With Passover and Easter both coming up this weekend, there
will be a lot of family time to be had. One of the best ways to spend quality
time doing something together as a family is to check out a museum. And with a
handful of music-related exhibits recently popping up in the city, this holiday
weekend is a great time to take the family out for some fun.
Vinyl Bay 777, Long Island’s music outlet, is taking a look
at some of the music-related exhibits that have hit New York in the last month.
From learning about a legend to taking a closer look at punk art and rock’s
most famous instruments, here are three big exhibits you’ll want to check out.
1.
‘Leonard
Cohen: A Crack in Everything’: Spend Passover learning about one of the
most important Jewish artists of the last 50 years, Leonard Cohen. ‘Leonard
Cohen: A Crack in Everything’ opened at the Jewish Museum last week, giving
attendees a unique look into the singer/songwriter’s “imagination and legacy.” The
exhibit, which was commissioned before Cohen’s passing in 2016 and first
premiered at the Musee d’art Contemporain de Montreal, features commissioned
works inspired by his style and recurring themes, projections of his own
artworks and multimedia galleries with audio recordings of Cohen covers by the
likes of Feist, Moby and The National with Sufjan Stevens. Special in
observance of Passover, the Jewish Museum will have free admission on April 20
& 21 and April 26 & 27, so practicing Jews wishing not to carry or participate
in commerce during the holiday’s high days can still see the exhibits. (Now
through September 8)
2.
‘Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk
Graphics, 1976-1986’: The punk and new wave movement of the 1970s and 1980s had
some of the most distinct art of any musical culture. ‘Too Fast to
Live, Too Young to Die,’ which opened at the Museum of Arts and Design on
April 9, takes a look at pieces from the decade in an effort to “explore the
visual language of punk through hundreds of its most memorable graphics, from
the shocking remixes of expropriated images and texts to the DIY zines and
flyers that challenged the commercial slickness of the mainstream media.” Along
with the exhibit, the museum is holding special events, including a punk film
series and discussions with people who created within and documented the era. (Now
through August 18)
3.
‘Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll’: Co-organized
with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ‘Play It
Loud’ exhibit features famous instruments from throughout rock music
history, many of which were donated by the artists themselves. Some of the
featured items include a guitar from Chuck
Berry, a Petite Grand Piano played by Jerry
Lee Lewis, Muddy
Waters’ “The Hoss,” one of Ringo
Starr’s Beatles
drum kits, one of Paul
McCartney’s custom-made basses and the first Fender guitar ever built. Alongside
the “approximately 130 instruments,” which include guitars, pianos, saxophones and
more, the exhibit also features concert posters and costumes worn by the
artists. This exhibit is in addition to the museum’s recently
reopened permanent exhibit, ‘The Art of Music.’(Now through October 1)
From punk and rock to the influence of Leonard Cohen, music
is hitting New York’s museums big this season. These exhibits are sure to be a great
way to get some music and culture in your life and spend some quality time with
family this holiday weekend (outside of Passover and Easter rituals).
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