Kandinsky was particularly taken with the multimedia explorations of Russian composer and would-be Messiah Alexander Scriabin — in particular, his spiritual orgasm for piano, orchestra, and ...

It couldn't come more full cirlce: Kandinsky created his only stage production based on Mussorgsky's piano cycle, "Pictures at an Exhibition," inspired by a photo exhibition. Kandinsky's stage ...

Colour, Kandinsky wrote in one of his key manifestos, was the keyboard, the eyes the hammers, and the soul is the piano with many strings. Kandinsky saw red when he heard a violin, yellow for a ...

Kandinsky was born on this day 148 years ago in Moscow, to a musical family, and learned to play the piano and cello. He would study law and economics, even lecturing at the Moscow Faculty of Law ...

The neurological condition allowed famed abstract painter Vassily Kandinsky artist to hear colors and shapes ... the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings," Kandinsky said.

Peter Schjeldahl reviews “Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle.” The show takes the viewer from joy to perplexity—or the reverse—depending on where you start on the museum’s ramp.