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From her early canonic performances as Mlle Bourgeoise Noire, which highlighted the racial apartheid experienced by Black artists; to her joyful 1983 performance Art Is . .
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News Desk, Artforum, 16 Dec. 2024
Allen says her core sensibilities are a combination of canonic older music and early-aughts pop.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
Lawler’s photographs can seem to swipe across, distort, or blur canonic artworks, questioning the systems and institutions that have lionized and valued them.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
According to key Vatican watchers, Benedict’s death removed his long shadow of influence both for the church’s progressive wing, led by Francis, as well as for the more canonic and conservative wing Benedict represented.
—Eric J. Lyman, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2023
The piece begins in beatific, C-major stasis, as a jaunty hymn gathers momentum in canonic form.
—New York Times, 9 June 2022
As the amps trailed behind him, the music echoed off the banks of the canal and nearby buildings, giving hints of canonic motion.
—New York Times, 22 June 2018
In addition to giving numerous first Cleveland performances of works by canonic composers, the orchestra also will introduce several newer musical authors, including a new Composer in Residence, Bernd Richard Deutsch.
—Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 2 Nov. 2017
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been devoting a disproportionate amount of the subscription season’s programming to canonic repertory regular attendees have heard many times over.
—John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
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News Desk, Artforum, 16 Dec. 2024
Allen says her core sensibilities are a combination of canonic older music and early-aughts pop.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
Lawler’s photographs can seem to swipe across, distort, or blur canonic artworks, questioning the systems and institutions that have lionized and valued them.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
According to key Vatican watchers, Benedict’s death removed his long shadow of influence both for the church’s progressive wing, led by Francis, as well as for the more canonic and conservative wing Benedict represented.
—Eric J. Lyman, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2023
The piece begins in beatific, C-major stasis, as a jaunty hymn gathers momentum in canonic form.
—New York Times, 9 June 2022
As the amps trailed behind him, the music echoed off the banks of the canal and nearby buildings, giving hints of canonic motion.
—New York Times, 22 June 2018
In addition to giving numerous first Cleveland performances of works by canonic composers, the orchestra also will introduce several newer musical authors, including a new Composer in Residence, Bernd Richard Deutsch.
—Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 2 Nov. 2017
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has been devoting a disproportionate amount of the subscription season’s programming to canonic repertory regular attendees have heard many times over.
—John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
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“Canonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canonic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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