The philosopher Edward Said wrote that “Late style is what happens when art does not abdicate its rights in favour of reality”. Coetzee’s recently published novella The Pole, a masterpiece-in-miniature where nearly every page contains counter-intuitive truth-telling about mortality, language, ‘anti-nationalism’ and the frequently cruel nature of the artistic enterprise. Divided into six chapters, the narrative follows the inception, conclusion …
WARSAW, Poland — A baroque Warsaw mansion hosting a museum dedicated to one of Europe’s greatest 19th century musicians, Polish pianist and composer Frederic Chopin, is reopening with a new focus on original artifacts after months of pandemic-spurred renovations. The museum, which houses Chopin’s last piano, a Pleyel, and manuscripts of his music, will also display new items including letters …
A peeling portrait of Frederic Chopin purchased at a flea market in Poland hung modestly in a private house for almost three decades, before an expert dated the painting to the 19th century, when the Polish piano composer lived. Nicolaus Copernicus University professor Dariusz Markowski, the art expert who examined and restored the portrait last year, says it has significant …
