them against amplifiers the result a haunting a ray of unpredictable sounds was like an echo from the past the show was part of the temporary exhibition at the cathedral the concert was open to the public and free of charge. we may hear bunch of church discipline trip. into. the church to. start. it's just. so awesome i think it's beautiful. to read died and twenty thirteen at the age of seventy one he rose to fame in the one

and the late rock pioneer lou reed's guitars reverberated again in new york as part of a very public performance take a listen to what some called nick. but we start with the sad news that renowned. has died after a long battle with cancer born in nigeria and was always instrumental in pushing the art world to embrace a more global view of contemporary art and art history he was the first african born curator to organize the venice be anonymous and he oversaw some of the most important global exhibitions of the last decade bringing artists from beyond europe and the u.s. into the spotlight. enjoyed a breathtaking career and citizen of the world to network throughout the global business in the one nine hundred ninety s. and was a breakthrough with the sensational exhibition of african photography at the guggenheim in new york. in two thousand and two he was on to stick to rector of.

in the ninety's anderson became a buddhist and married former velvet underground singer lou reed the dream couple this is. now seventy one anderson continues to push the balance of art and music recently a composition of her chamber music won a grammy not that awards for performances like these i mean all that much to work. and the one who seemed to be a snob but hey i'm not in that world so they say you got a grammy as like ok you know i'm not like. you know. laurie anderson would much rather just be making art and for four days of the old she can do just that building out of pure improvise ation her ships in the air. on january first germany became the first country in the e.u. to offer a third gender option on birth certificates a move that many hailed as a revolution for anyone who had to enter phys outside of the conventional male female binary but society as a whole is lagging seriously behind and in terms of things like occupational policy product design or even city planning most things are still geared towards the male as standard for the species. welcome to the world of gen

and the late rock pioneer lou reed's guitars reverberated again in new york as part of a very public performance take a listen to what some called a sonic massage. but we start with the sad news that renowned. has died after a long battle with cancer born in nigeria and was always instrumental in pushing the art world to embrace a more global view of contemporary art and art history he was the first african born curator to organize the venice and he oversaw some of the most important global exhibitions of the last decade bringing artists from europe and the u.s. into the spotlight. enjoyed a breathtaking career in nigeria citizen of. the global business in the one nine hundred ninety s. and was a breakthrough with the sensational exhibition of african photography at the guggenheim in new york. in two thousand and two he was on to stick to rector of dock.

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