From Halberstadts note change to L.A.Mark Swed signs off with John Cage in mind
At Halberstadt’s St. Burchardi Church, Mark Swed witnessed a new pitch added to John Cage’s 639-year Organ2/ASLSP performance, then reflected on stepping down as Los Angeles Times music critic and the Cage-inflected threads linking Disney Hall, LACMA and the coming Colburn Center.
In Sarah Lee’s ‘Deeper,’ landscapes glow, crack, and quietly resist
Sarah Lee’s solo exhibition Deeper at Albertz Benda gathers dreamy, uncanny landscapes—moons, fissures, and diffused lightning—to explore ecosystems and the tension between clarity and concealment. Works like “Emerald Sky” (2026) and “Before Dark” (2026) anchor the show, on view through October 10 in New York.
Taehyoung Maria Jeons Plant Series Turns Houseplants into Uncanny Digital Worlds
South Korean artist Taehyoung Maria Jeons digital Plant Series transforms apartment flora into uncanny compositions with purple veins, red outlines, and starry accents. Dozens of works appear in Folium, her first monograph from Volume, a publisher that asks readers to back projects before printing.