![]() The two men met in New York in 1927 and became fast friends, visiting jazz clubs in Harlem, and Robeson sang lullabies to Epstein’s little girl. ![]() You’ll also see Sir Jacob Epstein’s 1928 bust of bass- baritone Paul Robeson, who made six appearances with the Philharmonic in the 1930s and ’40s. The sculptor worshiped Beethoven, once remarking, “Every cry from this deaf man who was listening to God struck straight to my soul.” On the west side, Antoine Bourdelle (a student of Rodin’s) is represented with the Tragic Mask of Beethoven (1901). According to Mahler’s wife, Alma, the composer hated sitting for portraits, which he considered “time wasted away from his work.” On the east side you will find Auguste Rodin’s 1909 bust of Gustav Mahler, who led the Philharmonic from 1909 to 1911. The Hearst Tier 1 is a mini sculpture gallery displaying impactful musicians. Sir Jacob Epstein's Paul Robeson bust, located inside of David Geffen Hallĥ. (Fun fact: Satterwhite often incorporates drawings by his mother, Patricia Satterwhite, into his installations.) Eagle-eyed art lovers will also spot pieces that had been displayed before, now in new locations in this completely reimagined setting. Sinuous dancers twirl through a fantastical streetscape filled with representations of artistic forebears, including Leonard Bernstein, Marian Anderson, and musical prodigy Philippa Schuyler as well as present-day performers. Once in the Karen and Richard LeFrak Lobby, you’ll encounter the 50-foot-long video installation that dominates the Hauser Digital Wall (when concerts aren’t being streamed) - An Eclectic Dance to the Music of Time (2022) © by Jacolby Satterwhite (courtesy of the Artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York), a half-hour video tribute to the performing arts. Two of its thirty-five panels depict San Juan Hill’s own Thelonious Monk and Barbara Hillary, the first Black woman to reach the North and South Poles.Ģ. The colorful collage pays homage to San Juan Hill, the largely Black and Puerto Rican neighborhood razed in the 1950s to make way for Lincoln Center. ![]() Those heading down Broadway from the north can’t help but see the hall’s largest artwork, San Juan Heal (2022) © by Nina Chanel Abney. Two pieces were commissioned for the hall’s reopening by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in collaboration with The Studio Museum in Harlem and Public Art Fund.ġ. An Eclectic Dance to the Music of Time by Jacolby Satterwhite, located inside of David Geffen Hall ![]()
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