The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined 2016, Barbican Centre
Discover the challenging and utterly compelling question of how fashion revels in, exploits and ultimately overturns the prevailing limits of…
Intermezzo
In music, an intermezzo, in the most general sense, is a composition which fits between other musical or dramatic entities,…
Chorale prelude
In music, a chorale prelude or chorale setting is a short liturgical composition for organ using a chorale tune as…
Character piece
Character piece is a calque of the German Charakterstück, a term, not very precisely defined, used for a broad range…
Ballade in classical music
A ballade, in classical music since the late 18th century, refers to a setting of a literary ballad, a narrative…
Bricolage
In the arts, bricolage (French for "DIY" or "do-it-yourself projects") is the construction or creation of a work from a…
Polystylism
Polystylism is the use of multiple styles or techniques in literature, art, film, or, especially, music, and is a postmodern…
Aleatoric music
Aleatoric music (also aleatory music or chance music; from the Latin word alea, meaning "dice") is music in which some…
Abstract music
Absolute music (sometimes abstract music) is music that is not explicitly "about" anything; in contrast to program music, it is…
Through the Lace, Balenciaga Museum
The lace, a fabric of long tradition and associated with the most powerful classes until its mechanization, serves as an…