Band of art brothers: does great music inspire great art?

From Pollock to Warhol, and now Jeremy Deller, artists have had a creative connection to music. But does great music imply great art (and vice versa)?At the end of Chris Morris's film Four Lions, a striking piece of music judders the soundtrack. Is it a minimalist composition, or dance music? It sounds like both, but then a brass section goes into full swing. At that point the track's familiarity hit me: I first heard it in a Nissen hut in about 1997 at a rehearsal by the Williams Fairey Band. A...

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