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Dalí, Basquiat, Haring, and Hockney at Luna Luna

Dalí, Basquiat, Haring, and Hockney at Luna Luna

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Jackson ArnThe New Yorker’s art critic You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your…

Can Shostakovich Ever Escape Stalin’s Shadow?

Can Shostakovich Ever Escape Stalin’s Shadow?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, one of the mainstays of the twentieth-century orchestral repertory, ends with an unapologetic display of musical bombast. The coda consists of thirty-five triple-forte bars in the key…