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25th Year of Publication

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New perspectives on Kandinsky's "life in art," from April 2019 through Last Month.

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Lissa Tyler Renaud
Curator, writer and editor

An Interview with Peter Selz on Kandinsky
by Lissa Tyler Renaud
April 2019

Introduction to the Series
by Lissa Tyler Renaud
May 2019

Kandinsky's Theatre Life
A Breathless Resume, Part 1

by Lissa Tyler Renaud
June 2019

Kandinsky's Theatre Life
A Breathless Resume, Part 2

by Lissa Tyler Renaud
July 2019

Materials in a Spiritual World
A Contextual Look at Kandinsky's The Yellow Sound
by Clay Gold
August 2019

Memories of a Very Early Witness
by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine
Jelena Hahl-Fontaine has connected more "dots"
than any other Kandinsky scholar.
September 2019

The Bauhaus as Inspiration
for Chinese Innovation

Report from Hangzhou
by Kiril Bolotnikov
October 2019

Kandinsky and the Totalitarian State
The next, haunting chapter of Kandinsky's story.
by Zarina Zabrisky
November 2019

Considering Kandinsky's Circles:
A Painter's Adventure of the Mind

by David Wiley
December 2019

Kandinsky's Theatre of Abstraction:
Three Play Fragments

by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
January 2020

Kandinsky and Architecture
by Ross Wolfe
February 2020

Kandinsky in Russia:
The Language of Music

by Nadia Podzemskaia
March 2020

Kandinsky's Theater of the Word:
From Sounds to Violet

by Boris Sokolov
April 2020

Violet: Kandinsky's Pre-Dada Masterwork
with first extracts in English
by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
May 2020

Kandinsky's Creativity
Laughter, the Trouser Button
and the Sugar Pot
by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
June 2020

Peace and War:
Some Unknown Poems by Kandinsky
by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
July 2020

Dame Helen Mirren
on Kandinsky and Acting

Introduced by Lissa Tyler Renaud
August 2020

Wassily Kandinsky's The Yellow Sound:
A Stageable Composition

Geraint D'Arcy
Introduced by Lissa Tyler Renaud
September 2020

Kandinsky and His Closest Friend,
Thomas de Hartmann

by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
October 2020

Towards International Unity:
Kandinsky's Inclusive Arts Aesthetic

by Lissa Tyler Renaud
November 2020

Kandinsky and Dance Photographs:
Applying a Comparatist Methodology

by Lee Edgar Tyler
Edited, with In Memorium
by Lissa Tyler Renaud
December 2020

Kandinsky: Writings Towards the"Synthesizing" Theatre
by Lissa Tyler Renaud
The pleasure of knowing Kandinsky's wonderful
writings for the theatre:
Part 1  January 2021
Part 2 February 2021
Part 3 March 2021

 

 

 

 

Defending Kandinsky and Schoenberg:
On Letters and Gossip

by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine
Edited and introduced by Lissa Tyler Renaud
April 2021

Postscript on the
Kandinsky-Schoenberg Friendship

by Lissa Tyler Renaud
May 2021

The Obstacle Course Kandinsky Ran:
1. His Early Critics

by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
June 2021

The Obstacle Course Kandinsky Ran:
2. The Consequences of War

by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
July 2021

The Obstacle Course Kandinsky Ran:
3. Collectors, Art Dealers, Galleries, Museums

by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
August 2021

The Obstacle Course Kandinsky Ran:
4. Munich Muddle, Paris Pique, New York Imbroglio

by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
September 2021

Editor's Choice: Kandinsky Newly Anew
by Lissa Tyler Renaud
October 2021

Violet: The Production That Wasn't
by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
November 2021

Re-Visiting Violet:
Kandinsky's Pre-Dada Masterwork
with first extracts in English

by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
December 2021

Kandinsky's Influence on a Young Painter:
A Personal Perspective

by Rene Lichtman
January 2022

"Kandinsky" and Kandinsky:
Towards A Larger Conversation 2011-2022

by Lissa Tyler Renaud
February 2022

My Visit with Artist Gabriele Münter
(Kandinsky's early partner)

by Jelena Hahl-Fontaine
March 2022

The Spiritual in Art and Architecture:
Notes for a New Context

by Elijah Williams
April 2022

Kandinsky Stages
Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
1. From Music to Theatre and Theory

by Giovanni Vinciguerra
May 2022

Return to First Principles:
Kandinsky, Chaliapin, Martha Graham

by Lissa Tyler Renaud
June 2022

Kandinsky and The Totalitarian State (2022)
by Zarina Zabrisky
edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
July 2022

Kandinsky Stages
Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
2. Reconstruction

by Giovanni Vinciguerra
August 2022

Kandinsky Stages
Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
2. Reconstruction

by Giovanni Vinciguerra
September 2022

The Bauhaus as Inspiration for Chinese Innovation: Report from Hangzhou
(Revisiting in 2022)
by Kiril Bolotnikov
Edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
October 2022

Roll Over Kandinsky:
How to Whistle a Work of Art

by wtRobina
November 2022

Kandinsky Stages
Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
3. From Glass Painting to Performance

by Giovanni Vinciguerra
December 2022

An Intimate Memorial Account of Kandinsky: Thomas de Hartmann
Edited by
Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
January 2023

Kandinsky's Odessa, Ukraine Context:
The Fate of Modern Art in the Russian Empire

by Gregory Vernitsky
Edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
February 2023

Kandinsky and Theatre
More from de Hartmann's Intimate
Memorial Account
by Lissa Tyler Renaud
March 2023

For the 4th Anniversary of "Kandinsky Anew" Re-introducing the Introduction
In April of 2019, I wrote my first piece for this series. This is the 49th entry.
April 2023

My Correspondents On the Theme of David Burliuk: Painter-Poet, Futurist, Provocateur
Tantalizing glimpses from Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Gregory Vernitsky of how Burliuk crossed paths with Kandinsky
May 2023

Jelena Does Texas:
Anecdotes of an Art Historian

My young audience turned out to be absolutely attentive; their questions were to the point and creative.
Jelena Hahl-Fontaine
Edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
June 2023

A Lot You've Wanted to Know
About Kandinsky and Theatre

Kandinsky wasn't so interested in things we can see as in what was between them, or in and around them.
Kiril Bolotnikov and Lissa Tyler Renaud
July 2023

A Lot You've Wanted to Know
About Kandinsky and Theatre, cont
.

Can we find evidence of Kandinsky's theatre work in actual practitioners today?
Kiril Bolotnikov and Lissa Tyler Renaud
August 2023

A Lot You've Wanted to Know
About Kandinsky and Theatre, cont
.

Are you aware of people who came up with theatre ideas similar to Kandinsky's, perhaps stemming from similar sources of influence?
Kiril Bolotnikov and Lissa Tyler Renaud
September 2023

A Lot You've Wanted to Know
About Kandinsky and Theatre, cont
.

Question 5 of 5:
What kind of theatre did Kandinsky like?
Kiril Bolotnikov and Lissa Tyler Renaud
October 2023

Finding Inspiration in Kandinsky:
The Art of Design Engineering

"I could relate to his art because I was a design engineer."
David Karamian
with Introduction by Lissa Tyler Renaud
November 2023

Historic:
Kandinsky's Unpublished Letters, Published

Renaud Interviews Hahl-Fontaine
December 2023

Historic:
Kandinsky's Unpublished Letters, Published

New information about Kandinsky has continued to surface over time, often bringing with it new questions.
Renaud Interviews Hahl-Fontaine
January 2024

Gabriele Münter: Post-Break Up With Kandinsky
Beyond what is already known, there exists a late, revealing letter, of four handwritten pages, by Münter.
Jelena Hahl-Fontaine
Edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
February 2024

"Nina and Me":
Jelena's Years with Kandinsky's Wife (Part 1)
When you are reading Jelena on Nina, you are only a few degrees of separation from Nina herself—and who else do you know besides Jelena who had lunch prepared for her by Nina Kandinsky!
Jelena Hahl-Fontaine - Edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
March 2024

"Nina and Me":
Jelena's Years with Kandinsky's Wife (Part 1)
When you are reading Jelena on Nina, you are only a few degrees of separation from Nina herself—and who else do you know besides Jelena who had lunch prepared for her by Nina Kandinsky!
Jelena Hahl-Fontaine - Edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
April 2024

"Nina and Me":
Jelena's Years with Kandinsky's Wife (Part 2)
After Kandinsky's death in 1944, Nina asked me, as well as many others, how to proceed with carrying out Kandinsky's last will. Everyone knew what was in his will.
Jelena Hahl-Fontaine - Edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
May 2024

"Nina and Me":
Jelena's Years with Kandinsky's Wife (Part 2)
After Kandinsky's death in 1944, Nina asked me, as well as many others, how to proceed with carrying out Kandinsky's last will. Everyone knew what was in his will.
Jelena Hahl-Fontaine - Edited by Lissa Tyler Renaud
June 2024

Re-Visiting July 2020
Some Unknown Poems by Kandinsky

So many of the early pieces in this series–since 2019–deserve re-visiting by their longtime readers, as well by readers who joined us more recently.
Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
July 2024

Re-Visiting August 2019
Materials in a Spiritual World
A Contextual Look at Kandinsky's The Yellow Sound.

So many of the early pieces in this series–since 2019–deserve re-visiting by their longtime readers, as well by readers who joined us more recently.
Clay Gold and Lissa Tyler Renaud
August 2024

The Living Bauhaus: Collages of Rod Heft
It's no wonder the work of Rod Heft shares a sensibility with the German Bauhaus where, for example, our man Kandinsky taught from 1922 to the end.
Lissa Tyler Renaud
September 2024

Nigeria: Bauhaus Architecture
and Kandinsky Fashion.

A creative hybrid of Kandinsky's Bauhaus work and an African visual sensibility, manifested in Nigerian fashion.
Lissa Tyler Renaud
October 2024

Re-Visiting June 2020
Kandinsky's Creativity:
Laughter, the Trouser Button, and the Sugar Pot

So many of the early pieces in this series–since 2019–deserve re-visiting by their longtime readers, as well by readers who joined us more recently.
Jelena Hahl-Fontaine and Lissa Tyler Renaud
November 2024


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