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===Later life=== [[Table of the Elements]] released a number of Conrad's archival recordings in the 1990s and 2000s, including ''Four Violins (1964)'',<ref name="nyt"/> ''Fantastic Glissando'', and [[Joan of Arc (album)|''Joan of Arc'']].<ref name="pitchfork2">{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Marc |title=Tony Conrad - Joan of Arc |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9545-joan-of-arc/ |access-date=11 April 2016 |publisher=Pitchfork}}</ref> ''Slapping Pythagoras'', an album of new music commissioned by Table of the Elements, was recorded with [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]] and [[Steve Albini]] at [[Electrical Audio]] and released in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slapping Pythagoras |url=https://www.tableoftheelements.org/tcc-04-slapping-pythagoras |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=Table of the Elements |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Early Minimalism, Vol. 1'', released in 1997, was an attempt to reconstruct the sound of Theatre of Eternal Music recordings withheld by La Monte Young.''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gardner |first1=Drew |date=November 2, 2006 |title=Moving Waves: Listening to Tony Conrad's Early Minimalism |url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/2006/11/music/moving-waves-listening-to-tony-conrads-i |access-date=11 April 2016 |publisher=[[Brooklyn Rail]]}}</ref>'' He also issued two archival CDs featuring the work of late New York filmmaker [[Jack Smith (film director)|Jack Smith]], with whom he was associated in the 1960s.<ref name="brooklynrail">{{cite web|last1=Shirley|first1=David|title=Jack Smith, Les Evening Gowns Damnées and Silent Shadows on Cinemaroc Island (Table of the Elements, 1997)|date=May 7, 2009|url=http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/05/music/jack-smith-les-evening-gowns-damnes-and-silent-shadows-on-cinemaroc-island-table-of-the-elements-1997|publisher=[[Brooklyn Rail]]|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> Conrad collaborated with artists such as [[Charlemagne Palestine]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Currin|first1=Grayson|title=Charlemagne Palestine and Tony Conrad - An Aural Symbiotic Mystery|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9742-an-aural-symbiotic-mystery/|publisher=Pitchfork|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> [[Genesis P-Orridge]], [[Keiji Haino]], [[Jim O'Rourke (musician)|Jim O'Rourke]], [[David Grubbs]], [[C. Spencer Yeh|C Spencer Yeh]], Tovah Olson, MV Carbon, and numerous others.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|title=Tony Conrad, Pioneering Musician and Filmmaker, Dead at 76|date=April 9, 2016|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tony-conrad-pioneering-musician-and-filmmaker-dead-at-76-20160409|publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> Conrad was chosen by [[Animal Collective]] to perform at the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] festival that they curated in May 2011.<ref name="factmag">{{cite web|title=Tony Conrad plays London ahead of Animal Collective ATP|date=May 10, 2011|url=http://www.factmag.com/2011/05/10/tony-conrad-plays-london-ahead-of-animal-collective-atp-win-tickets-inside/|publisher=Fact Magazine|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> In 2012 Conrad was part of the line-up of the touring avant-garde festival [[Sonic Protest]] that took place in five cities in France.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trois raisons (et plus) d'assister au festival Sonic Protest|date=April 2015|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/musique/trois-raisons-et-plus-d-assister-au-festival-sonic-protest_1665257.html|publisher=l'express|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> In 2013 Conrad visited [[Genoa]] to open his first solo exhibition in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genova.mentelocale.it/51259-tony-conrad-genova-mostra-farsi-citta-intervista/ |title=Tony Conrad a Genova con la mostra 'Farsi la città': l'intervista – Mentelocale.it |language=it|website=Genova.mentelocale.it |access-date=April 10, 2016}}</ref> [[File:Tony Conrad (2012).jpg|thumb|right|Conrad performing in Paris, 2012.]] Conrad's work has been shown at many museums including the [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[MoMA PS1]], and the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]] in New York City; the [[Walker Art Center]] in Minneapolis; the [[Louvre]] in Paris; the [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles|Museum of Contemporary Art]] in Los Angeles; and many others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenenaftaligallery.com/attachment/en/53da626f69921a805e010656/TextOneColumnWithFile/549095bea1c1385026a7d8b6|title=Tony Conrad biography|date=February 2016|website=Greene Naftali Gallery|access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> Specifically, his film ''The Flicker'' was included in the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]]'s exhibition, ''The American Century''; he participated in the 2006 [[Whitney Biennial]]; and one of his ''Yellow Paintings'' was featured in the museum's 2015–2016 exhibition "Collected by [[Thea Westreich Wagner]] and Ethan Wagner''."''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/TheWestreichWagnerCollection|title=Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner {{!}} Whitney Museum of American Art|website=whitney.org|access-date=March 23, 2016}}</ref> Conrad's artwork is represented by Greene Naftali Gallery in New York City,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenenaftaligallery.com/artists/tony-conrad |title=Tony Conrad |website=Greenenaftaligallery.com |date=February 3, 1973 |access-date=April 10, 2016}}</ref> and by [[Galerie Buchholz]] in Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.galeriebuchholz.de/artists/tony-conrad/ |title=Galerie Buchholz |website=Galeriebuchholz.de |access-date=April 10, 2016}}</ref> Conrad had been a faculty member in the State University of New York at Buffalo since 1976, and continued to teach there in the Department of Media Study until his death.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/vol38/vol38n8/articles/ConradFeature.html | date = October 19, 2006 | last = Fryling | first = Kevin | title = Conrad breaks boundaries in art. | publisher = University at Buffalo Reporter | access-date = January 3, 2007}}</ref> Several of his students at Buffalo formed the indie rock band [[Mercury Rev]] in 1989.<ref name="conrad">{{cite news |last1=Miers |first1=Jeff |date=April 23, 2018 |title=Mercury Rev found magic in UB professor Tony Conrad's alchemy |language=en |work=[[The Buffalo News]] |url=https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/mercury-rev-found-magic-in-ub-professor-tony-conrads-alchemy/article_554f2fc9-f5e8-566e-a309-6b44958c5294.html |access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>
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