In his gothic-surrealistic works, the artist casts his characters not as autonomous artistic agents but as acquiescent, ...

In “The Uncanny Muse,” David Hajdu offers a lively survey of centuries of machines that have served as instruments of ...

The art of lutherie, or the making of stringed instruments, is a beautiful blend of craftsmanship and musicality. This ...

instrument choice, professional influences and more, often with a performance by the artist as part of a collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Department of Musical Instruments.

The Museum's music collections contain more than 5,000 instruments of American and European heritage. These include a quartet of 18th-century Stradivari stringed instruments, Tito Puente's autographed ...

A violin is a work of art on its own, before anyone makes music with the instrument. In fact the amount of craft that goes ...

We’ve got experts Smithsonian magazine The plucky design behind the legendary instrument that forever changed the look of rock 'n' roll David Levine Musical instruments have existed for eons ...