Jimi Hendrix performs at the Woodstock Music Festival in Bethel, Aug. 18, 1969 ((DMN file / Larry Morris/The New York Times)) The Italian luthier Andrea Amati crafted the first modern violin in ...

Artists have created musical masterpieces with guitars for centuries, but at a music shop in Maryland, the instruments became canvases and were transformed into art. The idea came to the store's ...

What is likely to prove this year’s single most inspired bit of exhibition display — it’s easily the most aesthetically resonant — occurs in “Medieval to Metal: The Art and Evolution of ...

The electric guitar was made for that,” Newquist said. “Guitarists couldn’t hear themselves play as auditoriums got bigger and music got louder.” George Beauchamp solved that problem in ...

Elvis. Jimi Hendrix. Eric Clapton. Kurt Cobain. B.B King. Prince. These music legends are known for their mastery of the electric guitar. But in an era when a beat can be made on an iPhone, the ...

KENOSHA — The Anderson Arts Center, 6603 Third Ave., features a new exhibit: “Return of the Rogues.” The show opens at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, and runs through May 29. “The Return of the ...

“Guitars are kind of equal-opportunity story facilitators,” said Leo Mazow, curator of American art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, who organized “Storied Strings, where it recently closed.