“Performative” is one of those art-world terms that, like “curated,” has been adopted by contemporary culture at large, diluting its original meaning in the process.

For some, Richard Wagner is infamous as the favorite composer of ... Katz argues that Wagner’s music is untainted by his anti-Semitism, that there is, in fact, very little in Wagner’s art that, ...

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a 19th Century musician and composer ... to write a series of essays laying out what he thought the art-work of the future should be like. One of those essays is ...

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a 19th Century musician and composer ... to write a series of essays laying out what he thought the art-work of the future should be like. One of those essays is ...

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a 19th Century musician and composer ... to write a series of essays laying out what he thought the art-work of the future should be like. One of those essays is ...